Entry Exam for the BBC Symphony Orchestra--Viola Players
1 - Who wrote the following:
a) Beethoven's Symphony No. 6
b) Fauré's Requiem
c) Wagner's Ring Cycle
2 - Tschaikovsky wrote 6 symphonies including Symphony no. 4. Name the other five.
3 - Explain "counterpoint" or write your name on the reverse of the paper.
4 - Which of the following would you tuck under you chin?
a) a timpani
b) an organ
c) a 'cello
d) a viola
5 - Can you explain "sonata form"? (Answer yes or no.)
6 - Which of the following literary works was made the subject of a Verdi opera?
a) First among Equals -- Jeffrey Archer
b) Macbeth -- William Shakespeare
c) Noddy and Big Ears -- Enid Blyton
7 - Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 harpsichord sonatas for which instrument?
8 - Arrange the following movements in order of speed, starting with the slowest first.
a) Quickly
b) Slowly
c) Very Quickly
d) At a Moderate Pace
9 - Where would you normally expect to find the conductor during a performance?
10 - Which of the following wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream?
a) Des O'Connor
b) Mickey Mouse
c) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
d) Terry Wogan
11 - Which of the following is the odd one out?
a) Sir Colin Davis
b) Andrew Davis
c) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
d) Desmond Lynham
12 - Arrange the following words into the name of a well known Puccini opera.
Bohème, La
13 - Within five minutes, how long is Chopin's Minute Waltz?
14 - From which of the following countries did Richard Strauss come?
a) Venezuela
b) Sri Lanka
c) Germany
d) Japan
15 - For what town were Haydn's "Paris" Symphonies written?
16 - Which is the odd one out?
a) Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet – Tchaikovsky
b) Romeo and Juliet – Berlioz
c) Romeo and Juliet Ballet – Prokofiev
d) Ten Green Bottles -- anon.
17 - From which song do the following lines come?
"God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen."
18 - Spell the following musical terms.
allegro
rallentando
crotchet
pizzicato
intermezzo
19 - Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?
20 - Arrange the following letters to form the abbreviation for a well known British broadcasting
corporation.
C, B, B.
(... be', almeno SPERO che sia uno scherzo ... )