Yes, sure: in Finnish it's necessary to pronounce the double l longer, thus 'ol-lut' rather than 'o-lut'

Similar problems can occur, embarrassingly, with some names. I recall for instance:
- a guy whose first name was Veli-Matti (veli is otherwise the Finnish word for 'brother', so something like 'Brother-Martin'); unfortunately he was referred to as Velli-Matti ('Porridge-Martin');
- the BBC spelling the name of the singer Vesa-Matti Loiri as 'Vessa-Matti' (='Toilet-Martin');
- best/worst of all, when poor Raimo Laukka stood in at the last moment for an indisposed singer at a performance of Kullervo in London. It was at such short notice that nothing could be printed; so some embarrassed LSO person came on stage and explained that the baritone solo would be sung by... er.. Raimo... Luukakka. (I think Raimo was still offstage and hope he didn't hear it!) I trust I can rely on arenan or Harri M to translate that one for you...

... or use your imaginations ... not far-off in English!

(Boy has this thread gone down the ... er ... toilet.)

my poor thread is now flush with kaka.


dj

With the discussion on The Oceanides still fresh in my mind

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its worth remembering that Sibelius triumphed in America both as a composer and as a conductor.
It is reported that at the rehearsals in Carnegie Hall, Sibelius dressed in a spotless white flannel suite, mounted the podium to the applause of the seventy five hand picked musicians of the Festival orchestra. When J S turned to the new piece, Stoeckel wrote 'At first they did not understand it at all from what say said. The next morning, after having run through it three times, they were thoroughly delighted with it and remarked that the beauty grew with each rehearsal.
It was reported by Olin Downes and others after the premier, that at one point in the score around letter P, Sibelius used to crouch very low on the podium. Aparently in Gothenburg there is a score which just before the powerful climax [four bars before Q] has been annotated 'Jump up like Sibelius'.--kullervopete.