Quiz: Mystery scores

[Larry Rinkel]

anyone wanna guess some more of my scores now? (wherever they are)

anyone wanna give some clues?

[greg]

anyone wanna give some clues?

yeah, if someone tells me which page they're on

[lukeottevanger]

Here you are, Greg - the complete second list as it stands:

MYSTERY SCORES ROUND TWO

Set by Greg 2:
11 - ?
12 - ?
13 - Webern - Canons op 16 - (Karl)
14 - Stravinsky - Soldier's Tale - (Karl)
15 - ?
16 - Ferneyhough - Lemma-Icon-Epigram - (Larry)
17 - ?
18 - Shostakovich - Violin Concerto 1 - (Luke)
19 - ?
20 - ?

Set by Manuel 2:
2 - Rzewski - Which Side Are You On - (Luke)
3 - ?
4 - ?

Set by Luke 2:
35 - Britten - Nocturnal - (Manuel)
36 - Boulez - Rituel - (Larry)
37 - Stockhausen - Formulas for Licht - (Edward)
38 - Enescu - Cînt Tăcut - (Maciek)
39 - Cardew - Treatise - (Maciek)
40 - Kancheli - Symphony 5 - (Edward)
41 - Martinu - Fantasie for Theremin (etc) - (Edward)
42 - Partch - Castor and Pollux - (Maciek)
43 - Kurtag - from Jatekok - (Karl)
44 - ?
45 - Rzewski - Coming Together - (Edward)
46 - Schnittke - Violin Sonata 2 - (Edward)
47 - Powell - Serebryaniy vek - (Maciek)
48 - Rihm - Jagden und Formen - (Edward)
49 - Takahashi - Sa - (Maciek)
50 - ?
51 - ?
52 - ?
53 - ?
54 - ?
55 - ?
56 - ?
57 - ?
58 - ?

Set by Maciek 2:
6 - Meyer - SQ 3 - (Luke)
7 - Zarebski - Piano Quintet - (Luke)
8 - Penderecki - String Quartet 1 - (Greg)
9 - Chopin - Cello Sonata - (Luke)
10 - Gorecki - Genesis I - (Luke)

Set by Larry 2:
38 aka 41 - Shapero - Symphony for Classical Orchestra - (Guido)
39 aka 42 - Machaut - Mass (Credo) - (Luke)
40 aka 43 - Rouse - Gorgon - (Luke)
41 aka 44 - Beethoven - Merkenstein (duet op 100) - (Luke)
42 aka 45 - Markevitch - L'Envol d'Icare - (Luke)
43 aka 46 - Markevitch - Icare - (Luke)
44 aka 47 - Kupferman - Symphony 3 - (Luke)
45 aka 48 - WF Bach - Polonaise in C minor (Luke)
46 aka 49 - Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite - (Mark)
47 aka 50 - Carter - Concerto for Orchestra - (Luke)
48 aka 51 - Barraque - Sequence - (Luke)
49 aka 52 - Glass - Akhenaten - (Luke)

[Larry Rinkel]

Looks like the number guessed by Larry has trickled to a minimum ... but I did get the composer to Luke 38!

[Larry Rinkel]

But that doesn't mean he can't make it hard for the rest of you!

Some of these should be quite easy -

[Larry Rinkel]

And some may be quite difficult.

[cx]

LR 45: Bartok Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion?

[lukeottevanger]

LR 48 - or whichever is bottom of the first set - is the C minor Polonaise by WF Bach, I think.

LR 50 - has a slightly Carterian look in some respects, so I'm going to guess the Concerto for Orchestra, though  I haven't seen that score for years, or indeed heard the piece for nearly as long.

LR 52 - looks like a page of the vocal score of Akhnaten

[m_gigena]

.................

[Larry Rinkel]

LR 48 - or whichever is bottom of the first set - is the C minor Polonaise by WF Bach, I think.

LR 50 - has a slightly Carterian look in some respects, so I'm going to guess the Concerto for Orchestra, though  I haven't seen that score for years, or indeed heard the piece for nearly as long.

LR 52 - looks like a page of the vocal score of Akhnaten

Those three are right! The Carter is from the third movement, with the tuba and timpani solos in the deep bass.

[Larry Rinkel]

LR 45: Bartok Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion?

Not a bad guess (for reasons I'll clarify when it's identified), but not correct. Clues to come only later, if I see signs of desperation.

[Maciek]

LR 45 composer Peter Eötvös??

Manuel 3 title Violin Concerto?

[greg]

l51- Varese- offrandes? i was also thinking Carter's A Mirror On Which to Dwell, but probably not

[Mark G. Simon]

LR 49 is "On the Trail" from Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite, including the bass clarinet solo which is a standard excerpt for orchestral auditions.

[greg]

Here you are, Greg - the complete second list as it stands:

excellent! 
here's some hints:
g11 and g12 are the same composer. g11 isn't John Cage, but has taken inspiration from him, and he may not be American. (this might be too easy now, but the greater difficulty would be determining which works these are)

g15- a score by a somewhat cutting-edge composer. I have the piece on CD, but i just want to hear someone guess who the composer is first, since most of you might not actually have the recording of this piece.

g17- it's spectral! and it's a succesful piece, too, which i think kicks butt

g19- some more kick-butt music, look at the A B C D layout. The orchestra is arranged in a novel way, i won't go any further

g20- g19 and g20 are by the same composer. This piece, which I LOVE was written the year i was born, it's like it was written just for me  (thanks man)

[m_gigena]

Not a bad guess (for reasons I'll clarify when it's identified), but not correct. Clues to come only later, if I see signs of desperation.

The soloist's part from Bartok's Concerto for two pianos and percussion? 

[Larry Rinkel]

The soloist's part from Bartok's Concerto for two pianos and percussion? 

Not Bartok, not Eotvos, not Varèse. Look more closely at the excerpts.

Mark of course has identified the Grand Canyon Suite by Grofé.

[Larry Rinkel]

There is one (I think quite obvious) feature to the unidentified excerpts that I hope to see noticed before I give any clues.

[greg]

wait, l51 is obviously Boulez. Pli Selon Pli?

[Larry Rinkel]

wait, l51 is obviously Boulez. Pli Selon Pli?

Not Boulez, though of course obviously a modern French composer who uses similar instrumentation.