Question
A composer from this country used a theme representing his wife Aino in his one-movement seventh symphony. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this home country of a composer of an opera about the troubadour Jaufré Rudel (“joh-FRAY roo-DELL”). Russian authorities censored a tone poem titled for this country by its native son Jean Sibelius.
ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi; accept Finlandia]
[10h] This Finnish composer’s opera L’Amour de loin (“la-MOOR de LWAHN”) was the first opera by a woman to be staged at the Met in 113 years. This composer passed away in 2023.
ANSWER: Kaija Saariaho [or Kaija Anneli Saariaho]
[10m] Verneri Pohjola (“VAIR-ne-ri POH-heh-la”) posthumously premiered Saariaho’s 2023 concerto for this instrument. A tone poem opens with this instrument playing the rising motif [read slowly] “C, G, C,” its “sunrise” theme.
ANSWER: trumpet (The piece is Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra.)
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavercreek | Hoover A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chattahoochee | Thomas Jefferson D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Richard Montgomery B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downingtown STEM | Georgetown Day | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Mexico | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hoover A | Barrington | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Northmont B | St. Mark's | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Okemos | Bloomington | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Canyon Crest | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | McLean B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Walter Payton A | Durham AT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 14.55 | 91% | 55% | 0% |