In Concert takes the quiz to middle ground this week. We feature instruments that are neither high or low, but balanced somewhere in the middle register. Your job is to identify the solo instruments.
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Bach's Cello Suites are great. So great, that other instrumentalists have decided to have a go at them. For this week's quiz, we ask you to identify some alt cello suite.
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Following up on last week's low solo quiz, (How Low Can You Go) we turn in the opposite direction, and ask you to name some solo instruments that reach the higher end of the orchestral scale.
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Low instruments are a fundamental part of the orchestral experience, but they are rarely heard in a solo passage. In this week's quiz, identify the three low instruments for your chance to win some excellent prizes.
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Imagine if you will, that our favourite composers don skates, grab sticks and take to the ice as the Composer's All-Star Team 2012. That's the premise for this week's In Concert Quiz.
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What would happen if a concert pianist suddenly stopped playing onstage, or simply failed to make an appearance? Would the orchestra valiantly play on? That's the basis for this week's In Concert Quiz.
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Welcome to 2012. In Concert rings in the New Year with music that crossed from a non-classical genre into the world of classical music.
And our Quiz this week, the first of 2012, reflects that by challenging you to identify three pieces that are now firmly entrenched in the classical canon.
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From gospel to baroque, from country to folk, CBC Radio 2 has a sleigh's worth of Christmas music, starting Christmas Eve, and taking you right up until Boxing Day. On the big day itself, Sunday December 25th, regular programming will be entirely preempted - please have a look at the entire schedule, below.
From Radio 2 to you, the best of the season!
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Tune in to Radio 2 all day on Sunday, Dec. 18, for Joy to the World, the annual live broadcast of seasonal music from the European Broadcasting Union. We know this broadcast event has become tremendously popular with the Radio 2 audience over the years. (It first appeared on our airwaves back in 1996.) It's expected there will be over 3 million people tuning in around the world.
Joy to the World gets underway at 9 a.m. (9:30 NT) and runs through to 6 p.m. (6:30 NT). Peter Togni is your guide again this year to a musical journey through eight European countries (with a layover in Montreal!). To aid you on your travels, we have prepared an interactive map to enhance your listening experience. Each of our concerts is marked on the map, and if you click on the marker you'll get more information about the artists, cities, venues and more.
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CBC Radio 2 is proud to present the return of Joy to the World, the day-long broadcast of Christmas concerts from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU.) It all starts tomorrow, Sunday December 18th, at 9 AM (9:30 NT) and continues through to 6 PM (6:30 NT.)
Peter Togni, host of Choral Concert on CBC Radio 2, will host this special broadcast that features concerts from Finland, the Netherlands, Latvia, Iceland, Estonia, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Ireland, and, yes... Canada!
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Radio 2's flagship classical music performance show. Intimate recitals, full symphony concerts, conversations with top conductors, musicians and classical music authorities. Hosted by Bill Richardson.
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