Packet C: Tossup 15

Frank Beck compared this concerto’s first movement to Hamlet, if it began with the “to be or not to be” soliloquy. Performers of this concerto’s second movement often use spiccato to play the repeated gesture, “five B’s, four D’s, four B’s, three A’s, B.” (10[2])Albert Coates (10[1])overran (10[1])his rehearsal time at the expense of this concerto, leading to its disastrous premiere (10[1])with Felix Salmond. (10[2]-5[1])A viola melody in (10[1])9/8 (10[1])time follows this concerto’s opening recitative, (10[3])marked nobilmente, (10[2])which begins (10[3])with a triple-stopped E minor chord. (10[1])This late-Romantic concerto written in the aftermath of World War I (-5[1])was rarely performed (10[1])until (10[1]-5[1])a 1965 (10[1])recording launched the career (-5[2])of Jacqueline (10[5])du (10[1])Pré. (10[12]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name (10[1])this (10[2])E minor (-5[1])concerto (10[2])for a low string (-5[1])instrument (10[1])by the composer (-5[1])of Pomp and Circumstance. (10[1])■END■ (10[16]0[12])

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