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Quiz #4: And the winner is….

Giorgia from Opera Bouffe. She correctly identified the movements as belonging to Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 by Benjamin Britten
Honourable mention must go to Damiel who wrote in with the Cello Suites in general. He beat Giorgia to the finish line but wasn’t able to give the specific information required. [...]

Quiz #4 Second Clue

No one has written in with the answer as of yet, an OM quiz record so far. Perhaps yesterday’s clues were a bit vague.
Let’s narrow it down a little:
1) The opus number is a not a prime number, nor is it even.
2) The composition was written in either 1964, 1967 or 1971 making the Presidents [...]

Quiz #4: First Clue

Giorgia has speculated Britten as the composer. Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t. That is for Miss Mussel to know and you to find out.
Today’s clues are:
1) The opus number of this piece is greater than 2(12+6) and less than 5(26-2)/(129-(64)2).
2) This work was composed between the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Jimmy [...]

Qu’est-ce que c’est? #4

For this quiz installment, Miss Mussel has decided to wade into the solo string repertoire.

Have a listen and puzzle it out in the comments.
Clues will be given each day until the correct answer, consisting of the composer, work and date of composition, is sent along.
Good luck all and as always, don’t forget to [...]

Yellow Lounge Berlin

A delightful discovery today courtesy of Helen Pidd and The Guardian: Yellow Lounge in Berlin. The premise is classical music in a club, with the idea of Yellow Lounge thought up by Deutsche Grammophon’s Ruud de Sera. The first concert was in Februrary 2001 and since then, performers such as the Emerson and Faure [...]

Some Things Never Change

In November 1795, Beethoven and Sussmayer supplied the music for The Pension Society of Plastic and Graphic Artists’ Ball in Vienna. Sussmayer, being the more well-known of the pair, got air time in the large ballroom, while Beethoven was allocated another smaller space.
The arrangement was one with which all young musicians are familiar: [...]

The Really Emotional Parts

Some very random comments from Keri Russell regarding her crash course in celloing to prepare for her role as a NY Phil member in the film August Rush. Miss Mussel is hoping the poor girl was quoted unsympathetically. The alternative is simply unimaginable.

“The joke is you’re never just OK at the cello; you have [...]