The Saddest Song “My Homeland“ - Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and Choirs

Rož and Podjuna and Zila are three Slovenian valleys in northern Carinthia (now part of Austria). They symbolize Slovenian national identity and pride of our fellow countrymen in Carinthia. It honors those who despite tremendous German pressures to assimilate managed to survive for more than one hundred years on land that Slovenia lost after World War One. The song reminds us that the land of Carinthia is ours, Slovenian. That our people, who endured all the great hardships of both world wars, are still a part of the Slovenian motherland, a part of our memory and a part of the proud melancholic Slovenian soul. (Primož Zevnik, concert director) The song of three valleys where Slovenian people live in Austrian Carinthia was written by priest Ph.D. Janko Mikula, together with farmer Janko Olip. The song was tuned by Pavle Kernjak. This amazing symphonic musical arrangement was made by composer Marjan Peternel Sopran: Ernestina Jošt Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orch