Heat 1, 2014
Russell Davies hosts the new series of the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from all over the UK competing to become Radio 4's musical mastermind for 2014.
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The wide-ranging music quiz is back, with Russell Davies, one of Britain's most knowledgeable music broadcasters, taking the questionmaster's chair for the 2014 series. Another 27 music lovers from around the UK embark on the annual knockout competition to be named Radio 4's musical mastermind.
They'll have to answer questions on the broadest possible range of music, from the core classical repertoire through to stage musicals, jazz, film music, classic and current rock and pop. There'll be the usual generous helping of musical extracts, both familiar and surprising, for them to identify. They'll also have to choose a musical subject on which to answer specialist questions, from a diverse list of choices of which they've had no warning whatsoever.
The first set of competitors this week come from London, Guildford and Edinburgh.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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Round One Music
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Giuseppe Verdi
Ella giammai m'amo
Conductor: Jerzy Semkow. Performer: Boris Christoff. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDM 7 69542 2.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Fossils (Carnival of the Animals)
Performer: New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein.- CBS.
- 72072.
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Dexys Midnight Runners
The Celtic Soul Brothers
- Universal.
- 9800889-2.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Quinto libro dei madrigali
Performer: Anthony Rooley. Performer: The Consort of Musicke.- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 455 718-2.
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Richard Rodgers
March Of The Siamese Children
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Virgin Classics.
- 7 59304 2.
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Herbert Howells
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Performer: Robert Plane. Performer: Sophia Rahman.- Naxos.
- 8.557188.
Round Two Music
Sporting Greats
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Members of the Cast
STAND UP AND FIGHT
- EMI CLASSICS.
- CDC-754351-2.
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Richard Strauss
Olympische Hymne
Conductor: James Stobart. Performer: Locke Brass Consort.- Chandos.
- CHAN 8419.
A Load of Nonsense
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Cab Calloway
MINNIE THE MOOCHER
- CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS.
- MACCD-358.
World War I & Music
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George Butterworth
ENGLISH IDYLL NO. 1
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- ARGO.
- 436-401-2.
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Claude Debussy
En blanc et noir for 2 pianos
Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard. Performer: Michel B茅roff.- EMI.
- CZS-7674162.
Today's competitors
ROBERT CHARLESWORTH,聽 a recently-retired financial consultant from London;
MICHAEL PAINE, a retired teacher from Guildford;
GILLIAN TAIT, an editorial assistant from Edinburgh.
Broadcasts
- Mon 22 Sep 2014 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 27 Sep 2014 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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