86 seconds of perfection… and counting 🤌 This is Sibelius’ Finlandia performed by @rsnoofficial and @conductorben at Classic FM Live with Viking at @royalalberthall. Watch the full performance on YouTube and the concert on @skyarts. | Classic FM

The Young People's Concert "A Tribute to Sibelius" was broadcast on this day in 1965, in commemoration of the composer's centennial year. Leonard Bernstein conducted the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Finlandia and had this to say about Sibelius's most famous composition: “Like many other pieces of his, [Finlandia] was a part of that national revolution; and in fact it proved to be so exciting to the Finnish audiences, with its warlike rhythms and its inspiring, hymn-like middle part,