This myth inspired a 10-movement orchestral piece featuring piano and ondes Martenot (“ond mart-NO”) whose four cyclic themes include the “statue,” “flower,” and “love” themes. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this myth that provides the basis for a trilogy that includes the Turangalîla-Symphonie. A Cornish knight names the dissonant opening chord of an opera titled for this myth by Richard Wagner.
ANSWER: Tristan and Iseult [or Tristan and Isolde; or Tristan und Isolde; or Tristram ok Isodd]
[10m] This composer of the symphonic suite L’Ascension included Harawi and the Turangalîla-Symphonie in his “Tristan trilogy.”
ANSWER: Olivier Messiaen (“mess-YAWN”) [or Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen]
[10h] Messiaen’s second wife Yvonne, who had this surname, played piano at the premiere of the Turangalîla-Symphonie. Her sister with this surname recorded the symphony six times as an exponent of the ondes Martenot (“ond mart-NO”).
ANSWER: Loriod (“lor-YO”) [accept Yvonne Loriod or Jeanne Loriod]
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