Question
This composer’s 2013 centennial tribute paired his Bucolics for violin and cello with two pieces by Steven Stucky. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer whose 1994 death was honored by Magnus Lindberg’s piece Aura. This composer’s cello concerto begins with the soloist playing repeated unaccompanied D’s.
ANSWER: Witold Lutosławski (“VEE-told loo-taw-SWAHF-skee”) [or Witold Roman Lutosławski; accept Aura (In memoriam Witold Lutosławski)]
[10m] This Finnish student of Lutosławski’s (“loo-taw-SWAHF-skee’s”) conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Woven Words festival for his centenary. He preceded Gustavo Dudamel at the LA Phil, and will leave the SF Symphony in 2025.
ANSWER: Esa-Pekka Salonen
[10e] Lutosławski used this composer’s 24th Caprice as the basis for a set of variations that infuses the original material with liberal usage of polytonality and sforzando.
ANSWER: Niccolò Paganini
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 23 | 17.83 | 96% | 70% | 13% |
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