Heat 5, 2019
Paul Gambaccini chairs the quiz that covers every style of music from Gregorian chant to hip-hop. Today's contest comes from MediaCity in Salford.
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Paul Gambaccini welcomes three amateur music lovers to MediaCityUK in Salford, where their knowledge will be put to the test in the latest heat of the eclectic quiz. Verdi operas, the Halle Orchestra and a big band arrangement of a song by Genesis are just some of the topics that crop up this week. The winner today will win through to the semi-finals later in the series and stand a real chance of lifting the trophy as the 33rd 麻豆社 Counterpoint champion.
Taking part today are
Mike Harrington, a retired chemistry teacher from Rochdale
Elainne Lawrie, a solicitor from Chester
Greg Spiller, a retired software engineer from Heaton Mersey in Stockport.
Producer: Paul Bajoria
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Counterpoint Programme Five
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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The Phil Collins Big Band
That's All
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers.- Avie.
- B07F7TYRRH.
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The Soggy Bottom Boys
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Mercury Records.
- 008817006925.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 5, 'Emperor'
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- n/a.
- n/a-n/a.
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Pippa Evans & Colin Sell
I Dreamed A Dream
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Mike + the Mechanics
The Living Years
Ella Fitzgerald
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Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Basin Street Blues
- Black Lion.
- BLCD-760128.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Mack The Knife
- Verve.
- 5194642.
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Natalie Cole
A-Tisket A-Tasket
- VERVE.
- PROMO-001.
Operatic Swan Songs
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Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, Prelude
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- DECCA.
- 414274-2.
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Richard Wagner
Nur Eine Waffe Taugt! (Parsifal)
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Teldec.
- 9031 74448-2.
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Dame Nellie Melba's Farewell Speech
- HMV/EMI.
- ALP-3787.
Sailing
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Commodores
Sail On
- MOTOWN.
- ZD-72222.
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All About Eve
Martha's Harbour
- MERCURY.
- 834 260-2.
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Roger Whittaker
The Last Farewell
- MCI RECORDS.
- MUSCD-003.
Broadcasts
- Mon 30 Sep 2019 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 5 Oct 2019 23:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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