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4BR Tuesday Quiz:

A little quiz homage to the fantastic footballers of Iceland....

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Another little brain teaser for you to work out to win a trio of great CDs — so get your thinking caps on.

The prize is a trio of very different solo CDs from euphonium player Fabian Bloch, trombonist Matthew Gee and flugel player Sebastien Rousseau.

Question:

In homage to Iceland's fine achievement at the Euros 2016 — all you have to do is name the Royal Albert Hall National Finals test-piece that is subtitled, '...from the land of fire and ice'.

a) Volcano (Robert Simpson)
b) The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Derek Bourgeois)
c) Odin (Arthur Butterworth)

In homage to Iceland's fine achievement at the Euros 2016 last night — all you have to do is name the Royal Albert Hall National Finals test-piece that is subtitled, '...from the land of fire and ice'4BR

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before 12.00pm tonight (Tuesday 28th June) with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

Winner

Our winner of the latest trio of CDs in homage of the Welsh football team's success at Euro 2016, was Martin Wally, who lives in the Black Forest area of Germany.

The answer was 'Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden'.

'The Year of the Dragon' has been used by a number of different bands as their own-choice selection at the European Championships over the years, whilst 'Owain Glyndwr' was used by Tredegar Band as their own-choice selection at the first European in London in 1978.

'Five Blooms' has only ever been used as a set-work — in Cardiff in 1992.

A keen trumpet player, Martin told 4BR that although there isn't a brass band in his town of Eutingen he does follow 4BR every day and came to the European Championship in Freiburg last year and hopes to come to the Royal Albert Hall in October for the National Finals.

He is also a keen football fan — although he didn't want to rub things in at the moment....

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