{"id":49263,"date":"2024-11-08T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/549f4111-75a3-480e-909e-042398961111"},"modified":"2024-11-08T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:07:15","slug":"the-bbc-music-magazine-quiz-this-weeks-theme-sheep","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/the-bbc-music-magazine-quiz-this-weeks-theme-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBC Music Magazine Quiz. This week’s theme: Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How good is your classical music knowledge? Don’t be sheep-ish – have a go at this week’s specially themed quiz. You’ll find the answers at the foot of the page.<\/strong><\/p>

1) The aria \u2018Sheep May Safely Graze\u2019 appears in which cantata<\/a><\/strong> by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>

2) Which British conductor spends much of his time rearing and managing a flock of over 1,000 sheep?<\/p>

The greatest conductors of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul>
3) Music\u2019s gain was sheep-farming\u2019s loss when one composer, born in 1811, decided not to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps as a sheep accountant (ovium rationista<\/i>), but instead dazzle European society with displays of piano pyrotechnics. Who was he?<\/p>
4) Written in 1984, the opera Yan Tan Tethera<\/i> is named after a method of counting sheep. Who is the composer?<\/p>
5) Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1997, almost exactly 100 years after which French composer completed his Dolly Suite<\/em> for two pianos?<\/p>
25 best French composers<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul>

<\/div> <\/figure> <p>6) Which British composer invited us to <i>Rejoice in the Lamb<\/i> in 1943, setting the poetry of Christopher Smart in an anthem for choir and organ?<\/p> <p>7) \u2018All we like sheep\u2019 sang a choir to the good people of Dublin on April 13, 1742. What was the occasion?<\/p> <p>8) Whose setting of \u2018The Lord is My Shepherd\u2019 provided the theme tune for <i>The Vicar of Dibley<\/i>?<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vicar of Dibley Theme (Original)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAZN1oVir5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>9) The Frenchman Jean de Hollingue (1459-1522), composer of many fine <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-motet\">motets<\/a><\/strong>, is better known under a name that has a certain sheep-like ring to it. And that is?<\/p> <p>10) Which composer is said to have been banned from practising his trombone in a Cotswold field after the farmer accused him of causing the ewes to lamb too early?<\/p> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2> <p>Here are the answers to this week’s\u00a0<em>BBC Music Magazine<\/em>\u00a0quiz.<\/p> <p>How did you do…? First, here’s the answer to question 1 in a wonderful performance…<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze, from the Hunt Cantata, BWV 208 | Toronto Bach Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xt3DEuw0wjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>1) <em>The Hunting Cantata<\/em>, BWV 208<\/p> <p>2) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-sir-john-eliot-gardiner\">John Eliot Gardiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>3) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/franz-liszt\">Franz Liszt<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>4) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/harrison-birtwistle\">Harrison Birtwistle<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>5) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/gabriel-faure\">Gabriel Faur\u00e9<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faur\u00e9: Dolly Suite for piano four hands - Lucas & Arthur Jussen\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KywhPwmS5Gg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>6) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/benjamin-britten-composer\">Benjamin Britten<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>7) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/handel-messiah\">The first performance of Handel’s Messiah<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>8) Howard Goodall<\/p> <p>9) Jean Mouton<\/p> <p>10) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/gustav-holst\">Gustav Holst<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gustav Holst: Symphony in F Major "The Cotswolds" (1900)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lz8wjnRKHfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p><strong>How did you score?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>8-10 out of 10:<\/strong> Wool done! That score will take some bleating<\/p> <p><strong>5-7 out of 10:<\/strong> Not baaaa-d at all<\/p> <p><strong>1-4 out of 10:<\/strong> Your knowledge is a little woolly<\/p> <p><strong>0 out of 10:<\/strong> Ewe-sless, frankly<\/p> <p>Hungry for more quizzes? Why not take our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/bbc-music-magazine-quiz-24-october-2024-2\">24 October quiz<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Friday, 08 November 2024 at 11:48 AM How good is your classical music knowledge? Don’t be sheep-ish – have a go at this week’s specially themed quiz. 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