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2013 Heat 2

Episode 2 of 13

Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from London and Bristol. From May 2013.

Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

The questions cover every aspect of music - from which cathedral the England cricket captain Alastair Cook was once a chorister to which eccentric musician fronted The Magic Band.

The second trio of competitors are in the 91热爆 Radio Theatre in London for the second heat of the series.

* Howard Delmonte from London
* Mick Quinn from Bristol
* Rufus Stilgoe from South London

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in May 2013.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Oct 2024 04:00

COMPETITORS IN THIS PROGRAMME

HOWARD DELMONTE, a psychotherapist from Haringey in London;

MICK QUINN, a retired psychiatric nurse from Bristol;

RUFUS STILGOE, a barrister from London.

MUSIC PLAYED IN HEAT 2

ROUND ONE

Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds: Salad Days - 'Hush-Hush' (Leslie Philips and cast)

Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op.18 No.1 - Allegro con brio (The Lindsay Quartet)

Elias McDaniel (Bo Diddley): 'Road Runner'

Trad. 'The Agincourt Carol' (Gothic Voices)

Charles Ives: 'The Circus Band' (Gerald Finley/Julius Drake)

Delius: Violin Concerto (Tasmin Little/91热爆 SO/Andrew Davis)

SILENCE AND MUSIC

Sibelius: Symphony No.5 - Final movement (City of Birmingham SO/Rattle)

Dvorak: Rusalka, Act II - 'Jiz tyden dis po boku' (Ben Heppner/Czech PO/Mackerras)

Franz Gruber/John Freeman Young: 'Silent Night' (The Manhattan Transfer)

MY FIRST SYMPHONY

Mahler: Symphony No.1 ('Titan') - 2nd movement (Vienna SO/Horenstein)

Sullivan: Symphony in E ('Irish') - 3rd movement (Royal Liverpool PO/Groves)

Shostakovich: Symphony No.1 in F Minor - 1st movement (Philadelphia Orch/Ormandy)

BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID

'The Story Of My Life' (Michael Holliday)

'Alfie' (Dionne Warwick)

'(They Long To Be) Close To You' (The Carpenters)

Broadcasts

  • Mon 13 May 2013 15:00
  • Sat 18 May 2013 23:00
  • Wed 2 Oct 2024 14:00
  • Wed 2 Oct 2024 20:00
  • Thu 3 Oct 2024 04:00

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