Question

Hummel’s 3rd Piano Concerto opens with a solo for this instrument. The scherzo of Mahler’s 7th Symphony begins with a solo for this instrument, as it plays on each upbeat while the rest of the orchestra joins. This instrument plays a “four D’s, down to A” theme to open Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. (15[1])This (-5[1])instrument over pizzicato strings introduces the motif of the scherzo of Sibelius’s 1st Symphony. This instrument plays a “dotted quarter, eighth, quarter” motif on F after it is played on D and A to open the second movement of (*) Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Four solo D’s on this instrument open Beethoven’s violin (10[1])concerto, while Grieg’s piano concerto begins with a crescendo on this instrument before the soloist entry. An opening solo for this instrument inspired the nickname of Haydn’s 103rd symphony. For (10[1])10 points, name this large, pitched orchestral drum. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: timpani [or kettledrums; accept timps]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken5115
Kais JessaCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange52-5
Sky LiSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit10310
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13310
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country14210
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up as rational as the square root of two power bottoms14210

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