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Heat 2, 2016

Counterpoint Series 30
Episode 2 of 13

Paul Gambaccini welcomes three more music lovers - from the West Midlands, Merseyside and East Sussex - for the second heat of the 2016 tournament.

Three more music lovers join Paul Gambaccini for the second heat of the 2016 tournament, from the historic Maida Vale studios of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Paul will be putting the breadth and depth of their musical knowledge to the test, as they compete for a place in the semi-finals later this summer.

The questions and extracts range from Russian opera to 1960s TV themes and big band jazz - and that's just in the first round. As always, the competitors also have to select a special musical topic for their own individual round, from a list of five which they've been given no previous sight of, and no chance to prepare.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Jul 2016 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.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin Op.24 - Polonaise

    Performer: Anna Netrebko.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • B003Y705FQ.

  • Barry Manilow

    Could It Be Magic

    • ARISTA.
    • 353868-.

  • Don Spencer

    Fireball

    • HMV.
    • CLP-1676.

  • The Count Basie Orchestra

    April in Paris

    • Verve.
    • 549-090 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Varen

    Conductor: Bjarte Engeset. Performer: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8-554497.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un Bel Di

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Cb: Sir Neville Marriner. Performer: Cynthia Millar.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7 49552 2.

  • That's Politics!

  • Leo Reisman and His Orchestra

    Happy Days Are Here Again

    • RCA.
    • 37045-2.

  • Billy Bragg

    Between The Wars

    • Chrysalis.
    • AGOCD-8.

  • blanc.

    Giovinezza

    Performer: Beniamino Gigli.
    • Romophone.
    • 82020-2.

  • Classical Music & Ireland

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    12 Irish songs WoO.154 for voice(s) and piano trio

    Performer: Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 453 786-2.

  • Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & Gerald Barry

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    • NMC.
    • NMCD 197.

  • Michael Balfe

    I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls

    Performer: Nova Thomas. Performer: Thomas Powers.
    • Argo.
    • 433-324-2.

  • Haydn

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C Major

    Conductor: Antal DorΓ΅ti. Performer: Philharmonia Hungarica.
    • Decca.
    • 425 925-2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio in D Hob. XI:97 - Polonaise

    Performer: Geringas Baryton Trio.
    • CPO.
    • 9990942.

  • Claude Debussy(1862-1918)

    Hommage a Haydn

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli (1979).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 453 422-2.

Today's competitors

TIMOTHY BETTS, a retired greenkeeper from Walsall

ALASTAIR GILLIES, a retired archivist from Formby in Lancashire

JO LAWRENCE, a retired NHS manager from Beckley in East Sussex.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Jun 2016 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sat 2 Jul 2016 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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