LAIBACH : O, Triglav, moj dom (featuring Severa Gjurin, Boris Benko & Tomi Meglič)

The famous Slovenian folk song ’Oj, Triglav, moj dom’ (Hey, Triglav, My Home) was written in 1894 by the priest, poet and translator Matija Žemljic under the pseudonym ’Slavin’, and was inspired by the German patriotic song ’O Schwarzwald, o Heimat’. A year later, Jakob Aljaž, also a priest and a great admirer of Slovenia’s highest mountain, Triglav, set the song to music. Laibach chose the song for their performance at the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica 2023, and invited Boris Benko and Primož Hladnik (both Silence), singer Severa Gjurin, Tomi Meglič (Siddharta), Irena Anžič (zither), Petra Vidmar (percussion), the Slovenian Philharmonic Mixed Choir and the brass section of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, to join them. Arrangements by Boris Benko, Primož Hladnik & Laibach Mixed by Matej Gobec Produced by Laibach Mastered by Matej Gobec Video projection created by komposter Photos used in video projections: Sebastien Goldberg, Aleš Krivec, Ton Souza, sosinda, Davorin Pavlica, David Bole, Matijap, David Sinclair, Shah Jahan A recording of the entire event can be viewed on the RTV 365 portal: Song released digitally on Nika. . O, Triglav, moj dom, kako si krasan, kako me izvabljaš iz nizkih ravan v zimski idili na strme vrhe da tam si spočije v samoti srce, kjer potok izvira v skalovju hladan: o, Triglav, moj dom, kako si krasan! O, Triglav, moj dom, četudi je svet začaral s čudesi mi večkrat pogled, tujina smehljaje kazala mi kras, le nate sem mislil strastno ves čas, o tebi sem sanjal sred’ svetlih dvoran: o, Triglav, moj dom, kako si krasan!