Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan Joutsen) 

This is sure to be one of the most inspired piece of music in all of classical music A great performance of this work

A while back, CBC's Peter Gzowski's radio voice was as comforting as the most priceless, down-filled feathered pillow, that is resting on a bed made of chocolate truffles. It was about 7 or 8 pm. Pitch wintry black outside... even the trees where shivering... then Peter's voice filled my little parking booth with a description of this Finnish folk tale, to which he concluded by setting Sibelius' song free. I was pretty much in "7th heaven" from this.

Tuonelan tytti (Maid of Death) by Vertti Teräsvuori (1997). Teräsvuori is a photographic artist, nd so this is not a painting but a photograph - hard to believe at first sight!

I Really must say . This is So Beautiful and almost Hypnotic composition.! This Symphony takes me to the very far somewhere else.

Tuonela = Manala = Hell/Heaven (the place where you go after you die) In ancient Finland they didn't separate heaven/hell.

Sibelius -*The Swan of Tuonela Karelian to Finnish epic *Kalevala* Thank you beautiful

Nyt alkaa tämä pian menemään musiikin suhteenkin hieman vihapuheeseen, että täytyy ilmeisesti lopettaa... Voikaa hyvin! Thank You too much.

Compelling because as I listen to the music, and look at it with a loose rather than intent gaze, I get the real sense that there is rippling of the waters. A sort of visual trick, or mental artifact. Watched the video again, paying close attention to whether there was any panning or zooming in and out that was causing this perception. Finding none, I have to assume that the combination of the photo and music have 'moved' me. Or at least my sense of reality for 7 minutes and 24 seconds.

Beautiful, beautiful! This is mentioned in the new book "The Afterlife of Billy Fingers", that's how I learned of this piece ...

I don't know that any other instrument could have played it with such longing and grief. This was obviously the right choice, but I would love to hear it done by the French Horn too.

quel est le tableau svp? merci

I can't help it: THE BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!

It was really nice to hear your comment, dear friend, be happy

This looks surprisingly like the Kay Nielsen visualization of the Swan, designed for Disney's Fantasia. It was dropped, along with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, because of the war, when Finland was technically enemy, but it's been reconstructed from the original designs. Looks good, too, though it's not exactly the Finnish myth version. Agree about Adorno, by the way -- you don't have to be a Nazi to be a cultural Boche. Unfortunately, and despite efforts of Karajan and a few others, you still get that view in Germany today. Also France, sadly.

Really nice to speak with You

The Suomenusko's afterlife isn't a eternal sleep on a galley in Tuonela?

Sibelius Suomen 🇫🇮 finland tunnetuimpia säveltäjiä. Juuri tällä hetkellä Ateneum - museossa (Helsinki) Gallen-Kallela teoksia esillä. Mm. Aihepiiri "Tuonelan joutsen". - - - - Kalevala.

Hyvä ystävä tiedät ilmeisesti enemmän Sibeliuksesta kuin minä, mitäs sitten Lemminkäisen äiti?

Could we have the artists details please? This a fine recording.

good music

The bitterness and sorrowfulness of my brother.

Heaven does exist-it is our planet. Hell is within earth when we try to save it.

Beautiful painting! May I know what it is?

Ehkäpä Tuonela on kuten Viikinkien paikka, jossa iloitaan kaikkien ystävien kanssa, ennen viimeiselle tuomiolle joutumista.

I hope heaven exist.

Kai se Tuonela odottaa meitä kaikkia aikanaan. Tuonela kuulostaa oikeastaan lempeämmälle, kuin Manala.

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