There is still controversy about whether the word "Glocken" in the score to the fourth of these compositions refers to tubular bells or glockenspiel.
There is still controversy about whether the word "Glocken" in the score to the fourth of these compositions refers to tubular bells or glockenspiel. The sixth of these works is often erroneously labeled "in D minor," though much of it is actually written in modern D Dorian. The E-flat major chord that opens another one of these works unusually features a B-flat in the bass. That piece, which ends with six hammered chords separated by silence, is the fifth of these compositions. The first of these works opens with a melody originally introduced in the first movement by a solo clarinet playing over a timpani roll. The seventh and last of these pieces is a single-movement work in C major, and the most frequently performed is the second in D major, dedicated to Axel Carpelan. For 10 points, name this group of seven large-scale orchestral works by the composer of Finlandia.
There is still controversy about whether the word "Glocken" in the score to the fourth of these compositions refers to tubular bells or glockenspiel.
symphonies of Jean Sibelius [prompt on partial answer] 