Packet B: Tossup 3

A virtuosic A minor sonata for this group of instruments was written for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. (10[1])Students often perform from a set of 44 works for this group (10[1])of instruments by Bartók. (10[1])A concerto opens with this group (10[1])of instruments in fugue (-5[1])playing a theme beginning with [read slowly] the sixteenth-note (10[1])run “D E F G A, up to eighth-note (10[1])D.” (10[1])Piano accompanies (10[1])this group of instruments (10[1]-5[1])in a Sarasate (-5[1])(“sa-ra-SAH-tay”) piece (-5[1])inspired by his birthplace of Navarre. (10[2]-5[2])Six (10[1]-5[1])B2TSM music (-5[1])videos were released (-5[1])in 2024 (-5[1])as a send-off (10[2])for an (10[1])Australian (10[3])YouTube (10[1])channel (10[2]-5[3])whose name (-5[1])references this group (10[1]-5[1])of instruments. (10[5]-5[3])Bach’s D (-5[1])minor concerto for this pair of instruments was performed in 1905 by Fritz Kreisler and Eugène Ysaÿe (10[1])(“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”). For 10 points, what pair of instruments are joined by viola (-5[1])and cello (10[1])in (-5[1])a string quartet? (10[5]0[1])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

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