Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49

The magician Väinämöinen is on his homeward journey from the North. He meets Pohjola's daughter and falls in love with her, but to win her hand he must perform a series of impossible tasks, such as constructing a boat from the broken pieces of her spindle and tying an egg in invisible knots. He tries, but fails, and continues his journey alone. This is the part of the 'Kalevala' story upon which Sibelius based his symphonic fantasia 'Pohjola's Daughter'.