1. A new Master of the Queen’s music was appointed this year: who is it?

   1. Jonathan Dove

   2. Judith Weir

   3. Rod Stewart

   4. Sally Beamish

2. 

   Which John Cage work was staged at this year’s Aldeburgh festival?

   1. Musicircus

   2. 4′33″

   3. 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs

   4. Bacchanale

3. Who did the Concertgebouw announce will take over from Mariss Jansons next year?

   1. Riccardo Muti

   2. Daniele Gatti

   3. Daniel Barenboim

   4. Marin Alsop

4. Of the 124 composers played at this years BBC Proms, how many were women?

   1. 21

   2. 15

   3. 8

   4. 2

5. 

   Richard Strauss had his 150th birthday celebrations this year. Or, you know, he would have done. But who was 149?

   1. Sibelius

   2. Nielsen

   3. Dukas

   4. All three of the above

6. Who will be the next conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra?

   1. Simon Rattle

   2. Gianandrea Noseda

   3. Vladimir Jurowski

   4. Your guess is as good as ours

7. 

   Julian Anderson’s first opera received its world premiere at English National Opera back in May. On what classic work of literature was it based?

   1. Racine’s Phèdre

   2. Sophocles’s Theban trilogy

   3. Shakespeare’s King Lear

   4. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

8. Which of these composers or conductors didn’t turn 80 this year?

   1. Harrison Birtwistle

   2. Steve Reich

   3. Peter Maxwell Davies

   4. Roger Norrington

9. Which conductor took up a new job at the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the autumn?

   1. Mariss Jansons

   2. Andris Nelsons

   3. Aleksandrs Vilumanis

   4. Sakari Oramo

10. 

    Where was Michael Nyman’s 11th symphony, a memorial to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, given its world premiere?

    1. Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral

    2. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

    3. Anfield stadium

    4. Westminster Abbey

11. Which of these classical musicians doesn’t feature on the BBC’s cover version of God Only Knows?

    1. Alison Balsom

    2. Mitsuko Uchida

    3. Daniele de Niese

    4. Nicola Benedetti

12. For their autumn season, English Touring opera staged an operatic rarity. What?

    1. Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna

    2. Debussy’s Le Diable dans le Beffroi

    3. Gluck’s Paride ed Elena

    4. Milhaud’s Les Malheurs d’Orphée

13. To whom did Gramophone magazine give its lifetime achievement award this year?

    1. Sir Neville Marriner

    2. Sir Harrison Birtwistle

    3. Sir Roger Norrington

    4. Sir James Galway

14. 

    In the new year, Alan Davey will be replacing Roger Wright as head of Radio 3. What organisation is Wright heading up now?

    1. The Edinburgh international festival

    2. The Royal Opera House

    3. Aldeburgh Music

    4. Manchester international festival

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:B, 4:C, 5:D, 6:D, 7:B, 8:B, 9:B, 10:A, 11:B, 12:A, 13:D, 14:C

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear. You put the "dim" in diminuendo.

2. 2 and above.

   Wake up in the back rows!

3. 3 and above.

   Wake up in the back rows!

4. 4 and above.

   Wake up in the back rows!

5. 5 and above.

   Wake up in the back rows!

6. 6 and above.

   Needs more practice.

7. 7 and above.

   Needs more practice.

8. 8 and above.

   Needs more practice.

9. 9 and above.

   Needs more practice.

10. 10 and above.

    Conducted like a pro.

11. 11 and above.

    Conducted like a pro.

12. 12 and above.

    Bravo! Conducted like a pro.

13. 13 and above.

    Bravo! Conducted like a pro.

14. 14 and above.

    Note perfect! Well done!