I am in bliss with the Finns at Yle Klassinen (accessible via my internet radio). However, beyond the names of the composers and the performers, I can’t understand a word that the hosts are saying! Thankfully, they’ve got the playlists posted at their website. Of course, I still have to use the translate function, which results in occasional inadvertent hilarity, as with this translation of one of Vaughan Williams’ best-loved pieces, scheduled to stream later tonight:

Vaughan Williams: The Bread Rises to the Heights (Hilary Hahn, violin, and London SO/Colin Davis)

How much yeast is in Hahn’s RVW is debatable:

Current playlist posted here:

https://areena.yle.fi/podcastit/1-70823375

PHOTO: Lark bread bun – as far as I know, a Russian, not a Finnish tradition!