Deep Dive Music Trivia - Midsummer Dreams

Which country inspired Felix Mendelssohn to write Symphony No.3?

Which rare wind instrument features in Mendelssohn's Overture to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and is like a combination of a trombone and saxophone?

Felix Mendelssohn's sister was a brilliant pianist and composer in her own right. What was her first name?

Who invented the metronome?

Which movement in Beethoven's Symphony No.8 was said to imitate the newly invented metronome by repeated short chords?

Did Beethoven conduct the premiere of his Symphony No.8 - and if so, how?

Did Beethoven ever conduct with tempo rubato (timing that ebbs and flows)?

A respected conductor who played flexibly with time, Mendelssohn is famous for inventing what orchestral technique?

Which Classical composer said of timing: "Singing...brings a certain undulation to the meter...The instrument divides time into sharp grooves like the swing of a pendulum. Truthfulness of expression demands the fusing of these opposing characteristics."

Which symphony of Beethoven's did the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra play on its 'Midsummer Dreams' tour in August 2023?