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2013 Heat 7

Episode 7 of 13

Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz with contestants from London, Oxfordshire and Hampshire. From June 2013.

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

The questions and musical extracts cover territory as diverse as Wagner, Lionel Bart, Handel and Culture Club. As ever, the contestant who can demonstrate the widest range of musical knowledge stands to win a place in the semi-finals, which begin in a few weeks' time.

There are plenty of musical extracts to identify, both familiar and surprising.

This trio of competitors battling it out at the 麻豆社's studios in Maida Vale, London are:

* Stephen Bliss from Woodstock, Oxfordshire
* Bob del Quiaro from London
* Roland Matthews from Romsey, Hampshire

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 2013.

19 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Nov 2024 04:00

CONTESTANTS IN THIS PROGRAMME

STEVEN BLISS, a semi-retired accountant from Woodstock in Oxfordshire;

BOB DEL QUIARO, a journalist from South London;

ROLAND MATTHEWS, a writer and translator from Romsey in Hampshire.

MUSIC PLAYED IN HEAT 7

Round One

Wagner: Die Walkure, Act III - Magic Fire Music (Vienna PO/Solti)

Culture Club: 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?' (Culture Club)

Haydn: Symphony No.43 'Mercury' - Finale (Cologne CO/Muller-Bruhl)

Lennon/McCartney: 'Step Inside Love' (Cilla Black)

Rachmaninov: Suite No.2 - Valse (Ashkenazy/Previn)

Bowie: 'When I'm Five' (David Bowie)

Lionel Bart & Noel Coward

Bart: Oliver! - 'As Long As He Needs Me' (Shirley Bassey)

Coward: Bitter Sweet - 'I'll See You Again' (Valerie Masterson & Martin Smith/New Sadlers Wells Opera Orch./Michael Reed)

Bart: Blitz - 'Mums and Dads' (Original London cast)

Cantatas & Oratorios

Handel: The Messiah - 'Hallelujah Chorus'

Mendelssohn: Elijah, Part 1 - 'If With All Your Hearts' (Richard Lewis/RPO/Sir Malcolm Sargent)

Sullivan: The Golden Legend, Part 1 - 'The Night Is Calm' (Janice Watson/London Chorus & New London Orch/Ronald Corp)

Conductor-Composers

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (Israel PO/Bernstein)

Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K466 - 2nd movement (Clifford Curzon/English Chamber Orch)

Klemperer: Merry Waltz (Philharmonia/Klemperer)

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Jun 2013 15:00
  • Sat 22 Jun 2013 23:00
  • Wed 6 Nov 2024 14:00
  • Wed 6 Nov 2024 20:00
  • Thu 7 Nov 2024 04:00

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