Jean Sibelius - FINLANDIA (Choral Version)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Suomi

- Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899)

Ellerhein Girls' Choir
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
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O, Finland, behold, your day is dawning,
The threat of night has been banished away,
And the lark of morning in the brightness sings,
As though the very firmament would sing.
The powers of the night are vanquished by the morning light,
Your day is dawning, O, land of birth.

O, rise, Finland, raise up high
Your head, wreathed with great memories.
O, rise, Finland, you showed to the world
That you drove away the slavery,
And that you did not bend under oppression,
Your day has come, O, land of birth.
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