Reaction To The Greatest Patriotic Songs From Finland
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This is my reaction to The Greatest Patriotic Songs From Finland
In this video I react to 3 songs and pieces of music that are important to Finland and it's history.
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The song definitely carry a deeper meaning when you know the history of Finland.
Yeas ,,, this song is our soul
It is true.
Cannot listen the Finlandia without crying.. it comes so deep of our identity.
Totally agreed
This is our soul,this is deeply our citizens song which mean a lot of to us when we have intepedent day in december❤
Greetings from Finlad which is homecountry for SISU🤍💙
I sometimes cry a little when i hear Finlandia hymn and i am almost 40 years old man. That tells how beautiful and how big meaning it has.
Me..always.
Only sometimes? :)
Same
@@terokoskinen3036 well, the context here is that he is Finnish. Our happy face is the deadpan "tonnin seteli" -face. So when he says he sometimes cries it's huge 😂
Wait until you get to your 50s... Will still happen.
Jaegers or jääkärit are finnish soldiers sent to germany in ww1 to recieve special training and fight against the russians. They were the most crucial part of finnish military success in both the civil war and the winter war. Originally the jaegers however, were german hunters recruited to the army as mainly snipers.
Hi Mert, have quality time to seen your comments, all of your flicks about Finland (i sure know there not your own works and not allways "tsimt", but i like your comments and your english pronancn (i like scotch, Wales & Irish etc. (Few otterly islands ofshore, what me by more Viking mentality?...)
I liked the video. You might want to be quite careful with the diphthong in "Päin nousevan Suomen rantaa" It sounded as if you said "Päin nussivan Suomen rantaa" :D
6:40 I'm not from Finland, but I'm relatively sure that Karelia is the part of Finland the USSr stole during the winter war and the continuation war.
The jääkörimarssi has a better version that's sung in a deeper pitch and it actually sounds like a war song.
Can't listen Finlandia hymn without tears
same here
Same
Neighter me.... en minãkään ... inte jag heller
Me neither.
Every time ❤🥺😭
Säkkijärven polkka is originally an old theme from Karelia area. It was played continuously for some time day and night during war. It contained such tones (combination of radiofrequencies/waves) which disturbed well the function of Soviet mines with radio detonation.
This is actually straight up poetic when considering the song itself is about Säkkijärvi.
It was actually the first ever use of electronic warfare!
@@eemilperamaki6142 that or the soviet redio controlled tanks.
Säkkijärven polkka is originally from Germany.
@@zekevarg3043 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4kkij%C3%A4rven_polkka
Finlandia hymn is part of the larger work 'Finlandia' by Sibelius. Worth checking out the complete work. Composed in 1899-1900. Huge part of the independence movement in Finland culminating in 1917 independence.
in fact, there is very epic part where the song imitates machine guns.
Here's a version from the BBC Proms of 2017 ruclips.net/video/fE0RbPsC9uE/видео.html
Sibelius' op.26 (Finlandia) is my absolutely favorite piece of classical composition. Strong, powerful composition with eerily quiet and calm Hymn hitting like a truck just around the 3/5 part, followed by transition to Grand Finale where musical Finnish National Pride is finally blasting away like fireworks!
Kinda makes me wish there was a easily available recording(s and more info) of that entire set (that 'Finlandia' is the finale of!) Sibelius composed to accompany the nationalistic production by Bergbom and other texts by Leino/Finne.
Jean Sibelius, the composer of both Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia-hymni, is our national treasure.
Over the years, there has been debate about whether Finlandia-hymni should replace our official national anthem (Maamme laulu). To many, the Finlandia-hymni better represents the Finnish spirit and identity, especially given its historical context. And it's just a masterpiece of composition.
I also hope so .... kerrassaan ihana hymni
Finlandian pitäisi olla meidän kansallislaulu. To the non-Finnish speaking: I wholeheartedly wish that Finlandia was our national anthem... even though the name Finland is not our own word but "given" to us.
Finlandia is definitely nicer, but also, imagine people absolutely butchering it at sports events... or at any other events. It's much more challenging to sing than Maamme.
Finlandia definitely beats a German boozing song with new lyrics. No offence meant to Estonia.
Finlandia does not need to replace Maamme de jure, since we don't have set national anthem. When Finland celebrated it's 100 year independence in 2017 there was a movement to set Finlandia as official national anthem. I fully supported that but sadly it didn't materialize.
Finlandia-hymn brings tears to every Finnish person listening to it. Period.
So true!
not rly
Voidaankoha jossain välissä yrittää taas heittää se maamme laulu (melko suora käännös Puolan itsenäisyyslaulusta) unholaan ja ottaa aito kotimainen sille kunniapaikalle?❤
@@sofian1101 niin että mitä? Mene, ja vaikka kuuntele Puolan kansallislaulu niin huomaat että siinä ei ole juuri mitään samaa kuin Maamme-laulussa. Tarkoittanet Viron kansallislaulua, jonka sävel on täsmälleen sama Frederik Paciuksen säveltämä hymni kuin meillä täällä.
Olen kylläkin samaa mieltä siitä, että Finlandian tulisi olla Suomen kansallislaulu.
Another powerful and emotionnally uplifting song is "Veteraanin iltahuuto" (the evening shout of the veteran), which is sang, by tradition, in the funeral of every Finnish veteran. That includes the funeral of my grandfather, where I heard it for the first time in my life. It is like a goodbye song to the brother in arms, whose soul is now with the almighty God.
I cannot listen to Finlandia without tearing up
Jääkärimarssi is the honor march of finnish jaeger forces (pretty much all of infantry). Me, being done my tour of duty as an anti-tank missile jaeger, I have marched to that song several times. It was (IIRC) created during the 1920's after the finnish civil war where Whites beat the Reds with the german-trained jaegers were an elite soldier units of the whites.
Finlandia hymn gives me chills every time I hear it, it is so beautiful. The whole Finlandia is also amazing.
Ah! At least someone knows there's an entire composition that encompasses the Hymn!
The Hymn-part hits completely differently when you hear it "as intended" - a proper way to evoke awakening of Finnish nationalism!
I cannot even begin to describe all the feeling going inside me, when hearing this stunning hymn sung on the stairs at Helsinki Cathedral every 6th of December by a Students Choir and hundreds of other people at the square in front of the Cathedral. There is something very solemn and profound in this hymn, even if you didnt know the history or Finnish language. As a Finn I get chills every time, I hear this masterpiece.
Finland has been an independent nation for a bit over century now. First, we were conquered by Sweden around 12th century, and remained as part of Sweden until 1808, when we became part of Russian Empire. Throughout most of our history the majority of Finns were peasants, while the ruling class consisted mainly Swedish speaking aristocrats. Finnish language was the language of the peasants, and it hadnt written form not until 16th century. Even after developing the written, standardized form for the language, Finnish still remained the language of the peasants, while administravite language was Swedish and Latin. Finnish language finally became equal by the 1880's, which was the time of the nationalistic awakening all over Europe. Independence Finland gained 6th of December 1917, and from henceworth we have been an independent nation, which we had to defend at WW2 against the invasion of Soviet Union. We managed to defer total annihilation of our independence, however.
Can you record dec 6 and show it here? I would love to hear it.❤
Finlandia hymn is so beautiful and such a power song for us finns. It always makes me think about all the sacrificies pur grandparents have done for our freedom ❤ such a special song.
If only people would remember there's an entire ~8minute composition of Finlandia and not just the Hymn.. The Hymn is absolutely meaningless without the rest!
In Finlandia Hymni when "kuin itse taivahan kansi sois." is sung the translation actually means: "As if the firmament itself was ringing.".
There is a proper translation for "taivaankansi", which is firmament.
Noticed that too, firmament is the proper translate for "taivaan kansi".
The Finlandia hymn is one of few things in life that make my eyes tear up a sliver.
There are a couple others that make me feel a bit similarly as well though.
"Veteraanin iltahuuto" (About remembering the veterans and carry on the torch as they all pass on)
"Sotaorvon vala" (About the civil war, executed parents, destruction and revenge theme)
"Evakon laulu" (About the Karelians forced to leave their homes forever and the losses of war including the father of the family only returning home in a coffin)
"Modersmålets sång" (A sort of anthem of the Swedish speaking Finns)
I don't cry much, but Veteraanin Iltahuuto gets me bawling every time
Polka is a folkdans
Finlandia got me. So beautiful. Finns are my dear neighbours. Greatings from Sweden. ❤
funfact: säkkijärven polkka was used as counter-weapon against soviet "radio-launched" bombs. they noticed that when they play this song, somewhere exploded bomb, it was more or less used in the continuation war but definitely interesting thing.
3 days... (1500 time 64 h..)
Actually, when this Song was played and repeated one after another for days, it prevented the radio guited russian bombs NOT to detonate.
Somehow now, during the Russian war in Ukraine, Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia hymn remind us how we used to be. Under Russian rule. Finland paid a high price for it's freedom: both in loss of land and war indemnities. Finland has been independent since 1917, just over a hundred years. We have 1340 kilometres of border with our Eastern neighbour... Finland has never forgotten. Jääkärimarssi makes me feel defiant and determined. My mother was a teenager during WW II, and she has told me so many stories. I wish we never have to see war times again.
As long as there are nations such as russia(USSr) and China (PRC) there will be wars!
That version of Finlandia was the short version. You need to listen the whole song
It is very important to hear the first part of Finlandia hymn!!!!! It is epic. Anyway, the song still gives me chills every time.
What first part? The choir arrangement is a work of its own, and it has no other parts.
If you are interested there is a full version of Finlandia you could listen to. One is without singing and another is performed live by BBC music for finnish 100th year anniversary.
Yeah, the BBC one is the best recording of it on RUclips, although the choir clearly pronounces some of the words so wrong that it changes meanings of some words. It is still very beautiful, but I'm always laughing about how they pronounce synnyinmaa as synninmaa.
All these songs make me feel great patriotism and bring tears to my eyes when i think about what our grandparentd have done for our freedom. Without Finnish Sisu we would be Russians now.
If i may suggest a song for you to listen, there is "Veteraanin iltahuuto" and it is a very powerful song.
Finlandia Hymn is just a part of Sibelius' Finlandia. You should listen to the whole thing, there is a version on youtube where BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs it to honor 100th independence day of Finland. Very powerful.
And Finlandia itself is the finale of 6-part composition for early Finnish nationalistic production. The Hymn part hits way more powerful when you consider this (Finlandia, op.26) followed part that represented tsarist-russian dominance and oppression over Finland and here is where Finnish people first struggle and then 'finally' start to bloom and then blast open in brilliance like fireworks in the night sky!
Finlandia hymn, and to seller extent the jaeger march always give me goosepumps, while säkkijärven polkka is great for raising spirits. Jaegers were volunteer infantry that were trained by Germans in WWI. They took part in battles against Russia in the eastern front. Then when the Finnish civil war started they were transferred to Finland and became a core of the new Finnish (white) army and trained the new conscripts (in contrast to civil guards) among other things. Today all infantry in Finland is called "jääkäri" jaeger and the military oath everyone takes is mostly the same as those first jaegers took before shipping to Finland.
I think that is not completely accurate. Even though most conscripts in the army are jaegers, the navy and air forces has different ranks like a sailor or airman instead.
@@Tyrisalthan Yes, good correction.
As a Finn living now in Germany and watching this video, this makes me cry pretty fast. These songs hits the core of being a Finn.
Jääkärinmarssi and Finlandia hymn make me quite emotional. There's this understanding that our small nation had to suffer for its freedom, and these were songs from a time when there was great uncertainty about what this freedom meant. The future was opening up, and now we get to reflect on it all, did we make the forefathers proud?
This one brings all Finish people in tears when thinking of the sacrifices our grandparents had to make in the war.
Jaeger march, it was made for the civil war 1917'ish..
being a jaeger myself, i raises shivers in my spine, so strong.
Sakkijarven Polkka, annoying sound, but fun fact..only song used as a weapon, ever..finnish army played that song specially on a set frequency to blow up russian minefields with certain mines that were activated by radiosignals. (or to prevent them to explode, cant remember which)
Finlandia, ethereal..you should hear the whole finlandia from Sibelius.
Säkkijärvi was a town in Karjala (karelia in english) that the soviets invated and took in the winter war. Now days Säkkijärvi is called Kondratjevo, and its part of Russia..
Eamt Karjala takaisin.
Every time tears in my eyes when i hear Finlandia.❤
The hymn is so badly translated that you lose about 90% of the awe in it. And you still found it awesome 😊
It goes more properly something like this.
O look, Finland, your day dawns.
The threat of night has been banished.
The skykark sings in the brightness of dawn
like the very lid of the heavens were struck ringing.
The powers of night are conquered by the dawn's brightness.
Your day dawns, o land of birth.
O rise, Finland, raise it high.
Your head wreathed in great memory.
O rise, Finland, you showed the world.
That you banished slavery. (high point)
And that you would not bend under oppression.
Your day dawns, O land of birth.
This! 🙄👆
Maybe it's just a version for a choir and not a real translation.
@@SannaM76 The one on the video is the official one. Seen on almost every post of Finlandia on youtube. It is a little dated and takes quite some liberties.
There is a musical "code" in the Jääkärinmarssi. It switches between more western, Swedish, French and German schools and Russian, Slavic school of musical language when it changes from major to minor scale. And it matches the words too... It is ruthless and sad in the minor key, and then victorious, hopeful and talks about bright future in the major key. You can specially hear it with the line "which is cutting its chains" that has the most stereotypical ascending Slavic melody, and then it switches to more European with the line "our defiance will not be passed". It is like a Prussian march all of a sudden, boisterous and upbeat. The "code" is really all about being finally free from Russian rule and all of the horrible things they did to us, and joining Europe.
Yup, Sibelius was a genius.
Finlandia is basically considered to be our second national anthem here in Finland! It’s sung often during independence day
Karelia is an area in eastern Finland that has always been very important to us. We lost south Karelia to Russia during WW2. Säkkijärvi is an area that we lost
I hope you're talking about Sibelius' op.26 and not op.113, no.12 - tho yes; The Hymn is overly hyped during Independence Day. It is meaningless without parts before and after it!
@@Makapaa yes I’m talking about op. 26 :)
@@lileyzei6489 For that: Thumbs up and "Kippis!"
Yes it was when a big Coward attacked against its small neighbour...
As a Finn, this makes me wanna salute and stand at attention throughout.
That Finlandia hymn was only part of it, See the video Jean Sibelius-Finlandia
Hits completely different with full set to support it! Definitely the way it was intended!
While understandable, it makes the later lyrical edition/addition rather meaningless.
Ich bin eine deutsche Patriotin und respektiere die Patrioten anderer Länder.
Liebe Grüsse an die Finnen - Ihr seid mir besonders sympathisch!
Natürlich verstehe ich den Schmerz um verlorenes Land - wie zb in Säkkijerven Polkka !
die same fur dich mein deutsche freund. Wir wirklich haben eine alte kameradschaft mit Sich germanische patrioten.
Ich auch fuhle vielen grussen dachten am bei Deutschland Anthem. Die worten und Das Lied da sind so bewegenden. Sorry for my crippled German, muchos Liebe to your way.
@@AndyFlagg1
Dein Deutsch ist gar nicht schlecht , alles verständlich und ich bin völlig einverstanden - liebe Grüsse an germanische Patrioten aus Schleswig-Holstein ( zwischen Nordsee und Ostsee )
Finlandia was composed in 1899 by Jean Sibelius, our national composer. It was composed during the Russian oppression when the Russians tried to erase Finnish culture, language and laws. This is only a portion of the full 10 minute piece, this part of the piece is called the "hymn" and the whole song is called Finlandia. He composed this and played it live and it moved the audience so much that it became a hit. It didn't have lyrics at first, the first lyrics were actually written in the US by Finnish Americans as they wanted to sing the hymn part when they were missing home. The first lyrics were written by a Finnish American journalist George (Yrjö) Sjöblom in 1919. He worked at New York Times and when a winter storm was causing havoc in the city he got homesick and was thinking about this hymn so he wrote the first lyrics to it. He sent the lyrics to Sibelius and he thanked and said "the hymn isn't meant to be sung, but I won't deny Finns from singing it". The current lyrics (as sung in this version) were written in 1940 by V.A Koskiniemi who was a Finnish poet. The lyrics tell the tale of how Finland got free from slavery and oppression from the Russians. Nowadays it is probably the most important piece of music for us Finns, many (me included) say that this should be the national anthem. Our national anthem is a german marching song actually written by a German, hence many people prefer this over 'oi maamme'.
I'd recommend "Veteraanin iltahuuto", sung by actual war veterans. Always gives me chills.
fun fact: finnish army used Säkkijärven polkka to block soviet radio-controlled mines from detonation during the recapture of Viipuri. the Finns broadcasted the song at the same frequency the mines detonated at, for over 1,500 times from September 1941 to February 1942 until “proper” mine jamming equipment was brought in. When the Soviets caught wind of this, they attempted to change the frequency to detonate the mines. Once the Finns heard of this, they changed their methods, and broadcasted the Säkkijärven Polkka on every possible frequency that the mines could operate at.
My parents were born and raised in Finland, karajala until the winter war. My father and his 5 brothers went to fight and defend the country. I'm proud of them. I'm was born and raised in Brasil my heart is there too.
Finlandia hymn is considered to be one of the most beautiful songs ever made not just in Finland but internationally, so.. getting emotional about it is totally normal.. i say to myself as i wipe my tears.
It's not a song, tho. Just a poem with background music - and completely meaningless without the full composition of Finlandia.
Finlandia Hymn is a part of a greater composition by Jean Sibelius. Originally it didn't include any lyrics. I strongly recommend you listening to it completely and reading the description here: ruclips.net/video/F5zg_af9b8c/видео.html
Definitely in tears hearing Finlandia .... I'm in my 60's but every time I hear it .... I cry. Bless my motherland 🇫🇮💙🇫🇮
Some other good finnish patriotic songs that you could listen to are "vapaussoturin valloituslaulu", which is a civil war song of the white side, "veteraanin iltahuuto", song of war veterans and "uraliin", continuation war song.
Jääkärinmarssi is definitely my favorite, I'm a anti-armor jaeger myself and the song was our company marching song at oath ceremony. We spent hours practicing it, wouldn't expect training singing in army. But our marching and singing was so good that we were rewarded additional vacation day. Army was tough but really rewarding experience and left great memories.
Finlandia. Heard it thousands of times. yet here i am. crying, and smiling.
Oh, I love these songs! Jääkärimarssi is a proud song of Finnish soldiers from the time when Finland became independent. And Säkkijärven polkka is telling about Karelia, the beautiful piece of Finland that we had to give to Russia. So many Karelians had to leave their homes in Karelia. Finlandia shares our love to our home country. Thank you, Mert Fin, for playing them all here!
1:54 It's actually pronounced Yaegers, as in Jägermeister. The reason the German word is used in English, is that the English-speaking world is more familiar with it due to WW2. Finns use the word Jääkärit, Finnish version of the same word.
Germans helped us Finns with our independence by training our men as Jaegers, (highly mobile light infantry, lacking a good translation into English). Jaegers are generally thought of as elite troops, so the idea was that if you're going train conscripts to resist the Russians, they better be good at it.
The ”säkkijärven polkka” with the lyrics is a bit this and that, the thing is when the Finns ”went back and got back our city”, the Soviets had left ”radio bombs” in Vyborg. So the Finns figured out the radio frequency the bombs were going off, & ”Finnish Radio” at 98,77 MD (or whatewer it was) played the record ” Säkkijärven polkka” 24/7 until the batteries in the bombs went off.
oh and yes, the hymn was only small part of it... there is epic part of it when the melody imitates machine guns and eventually "win" and so... it is absolutelu stunning
here: ruclips.net/video/F5zg_af9b8c/видео.html its without vocals mut... it is sure epic and amazing, truly breathtaking
Finlandia hymni is very important to us finnish people. And it's makes us cry always. . Patriotic song and kind of sad song ,but very lovely song for us . ❤❤❤
Check out:
Finlandia Hymn Senate Square (Performed by a choir of thousands singers) and
Finlandia Flashmob (Several videos of great performances)
So a quick history of Jääkärimarssi (Jaeger's march)
In late 1800s/early 1900s Finland was a part of Russian empire and Russia started to russify it's territories, Finns did not like this so many Finns sneaked to Germany in order to get millitary training so that at an opportune moment they could return to Finland and fight for its independence.
These Jaeger's were fighting in the eastern front under German empire in WW1 and a Jaeger wrote a poem which is the lyrics of this song, then Russia was plunged into a civil war, Finns declared their independence, these lyrics were sent to Sibelius I who "with patriotic fervour" composed the music for the poem creating the song. German empire would then ship these Jaeger's back to Finland sho that they could fight the Finnish civil war on the side of the whites against the Russian supported reds.
This is one of the things why Finn's had and still have good relationship and respect towards Germans.
So when the lyrics refer to "we have no mercy and no homeland" it is a reference to them fighting abroad when Finland is not independent yet.
That was only small part of Finlandia hymn.
Actually the hymn is the middle part of the whole Finlandia orchestral suite…🤔👌
Jägermarch is probably the most important military marches in Finland. Jäger were trained in Germany in early 20th century and basically the whole FDF is bild on them.
Then Säkkijärven polkka 😅 it's not that remarkable song today, but they used it in WW2 to jam russian coms.
Finlandia is not finnish national song, but many it should be. The song plays out perfectly all the ups and downs of Finnish people. Especially the original instrumental version. Oh, the drums and the new morning that need to be there.
That last bit was mistranslated "Päin nousevan Suomen rantaa" -> "Towards the shore of the rising Finland" or alternatively "Towards rising Finland's shore" are the exact translations, not "To the rising shore of Finland" that was in the video
ps. that "Säkkijärven polkka" is one of my all time favourites ever since I was a small kid
A little side rant you can ignore, but calling these "patriotic" songs gives them a little dark/sinister connotation akin to neo-nazi/warmongers, they are national treasures for sure and we are extremely proud of them, but without that "militaristic/patriotic/bigoted" stuff that calling something/someone patriotic has these days in Finland.
Most Finns and Finnish things are considered healthy patriotic as a baseline, so whenever someone goes out of their way to underline that by calling themselves or something patriotic, it usually (not always) means they are a racist bigot
I have never heard these called patriotic songs before in English which immediately exposes the slippery-slope between healthy/unhealthy patriotism hidden in "isänmaallisuus" that is the Finnish term for it. Even then, Finns consider "isänmaallisuus" to be more of a celebration of our nature, resilience and co-operation with each other, than the more bigoted nuances patriotism (even though they are very very similar) has in the US for example
Also, the reason Finns still revere veterans so much, is because they DEFENDED out country at impossible odds where they knew there was very little chance they'd ever come back alive, or in one piece, they didn't go out to invade/loot/pillage other countries for resources and profits just because they don't think like us, or they have something we want (Like the USA and Russia for example)
That is why even our military force is called the *(home)Land defense Forces*
I would recommend you to listen "Veteraanin iltahuuto" - Song of The Finnish Veterans. Even if you don't do reaction about it. My personal favorite patriot song
You should listen Finlandia hymn from start to the end .It's powerfull.
The Finlandia Hymn always brings out the emotions. This is relevant again when we already have new persecutions, as in the whole of Europe.
Its not a national song. That is Maamme Our Land! I am 65 yers old reserv under officer sergeant , we all are soldater!
You should react to Finns favorite Christmas songs. Varpunen jouluaamuna, Sylvian joululaulu and Tonttu if you can find english translations to those. Really paints you a picture of Finnish mentality when our favorite happies time of the year songs are about dead little brother and home sickness... 😅
In next part please "Silmien välliin" song, there should be one with english lyrics
I think back in those days a Jaeger was a finnish soldier who was military trained in Germany. Nowadays tho it just means an infantry man
Veteraanien iltahuuto!
We have no choice either we defend our country or we are forced to learn Russian. It is a easy choice for the most of us, die as a free man or learn Russian.
I would add "Hakkapeliittain marssi" or "Suomalaisen ratsuväen marssi 30-vuotisessa sodassa" which is about the finnish cavalry in the 30 years war in the 1600s. The main theme is from the 1600s, I guess.
Ievan polkka (Eva's polka) is one of the most famous Finnish songs around the world. 😁
There is also "porilaisten marssi". It is always played in tv/radio when Finland wins gold in some international sport event.
Finlandia is not finlands national song,Finnish national anthem is Maamme laulu (song of our land)
Suomeksi ! Minä olen , perkeleen Jääkäri ! Turha tulla vittuileen meille jääkäreille ! 🤬
"Säkkijärven polkka" song was actually used by the Finnish military to disrupt the signals of Soviet mines, preventing them from detonating. So that song quite literally saved lives.
Säkkijärven polkka was actually the first ever use of electronic warfare! It was played day and night to interfere with soviet mines that was activated by radio frequencies, and the song somehow was at a similar tone to the radio waves!
I have heard them before, several times, in fact my whole life. Jääkärimarssi and Finlandia Hymn are very good and emotional piece of music.
im not sure if they mean this in the song but "to the rising shore of finland"... finland is rising out of the sea 7 cubic centimeters per year, so we are getting bigger by land every year, dont know if they meant that but it fits to that :D
Finlandia hymn... Instant tears.
I have gotten tears from many touching songs, but Finlandia Hymni is one of it's kind. It grasps your whole heart, giving chills but also making your skin warm. It instantly wakes the feeling of doing absolutely everything to protect this country and our loved ones.
fok sibelius is in its own league
Sibelius originally composed Finlandia to be an orchestral piece withour lyrics, the lyrics were added afterwards. What you listened, was of course only a small fragment of the whole piece, which lasts depending of the interpretation more or less 9 minutes.
If you like Sibelius, you might want to listen Valse Triste, Swan of Tuonela, Karelia suite and Sibelius violin concerto. Might be too long for videos, though, shortest of those mentioned is Valse Triste, about 6-7 minutes.
Two very worthwhile performances of Finlandia.
ruclips.net/video/F5zg_af9b8c/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/fE0RbPsC9uE/видео.html
Säkkijärven polkka is dance music, war time is Dancing was forbidden in Finland, only to world 1939-1945 (polkka is very quick dance)
As a finn, that version of Finlandia leaves me crying helplessly
How about 'Lentävä kalakukko' ?
Sibelius - Finlandia op. 26 (Opening of the new Helsinki music hall)
One of the few performances where choir keeps up with the tempo and does not draw it out for the dramatic effect!
Honestly, hearing Finlandia makes me think of stories like the Lord of the Rings. A great evil has finally perished and a new future awaits the people as the sun rises slowly from the horizon. Absolute masterpiece.
There is really a good reason why LOTR comes in mind... You know where Tolkien got the idea for his book? And where the idea of Mordor came from?
Similar themes for sure. A Light (Finnish national pride) from the dark rising up, finally blooming and lighting up the sky in brilliance to beat back the oppression (...by Tsarist Russian Empire).
Finlandia (op.26, not just the Hymn op.113,no12) followed a part of larger composition (of which Finlandia is the finale of) that represented "Isoviha. Great Wrath" time of great oppression and hostility from Russian Empire and (forced) provincial administration of Grand Duchy.
@@ironjavs1182 Not.. quite. While some parts of the Tolkiens (elven) mythology was somewhat inspired by Finnish mythology (mainly Kalevala, which was one of JRRs hobbies) and elven languages draw heavy inspiration from finnic languages - the themes of LOTR themselves have nothing to do with Finland.
Yes, the horrors of war, conflict, strife and oppression etc are there.
No, the corruption of nature/soul due to industrialization/unnatural creation is not there.
No, there is no link between Sibelius' compositions and Tolkiens writings.
@@Makapaa Yeah... I know... I was waiting Kalevala for a answer... Secondly I did not ask from you . 🙄 You just immediatly assumed that I was thinking about Sibelius. En oikein ymmärrä miksi luulit minun viittaavan kysymyksessäni Sibeliukseen (vaikkakin tämä on ko. reaktiovideon alla). 🤣 Lisäksi Tolkien itse on tuonut esille Mordorin ja Neuvostoliiton yhtäläisyydet. 🤔
@@ironjavs1182 ":)". You might not have as good understanding of Tolkiens' works and process as you think.. Hence the blatantly false statements in your original reply. Which I commented on.
So... While anything "overtly bad, twisted and corrupt" could indeed count as similarity to Mordor and/or Saurons' rule - so could so many other things too. Evil in Tolkiens' work does not equate to any single thing. It's a mix of lots of things; themes and ideas. At the most basic level it's all about the points I brought up. Domination of ones' spirit and twisting/corruption of nature. Am I in the wrong?
I repeat: There is no link between Finland and Tolkien other than getting inspired by the finnic mythos.
I tear up every time I hear Finlandia hymn.
I am Japanese and a fan of Finland. Beautiful nature, mighty souls (SISU), and charming people. I read some Finnish history books in Japanese, bet you have history books on Finland in English. Karelia was heart of Finland but taken by Russia in Winter War. The polka is about Karelia it was taken by Russia, so it's very sad but with joyful polka music. You have tons of war museums in Finland. In Helsinki, and east Finland, etc. They are so interesting!
Vapausoturin valloituslaulu and kauan on kärsitty you should also listen to, when their popular good finnish war songs. Levan polkka is also another good one, because just how famous that song is internationally as maybe the most famous finnish songs in the world.
You should come to Finland when we have Independence Day 6th of december. As someone mentioned in Helsinki is that chorus every year singing. I think this could be very good experience to You to see how patriotic finnish people are and maybe very emotional moment too.
In school at early 70's Finlandia and meanings of the even minuscular detail of it was made clear to me, and they are still true. It might have already been mentioned, but full Finlandia Opus 26 is available, e.g., at ruclips.net/video/qOSaT6U4e-8/видео.html
I love all of those pieces, though the first two arrangements are not my favourites.
Jääkärimarssi, the Jaegers' March, is a handsome march made by (our later national composer) Jean Sibelius. To my mind, it's a geniously created march to depict the uncertain but headstrong young Russia-opposed "white"-side youngsters, who left Finland for Germany to get military training against Russia during the WWI.
"Säkkijärven polkka" is propably based on a folk song, and it has a lot of Russian/mid-European polka influences. Karelia, especially Viipuri/Vyborg region, was very international until the USSR finally took it in 1944 (now it's wasteland). Säkkijärvi was one of the last, closest to nowaday Finland, regions to be left over to the USSR after the Winter war. Säkkijärven polkka was used by the Finnish counterspionage units to stop the Russians from blowing up the Vyborg castle after the repossession in 1941. In the 2010's I had a privilege to interview one of the last musicians who committed this "special operation" to defend our heritage.
The Finlandia Anthem is just a 😭😭😭😭 world class masterpiece borrowed by oh so many. People in Africa know it, Americans sing it in their churches. But it is ours.
Säkkijärven polkka is perhaps not a patriotic song but it was used during the war against USSR. Thanks to this melody USSR could not explode the fortress in Vyborg:
"When the Continuation War began, the Finns retook Viborg on August 31, 1941. However, quantities of Soviet radio-triggered bombs and mines had been placed in the area. These were to be detonated by the Soviet army by transmitting radio signals on a special frequency. In order to disarm the bombs, Finnish radio played Säkkijärven polkka non-stop on this frequency, around the clock, at the turn of August/September 1941 to disrupt the radio signals, which they also succeeded in doing."
im probably the least patriotic finn youll find, but finlandia gets me every single time, its so beautiful and powerful, its a shame that's not our national anthem tbh, our anthem is so much lamer
- Jaeger March: Jäger is a sort of German light infantry. During WWI, Finnish volunteers went to Germany to be trained as jägers. One of the jägers, Heikki Nurmio wrote a poem and it was smuggled back to Finland which was under Russian rule, and Sibelius composed a march for it.
- Säkkijärven polkka: The definite version of this is the one Viljo Vesterinen performed with Dallapé orchestra in 1939. The very same tune that was used to keep the Russian radio controlled mines from exploding after Finns retook Viipuri in the Continuation War. That one has no lyrics, tho.
- Finlandia: Sibelius didn't intend it to have lyrics, but people kept singing it anyway. The ones heard in this video are from 1940. A couple of Christian hymns are also sung in English with this tune.
If you want more satirical WWII propaganda songs, "Uraliin" is one.
You asked of Säkkijärven polkka. Here it comes: In the Continuation War in 1941, the Russians placed radio mines in Vyborg, which were tuned to trigger on a certain frequency. The mines exploded when a certain part of their mechanism went into resonance if a certain triad was played on the radio frequency. Immediately after the occupation of Vyborg, the Finns wondered about strange mine explosions. On August 28, 1941, the pioneers found release devices packed in rubber bags from the 600 kg explosive charge installed under the Kuukaupi bridge in Antrea. they were dismantled, examined and the operation clarified. Since then, it was found that mines had been placed in different parts of the city. On September 1, the General Staff received one broadcasting van from Yleisradio, which was driven to Vyborg. It could transmit the transmission frequency on the carrier wave of the mines. Säkkijärvi's polka was chosen from the car's record collection. So, in order to prevent the enemy's goal, they started playing Säkkijärvi's polka. One ring, without pauses, so that the frequency of triads used by the enemy could be "scrambled" to be unusable. On September 4, it was noticed that the Soviet forces were continuously transmitting their triads on the same transmission frequency. This is how the battle with radio waves began. This broadcast continued continuously for three days, until another car was sent from Aunus to Vyborg. The great fear was that the internal combustion engines driving the generators of the broadcast cars would break down, and therefore the army ordered more 50-watt transmitters, which were delivered already on September 9, 1941. These were then used to send jamming broadcasts. Until February 2, 1942. Yes, days and nights, months after months. The army had calculated that the batteries of the mines would run out within three months at the latest. Säkkijärvi's polka saved Vyborg. The Soviet Union took over the city in the Vyborg-Petroskoi operation in 1944.