Second Semi-Final, 2015
Paul Gambaccini chairs the second semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.
(11/13)
Three more music lovers who have won their heats earlier in the series join Paul Gambaccini for the second semi-final, from London's historic Maida Vale studios.
Paul's questions range across every style of music, from Bruckner to the Beatles, Billie Holiday and Mel Brooks. With the competition tougher than ever at the semi-final stage, the breadth of the competitors' knowledge is really put to the test. As well as answering general knowledge questions on music they'll also have to 'specialise' in a category chosen from a list of which they've had no warning whatsoever.
The winner takes another of the places in the 2015 Final. Might this year's champion be among today's contenders?
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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Billie Holiday
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
- COLUMBIA LEGACY.
- 483878-2.
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Anton Bruckner
Motet: Ave Maria (1861)
Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Performer: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
- CDA-67629.
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Edward Elgar
CORONATION MARCH (1911) OP.65
Performer: ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC. Performer: Sir Charles Groves.- EMI.
- CDZ-7625282.
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Heitor VillaβLobos
THE LITTLE TRAIN OF THE CAIPIRA (BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS NO 2)
Conductor: Eugene Goossens. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- Price-Less.
- D24924.
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Mel Brooks
DER GUTEN TAG HOP CLOP
Performer: Matthew Broderick. Performer: Nathan Lane. Performer: Will Ferrell.- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 82876-759802.
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SMITH
Duelling banjos
Performer: WEISSBERG, ERIC AND STEVE MANDELL.- EMI.
- 12768.
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Pop Pianists
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Elton John
Song For Guy
- Mercury.
- 063 449-2.
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Liberace
I'LL BE SEEING YOU
- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-229.
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Jamie Cullum
I WANT TO BE A POPSTAR
- CANDID.
- CCD-79782.
Western Classical Music & India
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
CHANT HINDOU (SADKO)
Performer: LLOYD WEBBER, JULIAN.- PHILIPS.
- 446-050-2.
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Edward Elgar
The Crown of India - suite Op.66
Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDM 7 63280 2.
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Gustav Holst
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Set 3
Conductor: Imogen Holst. Performer: The Purcell Singers.- Decca.
- 480 2329.
Poulenc & Friends
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Francis Poulenc
Les Maries de la tour Eiffel - ballet-show [with members of 'Les Six']
Performer: ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE, C.B. CHARLES DUTOIT.- Decca.
- 452-937-2.
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Francis Poulenc
"C" from 2 Poemes de Guillaume de Louis Aragon
Performer: Pierre Bernac/Francis Poulenc.- EMI.
- 0777 7 54605 2.
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Darius Milhaud
La Creation du Monde
Performer: London Sinfonietta.- EMI Classics.
- NA-000.
Today's competitors
ALAN FRANKLIN, a retired librarian from Fulham in London
DAVID GREENWOOD, a programme manager from Haslemere in Surrey
GEORGE ROBEY, an IT consultant from Holmes Chapel in Cheshire
Broadcasts
- Mon 17 Aug 2015 15:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 22 Aug 2015 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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