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2013 Semi-final 3

Episode 12 of 13

Paul Gambaccini with a 3rd semi-final of the music quiz. Contestants are from Cheltenham, Bury St. Edmunds and Essex. From 2013.

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

Now at the semi-final stage with three contestants who've proved the breadth of their musical knowledge in the heats returning to compete for a place in the final.

At stake is a real chance to lift the silver trophy as the 27th Counterpoint champion.

This trio of competitors battling it out at the 大象传媒's Radio Theatre, London are:

* Paul Burgess from Cheltenham
* Adam Harvey from Bury St. Edmunds
* Alan McLean from Debden, Essex

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in July 2013.

21 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Last Thursday 04:00

CONTESTANTS IN SEMI-FINAL 3

PAUL BURGESS, a civil servant from Cheltenham;

ADAM HARVEY, a music hire librarian from Bury St Edmunds;

ALAN McLEAN,听an educational consultant from Debden in Essex.

MUSIC IN THIS PROGRAMME

Round One

Leoncavallo: 'Mattinata' (Joseph Calleja, tenor/Nicola Benedetti, violin/大象传媒 Symphony Orch/Jiri Belohlavek) from 2012 Last Night of the Proms

Stevie Wonder/Yvonne Wright: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (Art Garfunkel)

Beethoven: Octet in E Flat, Op 103 - 1st movement (Mozzafiato/Neidich)

Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake - 'A Poison Tree' (Gerald Finley/Julius Drake)

Puccini: Requiem - Requiem Aeternam (Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber)

Miriam Makeba: 'Pata Pata' (Miriam Makeba)

Sullivan & His Satellites

Gilbert/Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - 'When A Felon's Not Engaged in his Employment'

Edward German: Tom Jones, Act 2 - Gavotte 'Glass of Fashion' (National FO & Chorus/David Russell Hulme)

Monckton, arr. Wood: The Arcadians - Overture听 (Vilem Tausky & his Orch)

Classical Weddings

Mendelssohn: 'Spinning Song', Op.67 No.4 (Martin Jones)

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen, Act 2 - Wedding Celebration (Lucia Popp/Eva Randova/Vienna PO/Mackerras)

Stravinsky: Les Noces - Wedding Feast (New London Chamber Choir/James Wood)

Wagner

Parsifal, Act II - 'Ho visto il figlio sul materno sen' (Maria Callas/RAI Symphony Orch/Gui)

Overture 'Rule Britannia' (Hong Kong PO/Kojian)

Anna Russell: 'The Ring of the Nibelungs - An Analysis'

Broadcasts

  • Mon 22 Jul 2013 15:00
  • Sat 27 Jul 2013 23:00
  • Wed 11 Dec 2024 14:00
  • Wed 11 Dec 2024 20:00
  • Last Thursday 04:00

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