Bonus
Answer the following about Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina (“goo-bye-DOO-lin-uh”), who died in 2025. For 10 points each:
[10m] Gubaidulina’s 1980 piece Offertorium was a piece in this genre dedicated to Gidon Kremer. Hilary Hahn recorded an E minor piece in this genre by Felix Mendelssohn with the Oslo Philharmonic in 2002.
ANSWER: violin concerto [prompt on concerto]
[10e] Gubaidulina also wrote the score for the 1967 Soviet animated film Adventures of Mowgli, which was based on this Rudyard Kipling collection whose Disney adaptation was released the same year.
ANSWER: The Jungle Book
[10h] Gubaidulina dedicated her piece Canticle of the Sun to this Russian cellist, dubbed by Julian Lloyd Webber as “probably the greatest cellist of all time.” This cellist was the dedicatee of both of Shostakovich’s cello concerti and Prokofiev's cello sonata.
ANSWER: Mstislav Rostropovich [or Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich]
<Editors, Classical Music>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 106 | 16.04 | 99% | 51% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge A | Cambridge B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge C | Warwick | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge D | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cardiff | Southampton | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Imperial B | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Imperial C | Imperial D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| LSE | Cambridge E | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Oxford | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 78% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 100% | 42% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 67% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 78% | 22% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |