Round 5: Tossup 19

A G minor piece of this type includes a dotted oboe passage in its second movement representing an animal’s jerky head movements, and is part of a set of six premiered by conductor Chevalier de Saint-Georges (“san-ZHORZH”). The final movement of one piece of this type features a five-part fugato centred around the notes (10[1])[read slowly] C, D, F, E. An F sharp minor piece of this type ends with musicians blowing out their candles and leaving the stage. (10[2])Joseph Haydn (10[1])(“HIGH-dun”) included a sudden (10[1])G major (10[1])chord (10[1])in the second movement of his 94th piece of this type, allegedly to wake up any sleeping (10[1])audience members. (10[1])For 10 points, name these orchestral pieces that include Jupiter by Mozart and Farewell and Surprise by Haydn. ■END■

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