2013 Semi-final 3
Paul Gambaccini with a 3rd semi-final of the music quiz. Contestants are from Cheltenham, Bury St. Edmunds and Essex. From 2013.
Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
Now at the semi-final stage with three contestants, who've proved the breadth of their musical knowledge in the heats, returning to compete for a place in the final.
At stake is a real chance to lift the silver trophy as the 27th Counterpoint champion.
This trio of competitors battling it out at the 麻豆社's Radio Theatre, London are:
* Paul Burgess from Cheltenham
* Adam Harvey from Bury St. Edmunds
* Alan McLean from Debden, Essex
Producer: Paul Bajoria
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in July 2013.
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CONTESTANTS IN SEMI-FINAL 3
PAUL BURGESS, a civil servant from Cheltenham;
ADAM HARVEY, a music hire librarian from Bury St Edmunds;
ALAN McLEAN,听an educational consultant from Debden in Essex.
MUSIC IN THIS PROGRAMME
Round One
Leoncavallo: 'Mattinata' (Joseph Calleja, tenor/Nicola Benedetti, violin/麻豆社 Symphony Orch/Jiri Belohlavek) from 2012 Last Night of the Proms
Stevie Wonder/Yvonne Wright: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (Art Garfunkel)
Beethoven: Octet in E Flat, Op 103 - 1st movement (Mozzafiato/Neidich)
Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake - 'A Poison Tree' (Gerald Finley/Julius Drake)
Puccini: Requiem - Requiem Aeternam (Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber)
Miriam Makeba: 'Pata Pata' (Miriam Makeba)
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Sullivan & His Satellites
Gilbert/Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - 'When A Felon's Not Engaged in his Employment'
Edward German: Tom Jones, Act 2 - Gavotte 'Glass of Fashion' (National FO & Chorus/David Russell Hulme)
Monckton, arr. Wood: The Arcadians - Overture听 (Vilem Tausky & his Orch)
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Classical Weddings
Mendelssohn: 'Spinning Song', Op.67 No.4 (Martin Jones)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen, Act 2 - Wedding Celebration (Lucia Popp/Eva Randova/Vienna PO/Mackerras)
Stravinsky: Les Noces - Wedding Feast (New London Chamber Choir/James Wood)
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Wagner
Parsifal, Act II - 'Ho visto il figlio sul materno sen' (Maria Callas/RAI Symphony Orch/Gui)
Overture 'Rule Britannia' (Hong Kong PO/Kojian)
Anna Russell: 'The Ring of the Nibelungs - An Analysis'
Broadcasts
Mon 22 Jul 2013 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4- Sat 27 Jul 2013 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Wed 11 Dec 2024 14:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 11 Dec 2024 20:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 12 Dec 2024 04:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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