Finlandia

 Finlandia.
An orchestral work by Jean Sibelius first performed  on July of 1900 while Finland still bore the yoke of the Russian tzar.

     When I hear it I see in my mind  walking in the snows of a Canadian forest of white birch.The opening bars of the music hints at a menacing presence in the stillness.
    A somber piece mostly,very fitting to the mood of a long drawn out cold winter here.