Question

At the morendo end of this concerto’s second movement, the soloist plays a descending G major pentatonic scale in a series of harmonics. This piece’s final movement opens with low strings playing F-sharps before a trio of horns introduce the jaunty, triplet-laden main theme. The descending melody, “long high F-sharp, E D B, D A” begin the lyrical second theme of this concerto’s first movement. The soloist enters in major on the notes “long B, C-sharp (15[1])D-sharp (*) B” (10[1]-5[1])in this piece, (10[1])which was inspired (10[1])by Victor Herbert’s (-5[2])second piece (10[1])in the same (10[1])genre. (10[1])This concerto quotes (-5[1])its composer’s song “Leave Me Alone” in its third movement. When this concerto’s intended player, (10[1])Hanuš Wihan (“HAWN-oosh WEE-hawn”), was unable to make the (10[1])premiere, a gift of two rare pigeons helped Leo Stern become his replacement. For 10 points, name this B minor concerto for a low string (10[1])soloist written by a Czech (10[1])composer. (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[4])

ANSWER: Antonin Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
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