The Final, 2015
Paul Gambaccini is in the questionmaster's chair for the 2015 final of the wide-ranging music quiz.
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The three competitors who've beaten off all competition in this year's tournament of the music quiz now face the final hurdle - with one of them destined to be named the 2015 Counterpoint champion.
What do the English call the musical note known in French as a 'noire'? What was Elvis Presley's middle name? Which Scottish composer founded the Ayrshire music festival known as the Cumnock Tryst?
The calibre of contestants in a Counterpoint Final is so high it's hard to stump them - but the competition will be fierce and every point counts. As usual, they'll all have to pick a musical topic for the specialist round, and in the Final the categories can be especially unpredictable.
The winner will take home the coveted Counterpoint trophy, and theirs will become the 29th name on the roll of honour since Counterpoint began in 1986.
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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Sergey Prokofiev
Allegro con brio
Performer: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY - LONDON SYMPH ORCH..- Decca.
- 473 259 2.
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Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
- St Clair.
- CD 97242.
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Christopher Lee
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
- Magic.
- MAGCD 001.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
AKA... What A Life!
- Sour Mash Records.
- JDNCCD10.
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Philip Glass
Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III
Performer: STUTTGART STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS DENNIS.- CBS Records.
- M2K-42457.
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Emanuel Feuermann & HEIFETZ
Allegro ma non troppo
- GEMM CD.
- 9293.
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A Pack Of Cards
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Georges Bizet
Carmen
Conductor: Georg Solti. Performer: Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus.- Opera D'Oro.
- OPD 7010.
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Mayerl
ACE OF SPADES
Performer: Mot枚rhead.- MOTORHEAD.
- CLACD-121.
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Franz von Supp猫
Pique Dame
Performer: Albert Wolff. Performer: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra.- Decca.
- 480 2385.
Robin Hood & His Merry Music
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SOUNDTRACK ORCHESTRA, C.B ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD,
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (FILM)
- UNITED ARTISTS.
- USD-311.
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Clannad
ROBIN (THE HOODED MAN)
- RCA.
- 74321-11812 2.
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Mel Brooks
MEN IN TIGHTS
Performer: MERRY MEN SINGERS.- MILAN.
- L-74321 176392.
Criminal Records
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John Gay
The Beggar's Opera - Let Us Take The Road
Conductor: John Woolf. Performer: RSC Chorus & Orchestra.- LONDON.
- 8283822-1.
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Jimmy Van Heusen
Eee-O Eleven
Composer: Sammy Cahn. Performer: DAVIS JR, SAMMY.- CAPITOL.
- 536 452-2.
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MONTY NORMAN
The Dit-Dit Song
Conductor: Harry Robinson. Performer: Members of the Cast.- Decca.
- LK 4397.
The 2015 Finalists
DAN ADLER, an IT consultant from Farnham in Surrey
TED BARR, a barrister from Wigston in Leicestershire
ALAN FRANKLIN,聽a retired librarian from Fulham in London.
Broadcasts
- Mon 31 Aug 2015 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 5 Sep 2015 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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