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TODAY'S PLAYLIST: Aug 21, 2008 (Click for full day)
1:42pm DELIBES: Coppélia: Prelude and Mazurka
2:05pm SVENDSEN: Polonaise
2:13pm GRIEG: Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2 in G, Op 13
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Questions Archive
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David Shifrin (9 AM hour) served as the artistic director from 1992 to 2004 of which of the following New York music institutions? 08/20/2008

Georges Enesco, whose birth date is today (8 PM hour) was a noted player and teacher of which of the following instruments? 08/19/2008

The relationship between Salieri and Mozart (8 PM hour) was dramatized in a play that was made into a film – which of the following is it? 08/18/2008

In which of the following films do the Beatles sing the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (9 PM hour)? 08/17/2008

In the 1954 film of The Student Prince (1 PM), which of the following tenors provided the singing voice for the title character? 08/16/2008

Which of the following orchestras commissioned Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" (10 AM hour)? 08/15/2008

Which of the following composers also wrote a version of the hymn "At the River" (Copland's version in the 9 AM hour)? 08/14/2008

Leonard Bernstein was given which of the following titles by the Vienna Philharmonic (8 PM hour)? 08/13/2008

Both of the works listed in the highlights for the 3:00 PM hour became ballets created by which of the following choreographers? 08/12/2008

Conductor Raymond Leppard, whose birthday is today, has composed a number of film scores, including that for a movie based on which of the following works of William Golding? 08/11/2008

In today's listed highlights, which of the following conductors leads an ensemble that he founded? 08/10/2008

Rossini's The Turk in Italy (1 PM) is a companion piece of sorts to which of the following Rossini operas? 08/09/2008

To which of the following musicians was Jacqueline du Pre (9 AM hour) married? 08/08/2008

Michael Haydn (9 AM hour), who was born in 1737, bears what relation to Franz Joseph Haydn? 08/07/2008

The finale of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, "Reformation" (8 PM hour) is based on a famous Lutheran him; which of the following is it? 08/06/2008

Paavo Jarvi (3 PM hour) bears what relation to Neeme Jarvi (New Jersey Symphony Orchestra broadcast, 9 PM)? 08/05/2008

New Yorker William Schuman (9 AM and 8 PM hours) was the president of which of the following conservatories, where he also studied? 08/04/2008

The ballet of Stravinsky's Apollo (9 PM hour) was created by which of the following choreographers? 08/03/2008

Which of the following is the subtitle of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore (1 PM)? 08/02/2008

Which of the following choreographers created the ballet to Le Sacre du printemps (10 AM hour), which had its scandalous premiere in 1913? 08/01/2008

Johann Ludwig Bach (hear his music in the 8 PM hour), born in 1677, bore what relation to Johann Sebastian Bach? 07/31/2008

Rachmaninoff's Concerto for Piano No. 3 (10 AM hour) was the featured work in which of the following films? 07/30/2008

The original ballet of The Firebird (on the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra program at 9 PM), was premiered in 1910 by which of the following companies? 07/29/2008

Riccardo Muti (10 AM and 8 PM hours) was recently announced as the music director, beginning in 2010, of which of the following orchestras? 07/28/2008

Mahler's Symphony No. 7 (9 PM hour) is sometimes referred to with a nickname; which of the following is it? 07/27/2008

Gerard Schwarz (6 PM hour) was the music director from 1977 to 2002 of which of the following New York orchestras? 07/26/2008

Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals (9 AM hour) is often accompanied by a reading of verses by which of the following poets? 07/25/2008

Peter Serkin, son of pianist Rudolf Serkin and grandson of violinist Adolf Busch, was born in which of the following cities? 07/24/2008

Susan Graham, whose birthday is today, sang in the 2005 world premiere production of an opera based on which of the following Theodore Dreiser novels? 07/23/2008

Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Suite (3 PM hour) was used in the soundtrack of which of the following films directed by Steven Spielberg? 07/22/2008

Isaac Stern, whose birth date is today, led the campaign to save which of the following New York landmarks? 07/21/2008

Michael Gielen, whose birthday is today, was from 1980 to 1986 the music director of which of the following American orchestras? 07/20/2008

David Robertson, whose birthday is today, was from 1992 to 2000 the music director of an ensemble founded by Pierre Boulez – which of the following is it? 07/19/2008

Kurt Masur was the music director from 1991 to 2002 of which of the following orchestras? 07/18/2008

Dawn Upshaw, whose birthday is today, sang the world premiere in 1999 of the lead female role in an opera by John Harbison based on which of the following American classics? 07/17/2008

Of which of the following orchestras is Pinchas Zukerman currently the music director? 07/16/2008

Julian Bream was born in which of the following cities? 07/15/2008

Which of the following composers in 1830 penned the orchestration of "La Marseillaise" for chorus and large orchestra (which can be heard in the 8 PM hour)? 07/14/2008

Carlo Bergonzi currently resides in Busseto, the home town of the opera composer with whose work he is closely associated – which of the following composers is it? 07/13/2008

In 1986, Richard Stoltzman (whose birthday is today) was the first wind player to win which music award? 07/12/2008

Herbert Blomstedt, whose birthday is today, was born in which of the following towns? 07/11/2008

Orff's Carmina Burana (9 PM hour) is based on texts dating from which period? 07/10/2008

David Zinman, whose birthday is today, has been the music director of which of the following summer festivals since 1998? 07/09/2008

Who directed the film An American in Paris (9 AM hour)? 07/08/2008

Gustav Mahler, whose birth date is today, was the music director of which American orchestra from 1909 to 1911? 07/07/2008

Vladimir Ashkenazy, whose birthday is today, is currently the music director of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Of which American orchestra was he the principal guest conductor from 1987 to 1994? 07/06/2008

Antal Dorati (6 PM hour) was from 1941 to 1945 the music director of which New York ballet company? 07/05/2008

The story of the ballet Fancy Free (3 PM hour) was the starting point for which of the following Broadway musicals? 07/04/2008

Kevin Kline, who narrates Peter and the Wolf on tonight's New York Philharmonic broadcast, joins a distinguished list of actors who have narrated the work. Which of the following narrators' recordings do you particularly enjoy? 07/03/2008

Today's Question

Berlioz's opera Beatrice et Benedict (overture in the 3 PM hour) was based on which of the following plays by Shakespeare?
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
The Merchant of Venice
Select one option to vote.

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