Finnish Sisu
There's a word in the Finnish language called "sisu." It means a sort of grim determination in the face of adversity. Those who know the Finnish culture and personality say they're infused through-and-through with sisu. In today's show, Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen leading the New Zealand Symphony in the Third Symphony by fellow Finn Jean Sibelius. And a piece that Sibelius called festive, his Andante Festivo. But it's the kind of festive that only a Finn with a whole lot of sisu could have written.