Finlandia - Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky (1945)

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Feldmarschall_Friedrich Music begins at: 1:30 This is a 1945 performance of Finlandia by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra is conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Finlandia is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was first written by Sibelius in 1899. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire over Finnish affairs. It was the last of seven pieces performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history. In order to avoid Russian censorship, Finlandia was performed under alternative names. Examples are numerous, and include - Happy Feelings at the awakening of Finnish Spring, and A Scandinavian Choral March.