Question

The Andante con moto movement of a piece for this ensemble opens with the melody, “G, G, grace notes A-flat-B-flat, C.” Brahms’s only piece with two published versions is his first piece for this ensemble, which he extensively rewrote at 56; that piece opens in B major and closes in B minor. Schubert wrote lengthy pieces for this ensemble in E-flat and B-flat major, as well as a standalone “Notturno.” Menahem Pressler founded one of these ensembles named for (*) Beaux Arts. Tchaikovsky (10[1])dedicated his first piece for this ensemble in memory of Nikolai (-5[1])Rubinstein, and was himself memorialized by an Elegiac piece for this ensemble by Rachmaninoff. (-5[1])Emanuel Ax, Leonard Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma have recorded Beethoven’s (-5[1])“Archduke” piece for this ensemble. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this chamber ensemble consisting of a violin, cello, (-5[1])and piano. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: piano trio [prompt on trio]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo Aspidistra8110
Parth JagtapToronto BToronto Disband the Club 2k2492-5
James WangOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomWaterloo Basic106-5
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha116-5
Asha BasuMcGill AWaterloo Cloze121-5
Jessica TangMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A133-5
Stefan MihaiCarleton AMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii1360
Raymond ChenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto B13610
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaToronto Metropolitan A13610
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom13610
Rayton LinWaterloo ClozeMcGill A1360