In a concerto for one of these musicians, orchestra members yawn, pop a soda can, and loudly exhale amidst onstage chatter between the second and third movements. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this type of musician. In Gabriel Prokofiev’s first concerto for this type of musician, the soloist samples the orchestra and showcases techniques such as scratching.
ANSWER: DJ [or disc jockey or turntablist] (Gabriel is Sergei Prokofiev’s grandson.)
[10m] Prokofiev includes a DJ playing an electronics part in his “remix” of this symphony’s finale. The opening cello recitative (“ret-chi-tuh-TEEF”) in this symphony’s finale paraphrases a similar melody from its composer’s “Tempest” Sonata.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor [or Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony or Choral Symphony; accept Beethoven’s Opus 125 or BEETHOVEN9 Symphonic Remix]
[10h] This composer-DJ features DJs and classical musicians performing together in his club concert Mercury Soul. He sampled a Fermilab collider in a piece that he wrote as composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony.
ANSWER: Mason Bates [or Mason Wesley Bates; accept DJ Masonic] (The unnamed piece is Alternative Energy.)
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