Sibelius clarinet solo becomes overnight hit
NewsThe solo from the Sibelius first symphony, played on TV by principal clarinet Christoffer Sundqvist of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on independence day this week, is going straight through the roof.
Yesterday, it drew 10,000 repeat viewers, today twice as many.
Bigger than Finlandia? Watch here.
Esa-Pekka Salonen has written a concerto for Sundqvist.
UPDATE: Sibelius was born on this day, in 1865.
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