together, they bring back happy memories. Without traditions life would not be as fulfilled. Traditions are the glue that binds one generation to another. They give every member something to look forward to in our sometimes chaotic lives. They remind us to slow down and remember the things and people that are most important. There are many different traditions and they all have different meaning. In my opinion the most important traditions are family ones, like celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and weddings. These traditions bring family closer together. For me birthdays are very important. On your birthday you can feel the love around you and also you can see that there are so many people who care about you. In my opinion the importance of ,,The New Year" on January 1 is overemphasized. There seems to be an almost magical belief in a "New Year" bringing change. Other than starting a new wall
XVI Gustaf met at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where Silvia was serving at the games as a hostess. The Queen has two older brothers: Ralf and Walther Sommerlaht. Her third brother, Jörg Sommerlath , passed away in 2006. The Sommerlath family lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The family returned to West Germany in 1957. Queen Silvia can speak six different languages, besides Swedish she can speak German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. She frequently takes part in anniversaries, congresses and symposium openings and other official events. Hobbies: The Queen likes to go hiking with The King. She enjoys skiing in the environs of the Royal Family´s cottage in Storlien. The Queen is able to cultivate different leisure interests, such as waterskiing and riding. The Queen also likes gardening and flowers. The Queen enjoys going to the theatre, the opera and concerts. 5
Such programmes could be clearly expressed in oratorio works with texts understandable to the masses and directly orientated for them. The Patriotic Symphony by Eugen Kapp (1942) may be considered the ideological cornerstone for this trend in symphonic music. In this work a clear Soviet worldview and aspirations are not yet observable. In the following decades, under Soviet pressure, such works were appearing in abundance, especially for any kind of state anniversaries and Estonian composers produced them mainly due to economic calculations. The Youth Symphony (the Fourth Symphony) of Artur Kapp (dedicated to the Young Communists League on its 30th anniversary), the poem The Eagle Flight of Heino Eller (dedicated to Stalin on his 70th birthday), the Symphonic Poem of Lemba (dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution), the Festive Poem of Rääts (dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Soviet Estonia) etc. belong to this category.