Third Semi-Final, 2015
Paul Gambaccini chairs the last semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.
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Paul Gambaccini welcomes the last three of 2015's semi-finalists to the Radio Theatre, for the contest that will decide who takes the sole remaining place in the Final.
The questions range across the usual wide spectrum of musical topics and performers - taking in Rodgers & Hart, Rossini, Wagner and John Lennon among many others. The competitors will have to pick an unseen special subject on which to answer individual questions, without having had any chance to prepare. As often, with the standard at the semi-final stage especially high, it could all be decided in the breathless pace of the closing quick-fire round.
The winner returns next week to face the final hurdle in the race for the 29th annual Counterpoint champion's title.
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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Gioachino Rossini
Il Signor Bruschino
Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- GD-60387.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Song of the King
Composer: Tim Rice. Performer: Tim Rice.- Polygram TV/MCA.
- 516-650 2.
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger (Act 3 Prelude)
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Georg Solti. Performer: Karita Mattila.- Decca.
- 452-6092.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich - Symphony no 9
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
- 430 227-2.
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John Williams
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic.- Decca.
- 417 846-2.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Just Like Honey
- Blanco Y Negro.
- 2292-42000/2.
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Unusual Musical Instruments
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Leroy Anderson
SANDPAPER BALLET
Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- 09026--68048-2.
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Richard Wagner
Gotterdammerung
Performer: Georg Solti. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.- Decca.
- 4555692 4.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia Antarctica
Conductor: Adrian Boult. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDC 7 47216 2.
Operatic Trios
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il Vento
Performer: Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus / Charles Ma. Performer: Charles Mackerras.- Telarc.
- CD-80360.
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Giacomo Puccini
NESSUN DORMA
Performer: José Carreras.- EMI.
- 7243 5-65293 2 8.
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Charles Gounod
Faust - opera in 5 acts
Conductor: André Cluytens. Performer: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris.- EMI.
- 7243 5 65256 2 7.
Dreams & Nightmares
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Radiohead
Nice Dream
- PARLOPHONE.
- CDPCS-7372.
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Shirley Jones
OUT OF MY DREAMS (OKLAHOMA)
Music Arranger: FARNON.- ANGEL.
- ZDM 0777 7-64691 2 6.
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Edward Elgar
THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
- CHS 7 63376 2.
Today's competitors
DAN ADLER, an IT consultant from Farnham in Surrey
COLIN DENSON, a former civil servant from Croydon
NICK REED, a fundraiser and charity administrator from Masham in North Yorkshire.
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- Mon 24 Aug 2015 15:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Sat 29 Aug 2015 23:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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