This composer's first and last symphony are both opened by the timpani: the first with a sustained roll over which a clarinet plays, the last with a short roll opening its sole movement.
This composer's first and last symphony are both opened by the timpani: the first with a sustained roll over which a clarinet plays, the last with a short roll opening its sole movement. He wrote a quatrain describing the titular wood-sprite, prefacing his Tapiola. An English horn depicts a bard singing in the second movement of a suite by him that has an Alla Marcia finale. An English horn is employed in another of his works to depict the title creature, as strings depict the shimmering water it swims in. This composer of the Karelia Suite and The Swan of Tuonela wrote another work protesting Russian occupation of his native country. For 10 points, name this composer of Finlandia.
This composer's first and last symphony are both opened by the timpani: the first with a sustained roll over which a clarinet plays, the last with a short roll opening its sole movement.
Jean Sibelius