Finland’s Kalevi Aho named the movements of his Seventh Symphony after
various insects – we’ll hear the Grasshoppers this morning, along with
a little bouquet of springtime dances for solo piano by Edvard Grieg.
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Finland’s Kalevi Aho named the movements of his Seventh Symphony after
various insects – we’ll hear the Grasshoppers this morning, along with
a little bouquet of springtime dances for solo piano by Edvard Grieg.