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Heat 1, 2015

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Paul Gambaccini chairs the 29th season of the general knowledge music quiz, with competitors from Dorset, Norfolk and Surrey.

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Paul Gambaccini returns with the first heat in the 2015 series of the wide-ranging music quiz. Amateur music lovers from around the UK tackle Paul's questions on all aspects and genres of music, from the classical repertoire to jazz, show tunes, film music, rock and pop. In a knockout competition the eventual winner will become the 29th 大象传媒 Counterpoint champion, at the grand Final in August.

In this first heat the competitors come from Dorset, Norfolk and Surrey. As well as proving the breadth of their general musical knowledge they'll have to select a special topic from a list of which they've had no prior warning, on which to answer individual questions.

Producer: Paul Bajoria.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Jun 2015 23:00

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.
  • NICOLAI

    Overture - The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Performer: Berlin State Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammaphone.
    • 2537 039.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)

    Performer: Guy Johnson. Performer: Karl Jenkins. Performer: National Youth Choir. Performer: Tristan Hambleton.
    • Virgin.
    • CDVE-956.
  • Claude Debussy

    Piece pour le vetement du blesse for piano

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 1355.
  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

    • POLYDOR.
    • 533 150-2.
  • The Drifters

    There Goes My Baby

    • Warner Music Ltd.
    • WSM-CD137.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Scarborough Fair

    • CBS.
    • CD-62825.
  • Andr茅 Previn

    Ascot Gavotte

    • SONY.
    • SK-66711.
  • Bryn Terfel

    Here I'll Stay

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 471-425-2.
  • Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold

    I Remember It Well

    • CBS.
    • CBS-70277.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho: The Murder

    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.
    • UKCD-2021.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri

    Performer: NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCH.COND. SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI.
    • EMI.
    • cdc-747372.
  • Mantovani

    Moulin Rouge Theme, The

    Performer: MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
    • Decca.
    • 800-085-2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Children's Chorus

    Performer: KIROV OPERA ORCH & CHORUS, C.B. VALERY GERGIEV.
    • Philips.
    • 438-1412.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • vcd-7593052.
  • HUMPERDINCK

    Abends, Will Ich Schlafen Gehn

    Performer: WIENER PHILHARMONIKER C.B. SIR GEORG SOLTI.
    • Decca.
    • 455 063-2.

Competitors in today's programme

EVE BAKER,聽 a publishing assistant from Wareham in Dorset

COLIN DENSON,聽a former civil servant from Croydon

CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN, a claims analyst from West Earlham in Norfolk.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Jun 2015 15:00
  • Sat 13 Jun 2015 23:00

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