- Hello, everybody, and welcome to "Know the Score," the Minnesota Orchestra quiz sho where our contestants get to show off their knowledge of music and composers.

I'm Michael Sutton, your host and self-appointed concert maste of the Minnesota Dork-estra.

(bell dinging) Let's meet our contestants.

First up, we have Emily Switzer.

Emily is a native of Denver, Col She's played second violin with the Minnesota Orchestra sin She loves words and languages and has what she says is a stupidly long streak on Duo (fanfare blaring) currently 2,880 days, that's almost eight years.

That's longer than you've been a member of the orchestra.

Congratulations.

- That's true, (laughing) thank you.

- If you can name us a score that you're a fan of, or at least a composer.

- Mm, lots of composers.

But at the moment, I've been listening to a lot of Ravel, particularly his "Mother Goose S which is just gorgeous, gorgeous orchestral writing.

- That tracks with the fac that you are fluent in French.

- Perhaps.

- Okay.

(Emily laughing) Sitting next to her is Sarah Swi There's a pattern here.

Sarah is Emily's sister.

Sarah's been a violist in the Minnesota Orchestra since Sarah designs and sews clothing for events like the Renaissance and perhaps a symphony ball.

Sarah, what's a score you've been listening to lately?

- I really like all of Eri Wolfgang Korngold's film scores, particularly the one from the 1937 "Robinhood" with Errol Flynn, which is a really great movie, if anyone hasn't seen it.

- A Switzer watching swashbuckling, I love it.

And last but not least, and unrelated to anybody else in is assistant principal cello, Lukas Goodman, who grew up in Winchester, Massa It's just Boston.

He joined the Minnesota Orchestr Lukas is the proud papa t cats, Bob Ross and Andy Warhol.

Lukas, what score i significant to you in your life?

- I like Brahms.

- Just, we're gonna go with Brah That doesn't narrow it down, but it doesn't have to.

Fantastic.

And over to my right is Kari Sundström on trombone.

Kari is a native of Sahalahti, F and joined the orchestra in 1996 Kari owns a wood sauna on wheels Kari, how fast do you get that thing going?

- [Kari] You could take it up to maybe 65 miles per hour.

- Okay, but with people in it?

Maybe not, okay.

Kari, what's your favorite composer and score?

- Dmitri Shostakovich, and his "Symphony No.

11", 1905.

He's a musical revolutionary.

- Absolutely.

Very cool, thank you.

- And how about you, Michael?

- Well, the interesting fact abo is that I'm the only member of the Minnesota Orchestra, formerly the Minneapolis Symphon that was born and raised i the city limits of Minneapolis.

We've got people from Minnesota and St.

Paul, but we're not gonna count them.

- Who is your favorite composer, - My favorite composer is Ricard Strauss, not the waltz guy.

Ricard Strauss, and my favorite opera is "Rosenkavalier."

Alright folks, are you ready?

Here's how this is gonna work.

I'm gonna read you the rules.

I'll ask a series of questions.

After each question, the first contestant to buzz in with the correct answer wins one point.

If an answer is incorrect, Kari will let you know, (trombone music) like that.

A final speed round may determine the winner.

Each speed round question is worth two points.

The contestant with the most poi at the end of the game wins.

Let's play "Know the Score".

(trombone music) Alright folks, are you ready?

Time for the first question.

Which composer is known for their large hands, which could span a 12th?

(bell dinging) Sarah.

- Sergei Rachmaninoff.

- [Michael] Absolutely.

(trombone music) - The reason that I know that is because of the comedy duo, Igudesman and Joo, who did a skit entitled "Rachmaninoff had Big Hands".

- I love that one.

We would've accepted Franz Liszt Moving on to the nex question, question number two, what instrument plays pitches that sound an octave lower than the composer writes them in piece of music?

(bell dinging) Lukas.

- Bass.

- You are correct.

(trombone music) The contrabassoon was also a correct answer.

Bonus points for the instrument that sounds an octave higher tha (bell dinging) Emily.

- Piccolo?

- Bingo.

- Oh.

- Nicely done.

- I didn't know that.

(trombone music) - Next question.

Which Minnesota landmark did composer Antonín Dvoák visi (silence) - Was this the same landmark not visited by a poet?

- There's no discussion.

(all laughing) That wasn't part of the rule.

- I'll ask the questions here, E (bell dinging) Yes, oh, Lukas.

- Fort Snelling.

- That is incorrect.

- Ooh.

(trombone music) (bell dinging) - Emily.

- Was it Minnehaha Falls?

- It was indeed.

(trombone music) (Sarah laughing) Lukas, that was a good guess, Fort Snelling, but-- - [Lukas] Thank you.

- How did you come up with that?

- Just thinking about what would've been here in 1893.

- That's pretty much it.

And you know, Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls are not that far apart.

But he came to Minneapolis, he was living in Spillville, Iowa for the summer, being a head of a music school in New York City, and he came up here, got on a street car in downtown, went straight down to Minnehaha walked around, and wrote musical theme on his shirt cuff that became part of his "G Major Violin Sonatina".

- Huh.

- Wow.

Did not know that.

- How'd you know all that?

- It's on the card.

(Sarah lauhging) Next question.

Which former Minnesota Orchestra music director composed an orchestral piece called "The Bridge"?

(silence) - Uh oh.

(bell dinging) - Skrowaczewski.

- That is incorrect.

(trombone music) - Thank you.

- It can't have been anyone that - Kari, do you know this one?

- Osmo Vänksä.

- That is correct.

- [Emily] Oh.

- Kari gets a point.

(trombone music) (all laughing) Osmo composed "The Bridge" in 20 in response to the 35W Bridge collapse the year before.

He could see the bridge from his - Hmm.

- Several Minnesota Orchestra mu are also composers.

The one featured most recently on an orchestra program is Kari, who composed "The Chromatic Fantasy" for Solo Cello and played by Tony Ross at our chamber music concert in Well, how'd it go?

- It was awesome.

- Now, which composer appears on the back of the Washington DC of the US quarter released in 20 Was it Aaron Copeland, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, or Adolphus Hailstork?

(bell dinging) - Duke Ellington.

- Bingo.

(trombone music) Bonus points if you know his act - I did at one point.

- That doesn't count.

(Sarah laughing) Anybody?

His name was Edward Kennedy Elli Ed Kennedy.

- That would've been my second g (All laughing) - All right, our last question of this round.

In a full score of an orchestra which instrument is typically at the top of the page?

(bell dinging) I think that was Lukas.

I need a ruling though.

(trombone music) (bell dinging) I agree.

Lukas.

- The flute.

- Bingo.

- Let's go.

(trombone music) - I was gonna say piccolo, actua - Well, you might be right.

If a piccolo is being used on th it would be above the flute.

Point also goes to Sarah.

(trombone music) - Thank you.

- That brings us to the end of t Let's tally up the points.

With three points, Lukas is in t Coming up in second place is Emily with two points, and Sarah, two points.

But you all have a chance to win in this lightning round, where each correct answer is worth two points.

(trombone music) Thank you, Kari.

Are you ready?

Which composer's depicted as Mozart's rival in the 1984 film, (bell dinging) Lukas.

- Saleiri.

- Bingo.

What is the time signature of Lalo Schifrin's "Mission Impossible" main theme?

(bell dinging) - Five four.

- Correct.

Which Beethoven Symphony is the only one with five moveme (bell dinging) Lukas.

- Six.

- Correct.

(contestants laughing) True or false, the American Composer's Forum was founded in Minnesota.

(bell dinging) - I think it's true.

- You are correct.

The Minnesota Orchestra's brand new CD recording features music by which composer (bell dinging) - Thomas Adès.

- That is correct.

That's the end of round two.

Let's have our judges tally up t (upbeat music) Sarah, you scored two points.

Lukas, you scored seven, which m with eight points, Emily is our winner today.

(trombone music) (all laughing) And that means you've won braggi - Thank you very much.

- A special thanks to our showca and resident trivia writer, Carl Schroeder, and to Kari, for bringing your t our contestants, Lukas, Sarah, a and to all of you.

How well do you know the score?

(upbeat music) Thank you, sir.