2013 Heat 5
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz with contestants from Chester, Glasgow and Malvern. From June 2013.
Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
The contestants will have to display their knowledge of music in all its variety, from Puccini and Wagner to Elvis Costello and the music of the Bond films.
There are plenty of musical extracts to identify, both familiar and surprising.
The fifth trio of competitors battling it out in the 麻豆社 Radio Theatre, London are:
* David Hodder from Camberley in Surrey
* Martin Jackson from London
* Trevor Hanley from Hove.
Producer: Paul Bajoria
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 2013.
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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITORS
DAVID HODDER, a retired civil servant from Camberley in Surrey;
MARTIN JACKSON, a charity manager from North London;
TREVOR HARVEY, a retired information officer from Hove.
MUSIC IN HEAT 5
Round One
Sondheim: Pacific Overtures, Act II听- 'Please Hello' (Broadway cast)
Charles Aznavour/Herbert Kretzmer: 'She' (Elvis Costello)
Wagner: Parsifal, Act II - 'Komm, Komm holder Knabe' (Chorus of Flower Maidens) - Lucia Popp, Kiri te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Gillian Knight et al/Vienna PO/Solti
Arnold: Peterloo Overture
Mussorgsky, arr. Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition - 'Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks'
John Barry: Thunderball - Titles (Orchestral version) - John Barry Orch.
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Singing Nuns
Johann Strauss II, arr. Benatzky: Casanova - Nuns' Chorus (Anni Frind/Chorus & Orch of Grosse Schauspielhaus Berline, c. Hauke)
Puccini: Suor Angelica - 'Senza Mamma, o, Bimbo' (Miriam Gauci/BRTPO/Rahbari)
Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music - 'I Have Confidence In Me' (Sierra Boggess/John Wilson Orch c.Wilson)
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Smoking & Drinking
Verdi: Otello, Act I - 'Inaffia l'ugola'
Arthur Johnson/Sam Coslow: 'Cocktails for Two' (Spike Jones & HIs City Slickers)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il Segredo di Susanna - Overture
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The Old Testament in听Classical Music
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalilah: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix' (Olga Borodina/LSO/Sir Colin Davis)
Mendelssohn: Elijah - 'For the Mountains Shall Depart' (Bryn Terfel/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Paul Daniel)
Britten: Noyes Fludde - 'Sir! Heare are Lions...' (English Opera Group/Norman del Mar)
Broadcasts
Mon 3 Jun 2013 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4- Sat 8 Jun 2013 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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