Question

In a piano concerto from this country, the palm and fingers are represented on different staves before the music erupts into cluster chords played with the entire arm. A composer from this country used the letters in “Bloomington Symphony Orchestra” for the main theme of the symphony Angel of Light. During a 30-year (15[1])silence, a composer from this country emerged to conduct his Andante (15[1])festivo on a 1939 radio broadcast. That composer from this country wrote a fifth symphony featuring a noble, triple-time (*) horn theme inspired by swan calls. (10[2])Cantus Arcticus (10[1])is from this country, as well as a single-movement seventh symphony that uses a theme named for the composer’s wife Aino. For 10 points, Tapiola and The Lemminkäinen Suite are inspired by the myth of what home country of Einojuhani Rautavaara (“AY-no-yoo-hah-nee RAO-tuh-vah-ruh”) and Jean Sibelius? ■END■

ANSWER: Finland [or Republic of Finland or Suomi or Suomen tasavalta or Republiken Finland]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech AMilton5215
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CMississippi State6315
Manu SankaranLambertGeorgia Tech B8810
Euan HamGeorgia Tech DInnovation Academy B8810
Edward KimJohns CreekInnovation Academy C9010

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