THE QUIZ

This month, our quiz tells a musical tale of two cities…

1. Whose Symphonies Nos 82-87 and Nos 93-104 are traditionally grouped as the ‘Paris’ and ‘London’ Symphonies respectively?

2. Written during the 22-year-old Mozart’s 1778 stay in the French capital with his mother, which of Mozart’s 41 symphonies bears the nickname ‘Paris’?

3. Which Parisian organist and composer’s 1927 Carillon de Westminster is based on the four notes of the quarter-hourly chimes heard at the Palace of Westminster? 4. Played on the harp, those chimes are also heard at the beginning of whose Symphony No. 2, better known as A London Symphony?

5. Which artist’s L’orchestra de l’opéra (above) depicts his friend playing the bassoon at a ballet performance at the Parisian venue? 6. A former principal guest conductor of the London

Symphony Orchestra, which

British maestro’s current posts include that of music director of the Orchestre de Paris?

7. Which member of the Bach family became popularly known as ‘the London Bach’ due to his many years spent in the city?

8. What 1800s nickname for London – originally a medieval name for a type of Utopia – is the title of a 1901 overture by Elgar?

9. Act III of which opera sees the title character move from Paris to London, only to meet her death at the hands of Jack the Ripper?

10. What local items did George Gershwin bring home from a 1928 trip to France so that they could be used in the New York premiere of An American in Paris?

See p163 for answers