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Heat 8, 2016

Counterpoint Series 30
Episode 8 of 13

Paul Gambaccini welcomes competitors from London and Derbyshire in Heat 8 of the eclectic music quiz.

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Which vocal ensemble was founded by the English bass singer Matthew Best when he was just sixteen? And which performers have sung the opening line in the four different versions of the Band Aid song 'Do They Know It's Christmas'? These are just two of the diverse questions Paul Gambaccini puts to the competitors in the eighth heat of 'Counterpoint'.

As always, the three contenders will have to choose a special musical topic on which they'll get their own individual questions - but with no warning of the categories, they'll be thrown in at the deep end.

The winner goes through to the semi-finals and stands a chance of competing in the 30th anniversary Counterpoint Final at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Aug 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.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Messe Basse

    Conductor: Matthew Best. Performer: Corydon Singers. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA 66292.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Do The Reggay

    • SANCTUARY.
    • I-270760.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo & Juliet

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • CDC7-470042.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    Let Her Down Easy

    • SONY TV.
    • SONYTV-62.

  • Steve Reich

    Different Trains

    Performer: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559-79176 2.

  • Coates

    The Three Elizabeths Suite: Elizabeth Tudor

    Performer: National Symphony Orchestra.
    • HAPPY DAYS.
    • 75605 52390-2.

  • Bernstein On Broadway

  • Leonard Bernstein

    I Feel Pretty

    Composer: Stephen Sondheim. Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 415-963 2.

  • Max Adrian

    The Best Of All Possible Worlds

    Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • MK 38732.

  • Alan Jay Lerner

    The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon March

    Composer: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Kent Nagano. Performer: Thomas Hampson.
    • DG.
    • 463-448-2.

  • Twentieth Century Blues

  • Louis Armstrong

    St Louis Blues

    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 55628.

  • Lead Belly

    How Long

    • Ryko Tradition.
    • TCD-1086.

  • Bessie Smith

    Downhearted Blues

    • Proper.
    • Properbox-78.

  • Sorted For Es & Wizz

  • A Guy Called Gerald

    Voodoo Ray

    • MINISTRY OF SOUND.
    • MOSCD-23.

  • The Shamen

    Ebeneezer Goode

    • ONE LITTLE INDIAN.
    • TPLP-42CD.

  • The Orb

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    • Virgin.
    • VTDCD-158.

Today's competitors

BUNNY HAMBLETON-RELF, a retired social worker from Chesterfield in Derbyshire

NATHAN HAMER, a civil servant from Walthamstow in London

TONY LAZARUS, a language tutor from Friern Barnet in London

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Aug 2016 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sat 13 Aug 2016 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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