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Heat 2, 2015

Counterpoint Series 29
Episode 2 of 13

Paul Gambaccini is in the chair for the second heat of the eclectic music quiz.

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Which Italian musical term translates as 'an amusement'? And of which folk group was Adge Cutler the leader until his death in 1974?

The competition continues for the 29th annual Counterpoint champion, with would-be musical masterminds from Surrey, Kent and Berkshire taking part this week at the Radio Theatre in London.

Paul Gambaccini asks the questions, and as usual they cover the widest possible range of music - from the classical repertoire to jazz, stage and film musicals, TV themes, classic rock and sixty years of the pop charts. The contestants have to prove the breadth of their musical knowledge as well as specialising in a chosen topic from Paul's list, of which they've had no prior warning.

Today's winner goes through to the semi-final stage later in the summer.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 Jun 2015 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody

    Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar.
    • EMI.
    • 7243 5 65130 2 0.

  • Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.

    You Don't Have To be A Star (To Be In My Show)

    • ABC.
    • ABC-4147.

  • Angelo Badalamenti

    Twin Peaks Theme

    • VIRGIN.
    • VTDCDX-262.

  • Henry Purcell

    Welcome to all the Pleasures (Ode for St Cecilia's Day)

    Performer: The King's Consort/Robert King.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA 66314.

  • Wellington's Victory Battle Symphony

    • Bruton.
    • BCC25.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wellington's Victory Battle Symphony

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Bruton.
    • BCC25.

  • Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

    Je t'aime...moi non plus

    • Spectrum Audio.
    • 9817165.

  • Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

    Je t'aime...moi non plus

    • Spectrum Audio.
    • 9817165.

  • The Symphonies & Operas of Vaughan Williams

  • The Symphonies & Operas of Vaughan Williams

  • Symphony No. 4 in F minor

    • EMI.
    • 5 66539 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 5 66539 2.

  • The Pilgrim's Progress

    • EMI STANDARD MID PRICE CLASSICAL RELEASES.
    • CMS-7642122.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Pilgrim's Progress

    Performer: LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA/ADRIAN BOULT (CONDUC.
    • EMI STANDARD MID PRICE CLASSICAL RELEASES.
    • CMS-7642122.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 6 in E Minor, Allegro

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Performer: NEW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7472152.

  • Live Albums

  • VON SUPPE

    The Beautiful Galatea: Overture

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic CB Willi Boskovsky.
    • Decca.
    • SXL 6572.

  • Judy Garland

    The Man That Got Away

    • CAPITOL.
    • 7243 5-27876 2 3.

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Star Spangled Banner

    • ATLANTIC.
    • 7567-82618 2.

  • Always Recycle

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville Overture

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Performer: Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan.
    • CBS.
    • M3K 37862.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    'Moderato nobile' from Violin Concerto in D major Op 35

    Performer: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Performer: Orquesta SinfΓ³nica de MinerΓ­a. Performer: Philippe Quint.
    • Naxos.
    • 8-570791.

  • Charles Gounod

    Gloire Immortelle from Faust

    Conductor: Wilfrid Pelletier. Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.110016-7.

Today's competitors

DAN ADLER, an IT consultant from Farnham in Surrey

DR ANDREW PLATMAN, a GP, now retired, from Beckenham in Kent

MAXWELL JOHNSON, a gardener from Newbury in Berkshire.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Jun 2015 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sat 20 Jun 2015 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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