Lowell Liebermann’s popular sonata for this instrument begins with a slow, haunting mezzo-staccato ostinato reminiscent of his fourth nocturne. For 10 points each:
[10m] An E minor sonata for what instrument is the first of three written near the end of Francis Poulenc’s life? A D major concertino for this instrument was written for Paul Taffanel at the Paris Conservatoire.
ANSWER: flute
[10e] This composer’s last three works are sonatas for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. An oboe cadenza begins the bacchanale from this French Romantic composer’s opera Samson and Delilah.
ANSWER: Camille Saint-Saëns
[10h] This French composer’s most recorded work is a flute sonatina whose first movement is in 7/8 time, which Kenneth Hesketh arranged for flute and orchestra. This composer used “progressive growth” in Ainsi la nuit and L’arbre des songes.
ANSWER: Henri Dutilleux [or Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux]
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