Question

Note to players: composer and type of work required. While writing one of these pieces, their composer wrote a letter discussing the “need to abridge, compress, and not be loquacious.” The second movement of the third of these pieces features a 3/8 waltz section in which the first clarinet and bassoon play a variation of the opening melody. At the start of one of these pieces by this composer, the upper string melody [read slowly] long C, D, long C, D, long C, B-flat, (15[1])A-flat, B-flat, G follows eight bars of low pedal Fs. After the bad premiere of his First (*) Symphony, the composer dedicated the second of these pieces to his therapist Nikolai Dahl. These four pieces (10[1])written between 1891 and 1926 often pose difficulties for soloists due to parts written for their composer’s big hands. For 10 points, (10[1])name these works for a keyboard instrument and orchestra by the composer of Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. ■END■

ANSWER: piano concerti by Sergei (Vasilyevich) Rachmaninoff [or piano concertos by Sergei (Vasilyevich) Rachmaninoff; prompt on partial answers]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shardul RaoOur Job is BuzzJeff Weiner Fan Club8315
Sharath NarayanPalestrina Sawayamadoubleplusnegfive11710
Rob CarsonBHSUWeird Klaus Barbie13910

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%33%0%113.00