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Episode 9

Counterpoint Series 28
Episode 9 of 13

Russell Davies welcomes the last three competitors bidding for the 2014 Counterpoint title, in the ninth and last heat in the current season of the music quiz.

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Russell Davies is joined by competitors from Wiltshire, Surrey and the West Midlands in the ninth heat of the general knowledge music quiz.

Up for grabs is the single remaining place in this year's semi-finals, which begin next week. To be in with a chance of winning it, our trio will have to demonstrate the widest possible knowledge of music of all eras, from the core classical repertoire through to rock and pop of the past 50 years.

They will also have to answer questions on a specialist musical subject - the catch being that they must choose their topic on the spot from a list of which they've had no prior warning, and no chance to prepare.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Nov 2014 23:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Round One Music

  • Charles Trenet

    Boum

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Naive.
    • V 5343.

  • Herbert Chappell

    THE PALLISERS

    Performer: The UK Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 60470-2RC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion BWV245 (Excerpts) (Selection

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Archiv.
    • 419324-2.

  • The Beatles

    AND I LOVE HER

    • EMI.
    • CDP-746437-2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    ROMEO AND JULIET : DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS

    Conductor: Enrique Bátiz. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Trax.
    • TRXCD 148.

  • Richard Wagner

    EWIG WAR ICH

    Performer: Birgit Nilsson.
    • Philips.
    • 454 312-2.

  • Round Two Music

  • Dvorak

  • Antonín Dvořák

    CELLO CONCERTO IN B MINOR

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 427 347-2.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

    Performer: Magdalena Kožená.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477 6665.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Noon Witch, The

    Music Arranger: Peter Spence. Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • TELDEC.
    • 3984-24487-2.

  • 20th Century Ballet Music

  • Igor Stravinsky

    APOLLO

    Music Arranger: Sir Simon Rattle. Performer: CBSO / Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 749-6362.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Job - a masque for dancing

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra c Sir Adrian Boult.
    • Eclipse.
    • ECS 676.

  • Elvis Costello

    IL SOGNO

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 00289-471 5772.

  • In London Town

  • Eric Coates

    LONDON SUITE: COVENT GARDEN

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Performer: Sofia Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.572098-99.

  • Noël Coward

    LONDON PRIDE

    • EMI.
    • 0777 7-80580-2 1.

  • Ralph McTell

    STREETS OF LONDON

    • STYLUS MUSIC.
    • SMD-975.

Today's competitors

MICHAEL KEMP, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, who's retired;

JAMES PESTELL, a marketing director from Horsham in West Sussex;

TONY SMITH, a retired teacher from Birmingham.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Nov 2014 15:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4
  • Sat 22 Nov 2014 23:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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