Its second movement consists of a lullaby for muted strings, and its third movement, in 5/4 time, ends with a triple forte woodwind chord representing a suicide.
This composition's first movement includes an extremely difficult repeated-note passage played by oboes. In its fourth movement, woodwind trills repeatedly interrupt a march theme punctuated by the blasts of French horns. Its second movement consists of a lullaby for muted strings, and its third movement, in 5/4 time, ends with a triple forte woodwind chord representing a suicide. In its final movement, a swordsman asks his sword "if it was disposed to slay him," receiving the reply "Should I not thy flesh devour." The chorus of this symphony enters during its third movement, describing a character "with the very bluest stockings," who entices a girl into his sleigh and ravishes her, only to discover that she is his sister. Including movements about the title character "going to battle," and ending with that character's anguished suicide, for 10 points, name this symphony about a tragic character from the ? Kalevala, composed by Jean Sibelius.
This composition's first movement includes an extremely difficult repeated-note passage played by oboes.
{Kullervo} Symphony