“Ode to Joy” - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

This movement is the only part of its larger work to feature the bass drum and cymbals, which accompany the piccolo when it plays the main theme in B-flat major and 6/8 (“six-eight”) time. Michael Spyres was one of four soloists who performed this section when Riccardo Muti conducted it at the Musikverein (“moo-ZEEK-ver-INE”) on May 7th, 2024. This movement opens with a “terror fanfare” followed by snippets of previous movements. At this movement’s (*) 1824 premiere, (10[3])its composer was still conducting (10[3])when this (10[1])movement (10[1])ended. (10[6])A bass sings, “Oh friends, (10[1])not these sounds!” (10[2])in this movement, (10[1])which invokes (10[1])a “daughter of Elysium.” (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])name this last movement (10[1])of a (10[1])composer’s D minor final symphony, which sets a poem by Friedrich Schiller. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: “Ode to Joy” [or the last movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor; accept finale or fourth movement in place of “last movement”; accept Choral Symphony or Beethoven’s Opus 125 in place of “Beethoven 9”; prompt on Turkish March by asking “from what movement?”]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Krikor Hachikian	Belmont	Heights	73	10
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Lightridge	73	10
Jeffrey Xu	Johns Creek A	Richard Montgomery A	73	10
Manu Sankaran	Lambert	Hoover A	78	10
Ryan Zhang	Thomas Jefferson A	Kinkaid	78	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont A	Canyon Crest	78	10
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Richard Montgomery B	80	10
Charles Young	Barrington	St. Mark's	81	10
Dwij Bhatt	William Fremd	Alabama Cyber Tech	82	10
Kevin Peng	Winston Churchill A	Innovation Academy A	82	10
Anuj Damle	Freeman	Maggie Walker B	82	10
David Lins	Maggie Walker C	Saint Joseph	82	10
Ulden Gao	Winston Churchill B	Solon	82	10
Allen Xu	Durham AT	Stevenson A	82	10
Bridget Scranton	Northmont B	Mexico	87	10
Theodor Martin	Carbondale	Bloomington	90	10
Jun Lowenhar	Hunter B	Detroit Catholic Central C	90	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Thomas Jefferson B	93	10
Alex Zhang	Okemos	West Point	95	10
Andrew Evans	McLean B	Beavercreek	99	10
Zee Ebert	Carl Sandburg	Stevenson B	99	10
Beckett Gilmore	Owensboro	Walter Payton B	99	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Cincinnati Hills	100	10
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	Chattahoochee	102	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	McLean A	102	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Seven Lakes	Walter Payton A	106	10
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit	Johns Creek B	108	10
Sophia Wu	Livingston A	Hastings	120	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Thomas Jefferson D	121	10
Sonny Bracamontes	Hoover B	James W. Robinson	121	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	University Lab	121	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Innovation Academy B	121	10
Risshi Naavaal	Maggie Walker A	Livingston B	121	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	St. Thomas	121	10
Timothy Chiu	St. Xavier	Choate Rosemary Hall	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	35	100%	0%	0%	95.51