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The Final

Counterpoint Series 34
Episode 13 of 13

The three top players in this year's series now play off for the title of Counterpoint Champion 2021, with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions.

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The three competitors whose musical knowledge has carried them successfully through heats and semi-finals in this year's tournament now go head to head, in the contest for the 2021 Counterpoint title. They are all taking part from home under Covid lockdown restrictions.

Paul Gambaccini's questions range across the usual wide variety of musical genres. Classic rock, 90s R&B and 19th century opera feature in just the first few questions, and there's a 1970s soul hit in an unusual arrangement. The competitors will also have to pick a special topic on which to answer their own individual questions, for which they've had no chance to prepare.

Hoping to take home the Counterpoint trophy are
Steven Lodge, a care support worker from Somerset
Anju Sharda, a civil servant from Hertfordshire
Martin Warlow, a former civil servant from Pembrokeshire.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Mar 2021 23:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Counterpoint Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • The Best of Bach.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.

  • Round One

  • Fugees

    Killing Me Softly

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • RUFFHOUSE-6633432.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio (Act 1, Quartet)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • FIDELIO.
    • PHILIPS.
    • PHILIPS-5263082.

  • Howard Johnson & Gravity

    Natural Woman

    • Testimony.
    • Tuscarora.
    • 06 1689 24566 4 3.

  • Anne Dudley

    Video Killed the Radio Star

    • Anne Dudley Plays The Art of Noise.
    • Island.
    • GBUM71800962.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 - 3rd Movement

    Conductor: Marek Janowski. Orchestrator: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Symphony No.3 / Haydn Variations.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8-557430.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No.6

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Round Two

  • CROSSING CONTINENTS

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Studio orchestra.
    • OUT OF AFRICA - MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK.
    • MCA.
    • MCLD-19092.

  • Secret Garden

    Nocturne

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • 856-978 2.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Performer: RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Composer: Marko Munih.
    • Great Overtures.
    • Stradivari Classics.
    • SCD 6300.

  • COCKTAILS FOR YOU

  • Rupert Holmes

    Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

    • Various Artists - Open Top Cars.
    • Temple Records.
    • TMPCD-016.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

    Performer: Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne. Conductor: Michel Corboz.
    • The Ultimate Baroque Collection (CD2).
    • ..
    • ..

  • Spike Jones and His City Slickers

    Cocktails For Two

    • NOT KNOWN.
    • NOT KNOWN.
    • NA-NA.

  • SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

  • 5th Dimension

    Aquarius

    • The Age of Aquarius.
    • Soul city.
    • 7446-59966620.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Sons of light - cantata for chorus and orchestra

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir.
    • Sons of Light.
    • Lyrita.
    • SRCD270.

  • The Floaters

    Float On

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 564850-2.

  • Round 3

  • Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

    A Fifth of Beethoven

    • SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER OST.
    • POLYDOR.
    • B000001-FDV.

  • Closing Theme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • The Best of Bach.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Mar 2021 15:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Sat 6 Mar 2021 23:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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