First Semi-Final, 2015
Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.
(10/13)
Paul Gambaccini is at the 大象传媒's historic Maida Vale studios to welcome back the first three of this season's heats winners, ready to face the challenge of the UK's widest-ranging musical quiz.
This week the semi-finalists hail from London and Leicestershire. They've already proved the breadth of their musical knowledge by coming unscathed through the heats. Now a place in the 2015 Final awaits today's winner.
As usual, they'll have to answer questions and identify musical extracts ranging across all styles and eras - from Verdi and Brahms to Prince - and beat their opponents to the buzzer if they're going to gain the vital edge in what promises to be a close contest.
Producer: Paul Bajoria.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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Giuseppe Verdi
QUESTA O QUELLA
Performer: Luciano Pavarotti.- DECCA.
- 4-30.
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Mikl贸s R贸zsa
VICTORY PARADE
- MGM.
- C-802.
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Basil Rathbone
I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE
- Jasmine.
- B0096B0XE2.
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Prince
NOTHING COMPARES 2 U
- PAISLEY PARK.
- 9362-454402.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 4
Performer: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 457 706-2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
ROMANCE NO.2 IN F MAJOR
Performer: Francesco Macci. Performer: Philharmonia Slavonica.- Arcade.
- ARC382.
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George & Ira Gershwin
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George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
Performer: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCH CB: JAMES LEVINE.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4316-252.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess A Symphonic Picture
Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy.- CBS.
- MLK-39484.
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Danny Kaye
TCHAIKOVSKY
- MCA.
- MCLD-19049.
Sir Simon Rattle
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.5 In C Sharp Minor
Performer: Sir Simon. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- EMI.
- 557-3852.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius
Performer: City of Birmingham Chorus/Orch/Simon Rattle. Performer: Janet Baker. Performer: John Mitchinson. Performer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk.- EMI CLASSICS.
- CDS-7495492.
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle
CONGA!
- EMI.
- 7243 5-56753 2 3.
Alfred Hitchcock & Music
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Bernard Herrmann
Overture to "North by NorthWest"
Performer: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic.- SONY CLASSICAL.
- SK-62700.
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Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Conductor: Paul Bateman. Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- Silva Screen.
- FILMCD 137.
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Doris Day
WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE
- CBS.
- CD-32500.
Today's competitors
TED BARR, a barrister from Wigston in Leicestershire
DAVID HARMAN, a freelance editor from North London
SIMON SURTEES, a careers advisor from London.
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Broadcasts
- Mon 10 Aug 2015 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 15 Aug 2015 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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