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Heat 5, 2014

Counterpoint Series 28
Episode 5 of 13

Russell Davies hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with three contestants from Leek, Leeds and Ulverston. From 2014.

Russell Davies hosts the wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz.

The questions cover every aspect of music - from the classical repertoire to world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock and pop.

The fifth trio of competitors are in Media City, Salford for Heat 5 of the 2014 series.

* Bill Cawley from Leek in Staffordshire
* Diane Hallagan from Leeds
* David Thompson from Ulverston

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in October 2014.

13 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Oct 2025 04:00
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Music Played

  • Round One Music

  • Bertolt Brecht

    Alabama Song

    Composer: Kurt Weill. Performer: Georgia Brown.
    • Pearl.
    • SHE CD 9617.

  • Percy Grainger

    HANDEL IN THE STRAND

    Conductor: Frederick Fennell. Performer: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra.
    • Mercury.
    • 434 330-2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
    • Decca.
    • 417-413-2.

  • N ADDERLEY

    Jive Samba

    Performer: Sarah Vaughan.
    • Philips.
    • 6336 224.

  • Lionel Monckton

    Moonstruck

    Performer: Catherine Bott. Performer: New London Light Opera Chorus. Performer: The New London Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA 676-54.

  • Ennio Morricone

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • Virgin VIP.
    • CD-VIP-123.

  • Round Two Music

  • Monty Python & Music

  • Monty Python

    Knights of the Round Table

    • Britannia.
    • BM0 MONTD 1.

  • Eric Idle

    I'VE GOT A LITTLE LIST

    • THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
    • CDTER 1121-0.

  • Eric Idle

    ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

    Performer: ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST.
    • DECCA.
    • B000-4265-02.

  • Footwear

  • Patrick Macnee and Honour Blackman

    Kinky Boots

    • Dream.
    • KINCD-1.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - opera in 3 acts

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 471 3482.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Midnight from Cinderella Act II

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
    • 4101622.

  • Kings & Queens in Music

  • Benjamin Britten

    Gloriana

    Performer: Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. Performer: Charles Mackerras.
    • ARGO.
    • ARGO 4402132.

  • William Walton

    PASSACAGLIA - THE DEATH OF FALSTAFF

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 5-65007 2 3.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Richard III - symphonic poem Op.11

    Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k. Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 437 254-2.

Today's competitors

BILL CAWLEY, a supermarket worker, author and local historian from Leek in Staffordshire;

DIANE HALLAGAN, an accountant from Leeds;

DAVID THOMPSON, a solicitor from Ulverston.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 20 Oct 2014 15:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
  • Sat 25 Oct 2014 23:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
  • Thu 23 Oct 2025 14:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 23 Oct 2025 20:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 24 Oct 2025 04:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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