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Counterpoint Series 34
Episode 9 of 13

Competitors from South London, South Yorkshire and Surrey join Paul Gambaccini for the last of this year's heats of the music quiz.

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The one remaining place in the Counterpoint semi-finals for 2021 will be filled by the winner of today's contest, recorded under Covid lockdown conditions with Paul Gambaccini and the competitors taking part from home.

The range of music covered is as wide as ever, with questions in the opening round on Puccini, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Iron Maiden and The Weeknd. The competitors will also have to choose a special topic on which to answer a round of individual questions - with no prior warning of what the categories are.

Taking part today are
Vanessa McNaughton, a direct marketer from South London
Tom Mead, a civil servant from Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire
Tim Wise, a retired salesman from Wallington in Surrey.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Feb 2021 23:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Counterpoint Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • The Best of Bach.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.

  • Round One

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • Blinding Lights - single.
    • XO / Republic.
    • none.

  • Vera Lynn & Cynthia Erivo

    When You Wish Upon A Star

    • Vera Lynn 100.
    • Decca.
    • 5737270.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Ah! Per L'ultima Volta !

    Performer: Barbara Frittoli. Performer: Carlo Colombara. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI. Choir: Coro di Torino della RAI.
    • TURANDOT AT THE FORBIDDEN CITY OF BEIJING.
    • RCA RED SEAL.
    • 74321619172.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in B Minor

    Performer: Ida Haendel. Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.

  • Colm Wilkinson

    Bring Him ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • LES MISERABLES 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT.
    • FIRST NIGHT.
    • ENCORE CD-8.

  • Kenny Lynch

    Half The Day's Gone

    • Half The Day's Gone.
    • Satril.
    • SAT LP 400.

  • Round Two

  • CLASSICAL MOONLIGHT

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Song To The Moon (Rusalka)

    Performer: RenΓ©e Fleming. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ‘vek.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ PROMS 2010: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • FKAM716B.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Mondnacht from Eichendorff lieder Op. 39

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Lyricist: Joseph von Eichendorff. Performer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
    • Schumann - Liederkreis, Op39.
    • Philips.
    • 416 352-2.

  • Kurt Weill

    Alabama Song

    Librettist: Bertolt Brecht. Performer: Mary Thomas. Performer: Meriel Dickinson. Performer: London Sinfonietta.
    • Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 423 255-2.

  • TO SLEEP TO DREAM

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)

    Performer: Leontyne Price. Choir: The Rome Opera Chorus. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra.
    • Puccini Les Grand Operas.
    • La discothΓ¨que.
    • B0755NYS4S.

  • Pretenders

    I Go To Sleep

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.
    • 242229-2.

  • Rachel Elkind & Wendy Carlos

    The Shining (Main Title)

    • The Shining (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Warner Bros.
    • HS 3449.

  • OPERATIC MOTHERS AND FATHERS

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Performer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Classical Treasures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4771012.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Small Titles and Orders (The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Performer: Ella Halman. Performer: Martyn Green.
    • The Gondoliers/Ruddigore.
    • Pearl.
    • GEMS 0135.

  • Hans Hotter & Vienna Philharmonic

    The Magic Fire Music from Die Walkure

    • Der Ring des Nibelungen.
    • Decca.
    • 421-3132.

  • Round Three

  • Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

    A Fifth Of Beethoven

    • The Best of Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven.
    • Hot.
    • B000001QLQ.

  • CLOSING THEME

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • The Best of Bach.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Feb 2021 15:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sat 6 Feb 2021 23:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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