Heat 6, 2017
Paul Gambaccini welcomes three competitors from the north of England to the wide-ranging music quiz.
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There must be something musical in the water in West Yorkshire, because that's where all three of today's Counterpoint competitors hail from. Paul Gambaccini is in Salford for the latest contest, putting them through their paces on every aspect of music from Wagner and Verdi to Bruce Springsteen and Bowie.
As always, they'll be tested on the range of their general musical knowledge, as well as having to select an unseen musical special subject on which to answer their own individual questions - with no prior warning of the categories.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Programme Six
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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Percy Grainger
Early One Morning
Performer: 麻豆社 Philharmonic - Conductor Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
- CHAN-9584.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
- CBS.
- CDCBS-80959.
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Stephen Sondheim
Finishing the Hat
Performer: Mandy Patinkin.- RCA Victor.
- RD-85042.
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Meyerbeer
Coronation March (Le Prophete)
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras,.- MERCURY.
- 434-352-2.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, 'The Age of Anxiety' - excerpt
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Performer: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Naxos.
- 8559790.
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Richard Wagner
G枚tterd盲mmerung Act 3, Scene 3 (Br眉nnhilde's Immolation)
Performer: Georg Solti. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: Vienna State Opera Choir.- Decca.
- 455-5692.
The United States of Music
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Frederick Delius
La Calinda
Conductor: Myer Fredman. Music Arranger: Fenby. Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
- 8.556837.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama
- MCA.
- DMCG-6046.
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Richard Rodgers
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Performer: Gordon MacRae.- ANGEL.
- 7243-5 27350 2 0.
Painting By Music
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Don McLean
Vincent
- EMI.
- 525 847-2.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- PHILIPS.
- 438209-2.
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Coldplay
Viva La Vida
Operas With Alternative Titles
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Gioachino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Performer: Hermann Prey. Performer: Luigi Alva.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4156952.
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Richard Wagner
Das Liebesverbot - Overture
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.- EMI.
- 5 17619 2.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon - opera in 3 acts J.306
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg. Performer: Birgit Nilsson. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDM 7 63108 2.
Today's competitors
CLIFF CHALLENGER, a charity manager from Bradford
SEAN MONTGOMERY, a product manager from Luddendenfoot near Halifax
JOHN TATTERSALL, a retired nurse from Todmorden.
Broadcasts
- Mon 7 Aug 2017 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 12 Aug 2017 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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