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Midnighter
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A bumper quiz this time instead of the usual daily quiz so I may need a bit of help and/or confirmation on the answers. Prizes include:
Best of Lang Lang
Rolando Villazon - ¡Mexico!
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Rias Kammerchor/Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs
The Priests - Noël
Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium - Dresdner Kammerchor/Gewandhausorchester/Riccardo Chailly
Reach for the Skies - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Mitsuko Uchida/The Cleveland Orchestra - Mozart
Andreas Scholl - O Solitude
Juan Diego Florez - Santo
Paul Carr - Requiem for an Angel
The questions are as follows:
Q: Which famous tenor was immortalised singing for his supper at Little Britain star’s Matt Lucas’ house on YouTube?
A: Alfie Boe
Q: Classic FM won an Arts and Business Award this year, but the ‘Sustained Partnership Award’ was given for our work with which British orchestra?
A: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Q: Which soundtrack made it to the top of our 2010 Movie Music Chart?
A: The Lord of the Rings
Q: Which venerable broadcaster will be our new mid-morning presenter from January 3?
A: John Suchet
Q: Which piece made it to the top of the Classic FM Hall Of Fame 2010?
A: Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending
Q: Henryk Gorecki, who passed away this year, shot to international fame after Classic FM championed which of his works in 1992?
A: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Q: Name the conductor of the orchestra that featured in September’s Classic FM Live concert at the Royal Albert Hall?
A: Vasily Petrenko
Q: In October, Classic FM launched an initiative that brought the UK together in song. What was the event called?
A: 123sing!
Q: Which new choral work by Karl Jenkins was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in July?
A: Gloria
Q: What is the name of ‘The Choirgirl’ managed by Aled Jones?
A: Isabel Suckling
Q: Name the famous harpist that took over our Twittter feed to send us updates from Sicily?
A: Claire Jones (Please thank nursey71)
Q: And our first ever Twitter interview was with which famous soprano?
A: Danielle de Niese (Please thank Nursey71)
Q: Which composer did we interview following his soundtracking of the new Harry Potter film?
A: Alexandre Desplat
Q: Which world-renowned Australian conductor died in July, aged 84?
A: Charles Mackerras
Q: Classic FM Magazine launched their new look at the start of October, but which famous composer adorned the cover?
A: Edward Elgar
Q: Which Australian musician famously lost his valuable guitar on the way to a studio in September?
A: Craig Ogden (Please thank nursey71)
Q: Which contemporary composer admitted to us that he’d starred in a McDonald’s advert as a child?
A: Eric Whitacre (Please thank thingamaBob)
Q: Which internationally renowned orchestra had to travel to Krakow by helicopter for the state funeral of President Lech Kaczynski in April when their original travel plans were disrupted by volcanic ash?
A: Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra
Q: Who was voted the winner of ITV1's Popstar to Operastar in February?
A: Darius Campbell
Q: Which film composer won the Oscar for Music (Original Score) at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in March?
A: Michael Giacchino
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Best of Lang Lang
Rolando Villazon - ¡Mexico!
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Rias Kammerchor/Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs
The Priests - Noël
Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium - Dresdner Kammerchor/Gewandhausorchester/Riccardo Chailly
Reach for the Skies - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Mitsuko Uchida/The Cleveland Orchestra - Mozart
Andreas Scholl - O Solitude
Juan Diego Florez - Santo
Paul Carr - Requiem for an Angel
The questions are as follows:
Q: Which famous tenor was immortalised singing for his supper at Little Britain star’s Matt Lucas’ house on YouTube?
A: Alfie Boe
Q: Classic FM won an Arts and Business Award this year, but the ‘Sustained Partnership Award’ was given for our work with which British orchestra?
A: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Q: Which soundtrack made it to the top of our 2010 Movie Music Chart?
A: The Lord of the Rings
Q: Which venerable broadcaster will be our new mid-morning presenter from January 3?
A: John Suchet
Q: Which piece made it to the top of the Classic FM Hall Of Fame 2010?
A: Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending
Q: Henryk Gorecki, who passed away this year, shot to international fame after Classic FM championed which of his works in 1992?
A: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Q: Name the conductor of the orchestra that featured in September’s Classic FM Live concert at the Royal Albert Hall?
A: Vasily Petrenko
Q: In October, Classic FM launched an initiative that brought the UK together in song. What was the event called?
A: 123sing!
Q: Which new choral work by Karl Jenkins was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in July?
A: Gloria
Q: What is the name of ‘The Choirgirl’ managed by Aled Jones?
A: Isabel Suckling
Q: Name the famous harpist that took over our Twittter feed to send us updates from Sicily?
A: Claire Jones (Please thank nursey71)
Q: And our first ever Twitter interview was with which famous soprano?
A: Danielle de Niese (Please thank Nursey71)
Q: Which composer did we interview following his soundtracking of the new Harry Potter film?
A: Alexandre Desplat
Q: Which world-renowned Australian conductor died in July, aged 84?
A: Charles Mackerras
Q: Classic FM Magazine launched their new look at the start of October, but which famous composer adorned the cover?
A: Edward Elgar
Q: Which Australian musician famously lost his valuable guitar on the way to a studio in September?
A: Craig Ogden (Please thank nursey71)
Q: Which contemporary composer admitted to us that he’d starred in a McDonald’s advert as a child?
A: Eric Whitacre (Please thank thingamaBob)
Q: Which internationally renowned orchestra had to travel to Krakow by helicopter for the state funeral of President Lech Kaczynski in April when their original travel plans were disrupted by volcanic ash?
A: Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra
Q: Who was voted the winner of ITV1's Popstar to Operastar in February?
A: Darius Campbell
Q: Which film composer won the Oscar for Music (Original Score) at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in March?
A: Michael Giacchino
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'...luck came to those who left a space for it.' Terry Pratchett
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Midnighter wrote: »
Q: Which Australian musician famously lost his valuable guitar on the way to a studio in September?
A: ?????
Answer: Craig Ogden
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/latest-music-news/chart-number-1-craig-ogden-loses-guitar/
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Midnighter wrote: »
Q: Name the famous harpist that took over our Twittter feed to send us updates from Sicily?
A: ?????
Answer: Claire Jones
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/latest-music-news/claire-jones-twitter-takeover/ 0 -
Midnighter wrote: »Q: And our first ever Twitter interview was with which famous soprano?
A: ?????
Answer: Danielle de Niese
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/latest-music-news/danielle-de-niese-answers-your-questions/ 0 -
Thanks everyone for doing the answers.
I went on the website this morning to do the Advent Calendar comp and saw this competition.
I thought it was just the Alfie Boe question, then scrolled down and saw the rest!!!!:eek: so I thought I'd come back to it this afternoon, ie after lunch, only for you guys to have done all the hard work.
Thanks!!!“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald0 -
Which contemporary composer admitted to us that he’d starred in a McDonald’s advert as a child?
I got Eric Whitacre for this one from HERE0 -
Q: Classic FM Magazine launched their new look at the start of October, but which famous composer adorned the cover?
Are you sure the answer to this is Edward Elgar?
I found THIS as the October magazine cover picture.
The guy on the left at the bottom is a young Vaughan Williams, see HERE. I can't work out who the one on the right is but it doesn't look like any pictures I can find of Elgar.
Have I got the wrong cover?
EDIT: Now found THIS, which shows the "New look" magazine cover and the pic is Elgar. But my other pic is what I find when searching Classic FM site for "October 2010 magazine cover" So which is really the October cover?
EDIT2: Aha, THIS article shows the "New Look" cover but looking closely at the bottom right corner it can be seen as the NOVEMBER issue. So, when they say "launched their new look at the start of October" does this refer to the November issue released at the beginning of October? Probably.0 -
Yep, the new look issue was the November cover dated one. Mags tend to be dated a month or so in front.'...luck came to those who left a space for it.' Terry Pratchett0
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