Akademen - Pacius: Vårt land (14/4/2018)

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Vårt land [Our Land]
Premièred in 1848 in Helsinki by the Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki
National anthem of Finland
Composer: Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891), 1848
Lyricist: Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877), 1846
180th Anniversary Concert, encore
The Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall, 14th April 2018
Grand Anniversary Choir of the Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki, male-voice choir
Kari Turunen, conductor
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VÅRT LAND
Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
ljud högt, o dyra ord!
Ej lyfts en höjd mot himlens rand,
ej sänks en dal, ej sköljs en strand,
mer älskad än vår bygd i nord,
än våra fäders jord.
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Din blomning, sluten än i knopp,
skall mogna ur sitt tvång;
se, ur vår kärlek skall gå opp
ditt ljus, din glans, din fröjd, ditt hopp,
och högre klinga skall en gång
vår fosterländska sång.
-Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1846
Our land, our land, our fatherland,
sound loud, o name of worth!
No mount that meets the heaven’s band,
no hidden vale, no wavewashed strand,
is loved, as is our native North, our own forefathers’ earth.
Thy blossom, in the bud laid low,
yet ripened shall upspring.
See! from our love once more shall grow
thy light, thy joy, thy hope, thy glow!
And clearer yet one day shall ring
the song our land shall sing.
-Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1846, transl. Clement Burbank Shaw
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Director:
Emil Floman
Video Editor:
Titus Poutanen (Clayhill)
Audio Editor:
Anders Pohjola
Copywriter:
Kasper Sundström
Camera Operators:
Titus Poutanen
Johan Rabb
Stage Manager:
Anni Valkonen (Helsinki Music Centre)
Audio Technician:
Kirsi Peteri (Helsinki Music Centre)
Lighting Technician:
Antti Silvennoinen (Helsinki Music Centre)
Projection Technician:
Erik Roos (Helsinki Music Centre)
Concert Producers:
Arthur Lindstedt
Emil Floman
Executive Producers:
Emil Floman
Kurt Grönroos
Kasper Sundström
Alexander Zilliacus
We would also like to thank:
Alexander Salvesen
Benedict Landtman
Rasmus Kurtén
Christoph Mällinen
Oleg Stikhin
© 2018 Akademiska Sångföreningen rf. All rights reserved.

[@northbreeze0198]

Tror inte finnarna äns förstår hur stort det som svensk är att höra detta. Är snudd på obeskrivligt vackert. TACK FINLAND!

[@northbreeze0111]

Mycket vackert!

[@EllenGale]

Beautifully done....

[@mateuszmattias]

Tårar i ögonen!

[@annsandlund8376]

The song, from Runeberg's poem about the war when Russia won Finland from Sweden in 1809, was suggested to be the Swedish national anthem aswell, but instead we have "Du gamla du fria" which actually is about the whole of the northern countries.

[@Niko_LayKon]

Påminner mig om en sovjetisk kör. När jag kom till Sankt Petersburg ljöd en liknande kör där.

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

today i learned that enstonia sweden and finland have the same anthem

[@jimmaunoforss8237]

I like this. I like russian language. Sounds beautiful .