Cranes, the biggest birds living in the Finnish nature, made a deep impression on Sibelius with their majestic appearance and with the voice that ripples the enchantment of the wild nature. Cranes were “the birds of my youth” for Sibelius, and their voice carried him far away from all that was ordinary. His experiences on cranes’ arrival and their familiar voices during the spring migration, Sibelius wrote in his diary: “I saw cranes. I heard once again my voices!”
