Question

A piece in this genre features a virtuosic xylophone solo in its “Seeker’s Scherzo” and was commisioned from Zhōu Tiān by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Richard Danielpour’s piece in this genre is subtitled “Zoroastrian Riddles.” A piece in this genre originally ended its fifth-movement, fugal finale with an abrupt descent into B-flat major, before a revised ending on a C major chord. (10[1])Dotted-quarter note timpani strikes accompany contrapuntal melodies (10[1])in the strings in a piece in this genre by Witold Lutosławski. (10[5]-5[1])A piece (10[1])in this (10[2])genre follows a “night music” (10[1])elegy (10[3])with a movement that simulates (10[1])laughing in the trumpets after a quote from The Merry Widow. A side drum solo precedes a jaunty (10[1])bassoon duet (10[1])to open the second movement of a work of this type, which (10[1])is titled “A Game of Pairs.” (10[1]) For 10 points, Béla Bartók (10[1])most famously wrote what type of virtuosic orchestral work? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: Concerto for Orchestra [or Concerto zenekarra; prompt on concerto]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2396%0%4%98.05

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AUC Berkeley A6110
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AColumbia A6810
Jacob EgolDuke AChicago A8010
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AVirginia A80-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BClaremont A8010
Clark SmithOhio State AStanford A8010
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AFlorida B8010
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AChicago C8010
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech ABrown A8210
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BJohns Hopkins A8410
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BNYU A8410
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AYale A8910
Max BrodskyIllinois AGeorgia Tech B9010
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AIndiana A9010
Raymond WangCornell AMaryland A9010
Tracy MirkinFlorida AChicago B9510
Karan GurazadaTexas AToronto A11310
Ricky LiMIT ACornell B11510
Max ChemtovMcGill AYale B12710
Aum MundheRutgers APenn State A13310
Guy IndoranteIowa State APenn A13910
Joseph ChambersVirginia ASouth Carolina A14810
Michael MaysImperial AHouston A1490
Sean DoyleHouston AImperial A1490
Todd MaslykMichigan AMinnesota B14910
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BMichigan A1490