Finlandia
Sign in to saveFinlandia, Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, and was the last of seven pieces performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history. The premiere was on 2 July 1900 in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. A typical performance takes between and 9 minutes.
Key facts
- Musical composition.type
- Tone poem
- Musical composition.name
- Finlandia
- Musical composition.image
- JeanSibelius circa1898-1900.jpg
- Musical composition.image_upright
- .9
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- The composer ()
- Musical composition.border
- Yes
- Musical composition.opus
- 26 (revised version)
- Musical composition.catalogue
- JS 137/7 (original version)
- Musical composition.composed
- , 1900
- Musical composition.publisher
- (1901)
- Musical composition.duration
- 9 mins. ( 9 mins.)
- Musical composition.premiere_location
- Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
- Musical composition.premiere_performers
- Helsinki Philharmonic Society
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Finlandia, Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, and was the last of seven pieces performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history. The premiere was on 2 July 1900 in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. A typical performance takes between and 9 minutes.
== History == The British premiere of Finlandia was on 13 October 1906 at the Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall, conducted by Henry Wood.