Aarre Merikanto's tone poem "Echo"

Aarre Merikanto's Tone Poem "Echo" (1922) as sung by Taru Valjakka in 1981. "Echo" (lyrics by V.A. Koskenniemi), according to the Greek legend, tells Echo's yearning for Narcissus, a beautiful youth who refused all offers of love, including that of Echo. As a punishment he fell in love with his own image in a mountain pool. Unable to possess the image and to stand the agony Narcissus plunged a dagger in his heart, calling out a last goodbye to his reflected image. Echo spent the rest of her life pining away for the love she never knew, until only her voice remained.