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4BR Friday Quiz:

Think Olympics to get your hands on a nice little selection of brass band CDs in our Friday quiz.

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  Enter our quiz and see if you can win a nice little Rio inspired selection of CDs.

It's a bit of an Olympic theme this Friday if you want to win a nice selection of CDs...

With all sporting eyes on Rio at the moment we have a little brain tickler to work out if you are to get your hands on some great brass band CDs.

Question:

What is the link between a famous test-piece used both at the British Open and National Finals, a 1967 pop song hit by Jeff Beck and an 1835 comic opera (and famous overture) by composer Daniel Auber?

Please give us the reason to go with your answer so that we know you haven't just guessed!

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before 12.00pm tonight (Friday 12th August) with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

What is the link between a famous test-piece used both at the British Open and National Finals, a 1967 pop song hit by Jeff Beck and an 1835 comic opera (and famous overture) by composer Daniel Auber?4BR

Last Winner

Our winner of the latest trio of CDs and B# cleaning kit was Nick Betts from Guildford, who also plays tenor horn with Alder Valley Band.

He knew it was the heart that linked Gustav Mahler's fear of being buried alive (he asked to be stabbed through it after his demise), Count Dracula's death (he didn't quite like the thought of them!) and an early concert overture for brass band by Edward Gregson ('The Pacemakers' from 1970)

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