Question

At the start of this piece, the ad libitum organ joins the low strings for 10 bars of a quarter-note pedal point on a low F. After a largely homorhythmic section in C minor, this piece’s penultimate movement transitions into a massive fugue whose subject begins “long C (pause), B, G, long A (pause), F, D.” Violins are omitted from this piece’s first movement, which introduces the motif of a rising major third followed by a rising half-step. This piece’s seven movements roughly form an arch structure with the first and last movements each (-5[1])starting with (-5[1])the words (10[1])“Selig (10[1])sind” (“ZAY-likh zint”), anchored by a central movement that sets Psalm 84. The death of the (-5[1])composer’s mother inspired this piece, (10[1])which eschews Catholic liturgy in favor of the (10[1])Luther Bible. For 10 points, name this choral work commemorating the dead by (10[1])Johannes (0[4])Brahms. ■END■

ANSWER: A German Requiem [or Ein Deutsches Requiem; prompt on Johannes Brahms’s requiem]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Thomas HartWarwickBristol93-5
Justin LeeImperial ACambridge A95-5
Michael KohnDurham AOxford C9710
Rhys LewisCambridge BKCL9810
Jacob RobertsonOxford AImperial B112-5
Andrei HuiCambridge CKiel11710
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghOxford B12510
Sam FooCambridge AImperial A13810
Aisling SkeetDurham BSheffield1390
Ted WarnerBristolWarwick1390
Andrew FisherSheffieldDurham B1390
Carlos DoebeliImperial BOxford A1390