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Heat 8

Episode 8 of 13

Competitors from Cambridge, Reading and Somerset join Paul Gambaccini for the wide-ranging quiz of musical knowledge.

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Today's Counterpoint contest once again features competitors taking part on remote links from their own homes during the Covid lockdown. The rivalry is no less keen than if they were together on stage, with all three hoping their musical knowledge will win them a place in the semi-finals. Dolly Parton, John Coltrane, Stephen Sondheim, Pavarotti and Michael Jackson all feature in the questions - and will anyone pick the specialist round on James Bond themes?

Today's contenders are
James Dingle, an editor from Cambridge
Patricia Hester, a nurse from Reading
Steve Lodge, a care support worker from Bridgwater in Somerset.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Jan 2021 23:00

Music Played

  • Counterpoint Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All Over The World

    • XANADU.
    • EPIC.
    • 486-620 2.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    David Copperfield - Main Theme

    Performer: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.
    • 8.225167.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 8.225167.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Losing my Mind

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • ACES HIGH.
    • SIGNUM.
    • SIGCD-187.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata Libiamo, Ne'lieti Calici (La Traviata)

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti.
    • ESSENTIAL PAVAROTTI II.
    • DECCA.
    • 430-470 2.
  • Billy Strayhorn

    Lush Life

    Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Johnny Hartman.
    • John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman.
    • Impulse.
    • CDP-7948612(1).
  • The White Stripes

    Jolene

    • Jolene Live Under Blackpool Lights (Single).
    • XL Recordings.
    • XLS-207CD.
  • Round Two

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte Nacht

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Works by Schoenberg, Berg & Webern.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 427-4242.
  • Richard Wagner

    O sink hernieder (Tristan und Isolde)

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Helga Dernesch. Performer: Jon Vickers.
    • Opera Duets.
    • HMV.
    • HMV 5721342.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov.
    • Sony Music Classical.
    • B083TDBXND.
  • THE NAME'S BOND ....JAMES BOND

  • John Barry

    You Only Live Twice

    • The Best of John Barry Themeology.
    • Columbia.
    • 488582-2.
  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

    • JAMES BOND 13 ORIGINAL THEMES.
    • LIBERTY.
    • CDP-7 46079 2.
  • Louis Armstrong

    We Have All The Time in the World

    • THE BEST OF BOND....... JAMES BOND.
    • CAPITOL.
    • 523294-2.
  • PRIME MINISTERS GO POP

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Soul Limbo

    • BOOKER T & THE M.G.S.
    • STAX.
    • XATS-1001.
  • Free

    Wishing Well

    • THE BEST ROCK ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER II.
    • VIRGIN.
    • VTCD-47.
  • Original Cast - Billy Elliot

    Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher

    • BILLY ELLIOT.
    • POLYDOR.
    • Polydor-9875372.
  • ROUND THREE

  • Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

    A Fifth Of Beethoven

    • The Best of Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven.
    • Hot.
    • B000001QLQ.
  • CLOSING THEME

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

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

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  • Mon 25 Jan 2021 15:00
  • Sat 30 Jan 2021 23:00

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