Test your knowledge of classical music in Live Klassisk's monthly quiz! The February edition of the quiz features Valentine's themes, winter atmosphere and upcoming concerts and festivals. Enjoy!
1. MONTH'S ANAGRAM
BRING HEM GJØDSEL
Hint: A musician with a dialect who is organising a festival in the near future!
OTHER QUESTIONS
2: What is the name of the new artistic director of Oslo Filharmoniske Kor – described among other things as “the most influential choral conductor of our time”
3: Who was this year's recipient of Equinor's talent scholarship, and how large is the scholarship?
4: From which of Mendelssohn's works does the famous wedding march, often used at weddings today, come?
5: What do these composers have in common: Mendelssohn, Rossini, Handel and Alban Berg?
6: What nickname does Tchaikovsky's first symphony have?
7: From which hugely popular Romantic piano piece does the theme come that was used in the 70s hit “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen?
8: Who completed Mozart's Requiem after his death, on commission from his wife Constanze?
9: What surprising profession did the composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich share in the 1960s before they broke through as composers?
ANSWERS
1: Eldbjørg Hemsing
2: Simon Halsey
3: The tenor Eirik Grøtvedt won the scholarship of one million kroner
4: A Midsummer Night's Dream
5: They were all born in February
6: Winter Daydreams
7: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
8: Franz Xaver Süssmayr
9: They ran a removals company together (!)
