No hymn requests this morning, but here’s a treat: our friends and esteemed colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy–with Scott Swanson on the keyboard–give us Be Still, My Soul. Many of us know this melody as Finlandia, by Sibelius.
Tag: Finlandia by Sibelius
‘Be Still My Soul’
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard this hymn. You may recognize the melody as Finlandia, by Sibelius.
Be Still My Soul, performed by two students at Fountainview Academy… Sorry, I couldn’t resist an evergreen forest under a blanket of snow.
‘I Then Shall Live’
The music Sibelius wrote for Finlandia has served for several hymns, including this one–I Then Shall Live, sung by the Faither Vocal Band, flavored with photos of God’s handiwork. Looking at these, it’s no wonder that when God surveyed His finished creation, He pronounced it very good.
By Request, ‘I Then Shall Live’
Even as the hymn, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee borrows its music from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, so does I Then Shall Live, by the Gaither Vocal Band, take its melody from Finlandia by Sibelius.
I guess it’s all right, God having given Sibelius the beautiful music in the first place.
P.S.–The hymn shop is open to one and all, so don’t be shy. If there’s a hymn you’d like to see posted on this blog, just let me know.