The Final, 2023
The three competitors who've triumphed at every stage of this year's contest face Paul Gambaccini's questions in the final of the wide-ranging music quiz.
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The 2023 season of the ultimate music quiz reaches its climax, as Paul Gambaccini welcomes back the three most formidable music brains of the year. The winner will take home the silver Counterpoint trophy and be named the 36th 成人论坛 Counterpoint champion. They've already proved they know their music, so the competition promises to be tight, and every dropped point could be crucial.
Questions on Pink Floyd, Chopin, Bernstein and Beyonce are just appetite whetters... the contenders will also have to pick a special musical topic in which to answer more in-depth questions, with no advance warning of the categories on offer. As always there are plenty of musical extracts to identify, representing all musical genres and eras.
The Finalists are:
Anthony Fish from Pontypool
Kathryn Johnson from Northwood in Middlesex
Sally Wilson from Sale in Greater Manchester
Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E Major
Performer: Jacques Loussier.- THE BEST OF BACH.
- MUSIC CLUB.
- MCCD-113.
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Jim Reeves
Distant Drums
- ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
- RCA.
- 74321-410872.
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Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells
- TUBULAR BELLS: MIKE OLDFIELD.
- VIRGIN.
- CDV-2001.
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Jack Parnell
Sing, Sing, Sing
- Big Band Stereo Spectacular.
- Music For Pleasure.
- MFP55013/14.
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Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Bax: Symphony No 7 - Tintagel.
- Naxos.
- 8557145.
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Jake Bugg
Trouble Town
- JAKE BUGG.
- UNIVERSAL.
- 3711348.
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Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds
Good Morning
- Singing in the Rain original soundtrack.
- Premier.
- CDODEON14.
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Bernard Herrmann
Citizen Kane - Main Title
Performer: The London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Citizen Kane: Film Music by Bernard Herrmann.
- Decca.
- MCPS 417 852-2.
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John Wilson and his Orchestra
Oklahoma - Overture
- Rodgers & Hammerstein At The Movies The John Wilson Orchestra.
- EMI CLASSICS.
- 50999319301 2 3.
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Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
- Music of Leonard Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
- 8211915.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance Of The Hours
Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy.- FANTASTIC PHILADELPHIANS.
- RCA.
- 09026-633132.
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Amy Beach
Symphony In E Minor "Gaelic Symphony"
Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- BARBER/BEACH - SYMPHONIES.
- CHANDOS.
- CHAN 8958.
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Brad Kane/Lea Salonga
A Whole New World
- Classic Disney Volume 1.
- Walt Disney.
- D-15087.
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Angela Lansbury (vocals), Studio orchestra
Beauty and the Beast
- The Very Best of Disney.
- PICKWICK.
- DISCD-471.
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Jerry Goldsmith
Soarin'
- Disney Classics.
- Walt Disney Records / EMI Records.
- 3749612.
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- Mon 3 Apr 2023 15:00成人论坛 Radio 4
- Sat 8 Apr 2023 23:00成人论坛 Radio 4
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