The winner of the prize CD will be announced every day on the broadcast of The Music Factory. Immediately afterwards (at 2:00 PM) the question for the next day will be posted online and you can submit your answer in advance.
The question of Friday April 26:
In addition to this Requiem, Józef Kozłowski also wrote the unofficial Russian national anthem. Which composer used this in an opera?
A. Gioachino Rossini
B. Giacomo Puccini
C. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Answers:
Monday April 22: Who commissioned Kozłowski to write a requiem? -The last king of Poland, Stanislav Augustus Poniatovsky (when he felt his end approaching)
Tuesday April 23: On May 31 last year, Olga Peretyatko replaced a singer who had fallen ill in the Amsterdam Music Building. Who was that? -Eva Maria Westbroek
Wednesday April 24: Austrian conductor Hans Graf is music director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Of which orchestra is he principal guest conductor? -Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.
Thursday April 25: The Requiem was performed for a second time at the funeral of Tsar Alexander the First, who then held the title ‘King of Poland’. What year was this? -1825
