Semi-Final 2, 2014
The second semi-final of the eclectic music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini in the questionmaster's chair.
(11/13)
Who wrote the original James Bond theme as first heard in the film Dr No? And which Renaissance artist wrote poems which have been set to music by both Benjamin Britten and Shostakovich?
Paul Gambaccini asks the questions in the second semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz, with another place in the 28th Counterpoint Final up for grabs.
This week's semi-finalists, from the Vale of Glamorgan, Wiltshire and Cheshire, have all won their heats with impressive scores, and the competition is sure to be tough. As always, they will each have to choose a special musical topic on which to answer individual questions, with no prior warning of the categories offered.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Round One Music
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Giacomo Puccini
La Fanciulla Del West
Conductor: Franco Capuana. Performer: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.- Decca.
- 421 595-2.
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DWIGHT BARKER
THE NAVY LARK SIG TUNE - TRADE WIND HORNPIPE recording
Performer: * Tommy Reilly.- EMI.
- CDEMS-1554.
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Madness
THE PRINCE
- VIRGIN.
- CDV-2862.
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Krzysztof Komeda
Rosemary's Baby: Lullaby
Performer: Mia Farrow.- BMG.
- IFPI L551.
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ANTONY HOPKINS
Mock Mozart
Composer: Peter Ustinov. Performer: USTINOV, PETER ACCOMPANIED BY ANTONY HOPKINS.- Parlophone.
- 07243-53263126.
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Ferde Grof茅
Huckleberry Finn
Conductor: Howard Hanson. Performer: Eastman-Rochester Orchestra.- Mercury.
- 434 355-2.
Round Two Music
MEL BROOKS FILMS & MUSIC
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Anne Bancroft & Mel Brooks
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
- n/a.
- n/a.
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REINER, CARL AND MEL BROOKS
THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN
- TVT.
- 9432-2.
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Mel Brooks
Springtime for Hitler
- RCA Victor.
- 828765-12902.
Water in Music
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Bedrich Smetana
Die Moldau - Vltava
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 417 587-2.
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Bob Nolan
COOL WATER
Performer: Burl Ives.- Brunswick.
- LAT 8395.
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Mitzi Gaynor
I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN OUTA MY HAIR
- RCA.
- ND-83681.
Stokowski & Toscanini
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.- Walt Disney.
- DSTCD 452 D.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal - Prelude to Act 1 (extract)
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini. Performer: NBC Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- 74321 59482 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
SYMPHONY NO. 7 'LENINGRAD', OP.60 IN C MAJOR
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini. Performer: NBC Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- GD60293.
Today's competitors
JOHN DURBIN, a humanist celebrant from the Vale of Glamorgan;
MICHAEL KEMP, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, who's retired;
STEPHEN WHITAKER, a second hand book dealer from Neston in Cheshire.
Broadcasts
- Mon 1 Dec 2014 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 6 Dec 2014 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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