Reaction To Incredible FINLANDIA Public Performance

Reaction To Incredible FINLANDIA Public Performance (Jean Sibelius)

This is my reaction to Reaction To Incredible FINLANDIA Public Performance

In this video I react to a live public performance of Finlandia (Jean Sibelius) performed by a Flashmob in Finland

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[tonikaihola]

For some reason I always get something in my eye when I hear the Finlandia performed like this 😊

[dolangooby]

Notice how at 2:51 when that man enters the railway station and hears Finlandia performed he immediately takes his hat off

[Sumppen]

My brother was one of singers there 😀and yes, it is the main railway station in Helsinki. The singers were from several choirs, mainly student choirs afaik. I’ve performed this song countless times, all over the world. Usually gets good reception when we sing it in a restaurant while having dinner 😂and hearing it always brings a tear in my eye

[hennahallikainen]

This was Finlandia hymn, it always makes me cry. Our granparents have been in the war and this is the song to gave them a gredit for that.

[pizadi]

I'm Iranian by origin, but I've lived in Finland for almost 50 years (since I was about 10). I, too, feel patriotic -- but also universally uplifted for humanity -- when I hear or sing Finlandia. 🤍 We had our Independence Day last Friday, and my wife & I attended a street performance of this & other songs with a couple of hundred people present and a small choir & other people singing from the balconies of nearby apartments (we live in the northern town of Rovaniemi). It was a wonderful experience, despite the cold. ✨️💕

[kvuf]

The performers said that they were astonished how well this train station built in the early 1900s was designed acoustically, because the hall resonated just perfectly.

[LevisL]

This is still the best version of Finlandia I've heard. Sung with so much feeling, but still accurately, with good technique. And the acoustics are great, wouldn't guess that a railway station works that well for performing.

[gashix]

I like how the gentleman at 2:50 takes his hat off instantly when coming out of the store. It's considered as a good behavior in Finland to take your hat off when in inside or when eating at table.

[Pataassa]

The song makes us Finns proud of our veterans, fathers, and grandfathers, and makes us proud to be Finnish. 🇫🇮

[samihyleh]

This song should be our national anthem! Just SO POWERFUL!

[irmawitikka]

That was beautuful and wonderful, thank You, Mart😊

[MerryFrancis]

This tune makes me cry every time I hear it, oh my ❤

[stafida]

When russia invaded Ukraine Feb 2022, this song was sung all over Finland but we changed the word "Finlandia" to the word "Ukraina". It was sung for example in front of russian embassy in Helsinki.

[mikkohapponen]

Every time goosebumbs. Just one of those songs that i loved from the start

[Sinivalkoseepra-yzke]

I actually watch that video every now and then, just because it is so beautiful and powerful at the same time. No matter what kind of state of mind I am in, whenever I hear this I get goosebumps and tears in my eyes and it just makes me so proud.

I cannot sing Finlandia myself, because when singing along I get so emotional every time, that I simply cannot make it through. At the latest in the "kuin itse taivahan kansi sois" my voice just crumbles and I start crying. Might sound weird, but this combination of the beautiful melody and the words that carry so much meaning, it just activates something very deep in my heart.

[finnishculturalchannel]

Around five percent of Finns sing in choirs, so it's pretty popular hobby. Finlandia itself was written before Finland's independence during a period of Russification. Those lyrics they sang were added to the piece after Winter War, and the building they performed was bombed during the war, so there's a lot of history and emotion in that performance. Here's Sibelius' Christmas hymn 'Give Me Neither Power Nor Splendour': "15/19: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius) [Advent Concert 2013]".

[DNAppm]

I love it - at Helsinki main station. I have watched/listened a hundred times! Glad you found it!

[maijalehtonen]

This should Be our national anthem❤ those words...😭❤️

[theblackbear]

Very beautiful and powerful, peace and strength to Finland.

[mauriliimatainen]

*Every*

*F*@**#ing*

*Time*

This song brings me to tears.

I absolutely love that you've featured this performance on your channel. Thank you for that.

(I know my name suggests that I am Finnish and that, perhaps, I was born and raised there. But, I was born and raised in Canada. My roots to Finland run deep, though. Once again, thank you for featuring this performance on your channel.)