The hymn Be Still, My Soul takes its music from Finlandia by Jean Sibelius.
It has less grip on the incoming president’s attention than the future sovereignty of Greenland.
He talks right through the hymn.
As does Barack Obama.
Watch.
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Last month (28 January), Cardiff University confirmed plans to close Cardiff University School of Music, a facility that has produced outstanding musicians, boasting a wealth of alumni, including lWelsh composers Karl Jenkins, Grace Williams and […]
The newly remastered Carnegie Hall concert of December 8, 1957. Unbelievably intense. The post Watch: Jussi Björling comemmorates Jean Sibelius appeared first on Slippedisc.
