This composer's violin concerto begins with the soloist playing a dissonant G against a quiet, slowly tremoloed D minor chord in the high strings, and it ends with what Tovey called a "Polonaise for polar bears."
This composer's violin concerto begins with the soloist playing a dissonant G against a quiet, slowly tremoloed D minor chord in the high strings, and it ends with what Tovey called a "Polonaise for polar bears." His tone poems include The Oceanides. His last works were written in the late 1920s, well before he died in 1957. His seventh and last symphony is a C Major work in one movement. The ending of one of his symphonic poems was turned into the national anthem of the title country. This composer of Tapiola also wrote the Kullervo symphony and the suites Karelia and Lemminkainen, which includes The Swan of Tuonela. For 10 points, name this composer of many tone poems inspired by the Kalevala, as well as Finlandia.
This composer's violin concerto begins with the soloist playing a dissonant G against a quiet, slowly tremoloed D minor chord in the high strings, and it ends with what Tovey called a "Polonaise for polar bears."
Jean Sibelius [or Johan Julian Christian Sibelius]