2013 Final
The 2013 series of the general knowledge music quiz reaches the grand Final, with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions.
Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
The competitors who have won through the heats and semi-finals of the 2013 Counterpoint series in the preceding months finally have their sights on the 27th Counterpoint title, and the handsome silver trophy that goes with it.
Their final hurdle is the grand final at London's Radio Theatre.
Paul Gambaccini quizzes them on every aspect of music, from Cole Porter to Coldplay, from Rossini to the Rolling Stones.
This trio of competitors battling it out are:
* Wilson Bain from Glasgow
* Alan McLean from Debden, Essex
* Mick Quinn from Bristol
Producer: Paul Bajoria
First broadcast on 成人论坛 Radio 4 in July 2013.
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THE 2013 FINALISTS ARE
WILSON BAIN, a volunteer with the RNIB, from Glasgow;
ALAN McLEAN, an education consultant from Debden in Essex;
MICK QUINN, a retired mental nurse from Bristol.
MUSIC IN THIS PROGRAMME
Round One
Jerry Herman: Mack and Mabel - Overture
J.P.Richardson: 'White Lighning' (George Jones)
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - Part II Gerontius Goes Before God (LSO/Britten)
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - 3rd movement (Royal Concertgebouw/Sir Colin听Davis)
Thomas Bangalter/Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo/Nile Rodgers/Pharrell Williams: 'Get Lucky' (Daft Punk)
Mel Brooks: The Producers - 'Goodbye!
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Opera At The Movies
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - 'Il dolce suono' (Inva Mula)
Juventino P. Rosas/Irving Aaronsen/Paul Francis Webster: 'The Loveliest Night of the Year' (Mario Lanza)
Puccini: La Rondine - 'Doretta's Dream' (Chi il bel sogno di Doretta) (Kiri Te Kanawa)
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Cole Porter
Porter: 'It's De-Lovely' (Robbie Williams)
Porter: Kiss Me Kate - 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' (Robert Nichols & David Garrison/London Sinfonietta c. John McGlinn)
Porter: 'Anything Goes' (Kate Capshaw)
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From Dawn To Dusk
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Part III 'Lever du jour' (LSO/Monteux)
Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Prelude (Vienna PO/Solti)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma! - 'Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' (Gordon MacRae)
Broadcasts
Mon 29 Jul 2013 15:00成人论坛 Radio 4- Sat 3 Aug 2013 23:00成人论坛 Radio 4
- Last Wednesday 14:00成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra
- Last Wednesday 20:00成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra
- Last Thursday 04:00成人论坛 Radio 4 Extra
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