On the score for this piece, the composer wrote it is meant to be set "on great long hills, where tempests brood and gather, primeval earth beneath primeval sky.
On the score for this piece, the composer wrote it is meant to be set "on great long hills, where tempests brood and gather, primeval earth beneath primeval sky." This piece was composed for the 1899 Press Celebrations, as part of the finale to six pieces conducted by Robert Kajanus. This piece was the basis for the hymn "Be still my soul," and its music is the same as that of Biafra's National Anthem. Herbert von Karajan made a recording of this symphonic poem alongside its composer's Valse Triste and his Lemmenkainen Suite. For 10 points, identify this tone poem extolling the virtues of resistance against the Russian Empire, a nationalistic work of Jean Sibelius.
On the score for this piece, the composer wrote it is meant to be set "on great long hills, where tempests brood and gather, primeval earth beneath primeval sky.
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