Packet 3: Bonus 14
The twelve concertos in Vivaldi’s collection L’estro armonico have been rearranged for many purposes. For 10 points each:
[10e] Tivadar Nachéz’s transcription of the sixth concerto features in Book 4 of the violin method named for this Japanese pedagogue.
ANSWER: Shinichi Suzuki [or Suzuki Shinichi]
[10m] An entry in the 1797 Encyclopedia Britannica reports a performance of the fifth concerto on this instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin. This unusual instrument is used in “Aquarium” from The Carnival of the Animals.
ANSWER: glass harmonica [or glass armonica; or glass harmonium; or bowl organ; or hydrocrystalophone; prompt on armonica or harmonica]
[10h] J. S. Bach’s BWV 1065, an A-minor transcription of the B-minor tenth concerto from L’estro armonico, calls for this combination of soloists, the largest in any of Bach’s Vivaldi transcriptions.
ANSWER: four harpsichords [or four keyboards; accept quadruple harpsichord concerto; accept quadruple keyboard concerto; reject partial answers]
<Editors, Classical Music> | L. Playoffs 3 (Editors 3)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 19.58 | 100% | 88% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Brown | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Bruin | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Harvard | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Cambridge | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Northwestern B | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Penn State | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Purdue | Georgetown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford B | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Virginia | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 19.58 | 100% | 88% | 8% |