The date of Mikko Sidoroff's work for mixed choir, 8. Mai 1945 (May 8, 1945) holds great significance for the entire world, perhaps even most for Germany. On this day, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies led by Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and the United States, by signing the surrender document. The work draws on several texts: John McCrae's In Flanders Fields (1915) actually relates to World War I. Its message, however, is universal: although the poem historically refe...