My Own Land
| Oma maa | |
|---|---|
| Cantata by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer in 1918 | |
| English | Our Native Land |
| Catalogue | Op. 92 |
| Language | Finnish |
| Based on | Poem by Kallio |
| Composed | 1918 |
Oma maa (My Own Land or Our Native Land, literally: Own land/country), Op. 92, is a cantata by Jean Sibelius. He composed the work on a Finnish text, a poem by Kallio which he chose himself, for mixed chorus and orchestra, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the National Chorus. Sibelius completed the cantata on 18 March 1918. Armas Maasalo conducted the first performance.[1]
The piece was written at a time when the Red Guards, supporting the Russian administration of Finland, were losing their influence. Sibelius had been invited by the director of the national choir of Finland to contribute something for a concert celebrating the tenth anniversary of the choir's establishment.[2]
Literature
- Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013
References
- ^ Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. p. 276.
- ^ "Works for choir and orchestra". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
- Oma maa, Op.92 (Sibelius, Jean): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Jean Sibelius / Our Native Land (Oma maa), cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 92 AllMusic
