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The Final 2014

Counterpoint Series 28
Episode 13 of 13

The 2014 series of the general knowledge music quiz reaches the grand Final, with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions.

Paul Gambaccini hosts the 2014 final of the wide-ranging music quiz.

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

Category round includes operatic aristocrats, African connections and Morecambe and Wise.

The competitors are in the 麻豆社 Maida Vale Studios, London:

*Richard Ely from Derbyshire
*Stephen Murray from London
*Stephen Whitaker from Cheshire

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2014.

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Fri 19 Dec 2025 04:00
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Music Played

  • Round One Music

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    Amahl & The Night Visitors

    Performer: Andrew Mckinley. Performer: David Aiken. Performer: Leon Lishner.
    • RCA.
    • 6485-2-RG.

  • The Beach Boys

    I Just Wasn't Made for TheseTimes

    • CAPITOL.
    • CDP-748421-2.

  • Herbert Chappell

    Guitar Concerto No 1 (Caribbean Concerto)

    Performer: Eduardo Fern谩ndez. Performer: English Chamber Orch Cb: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Decca.
    • 430-233-2.

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    So Long, Farewell

    Performer: The Children. Composer: Richard Rodgers.
    • SONY/BMG.
    • 8287-6668272.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Piers Adams.
    • Upbeat Classics.
    • URCD-129.

  • Rihanna

    SOS

    • DEF JAM RECORDINGS.
    • 9878575-9878575.

  • Round Two Music

  • Morecambe And Wise And Music

  • * Ernie Wise, ERIC MORECAMBE & THE MAX HARRIS ORCHESTRA

    Bring me sunshine

  • David Rose and His Orchestra

    The Stripper

    • BACKLINE RECORDS.
    • 840-737-2.

  • Ron Goodwin

    THAT RIVIERA TOUCH

    Performer: Morecambe & Wise.
    • EMI COMEDY.
    • 7243 5-28602 27.

  • Africa & Western Classical Music

  • MEYERBEER

    MI BATTE IL COR...O PARADISO

    Performer: Enrico Caruso.
    • RCA.
    • 74321-697662.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Performer: Concerto K枚ln. Performer: Jennifer Larmore.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMC 901385.

  • William Walton

    Johannesburg Festival Overture

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7243-5 65003 2 7.

  • Operatic Aristos

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus - Ich Lade Gern Mir Gaste Ein

    Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Performer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
    • CD-CFP-4499.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    SUONI LA TROMBA (I PURITANI)

    Performer: Samuel Ramey. Performer: Thomas Hampson.
    • Warner.
    • 2564 69452-3.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Small Titles and Orders (The Gondoliers)

    Composer: W.S. Gilbert. Performer: Ella Halman. Performer: Martyn Green.
    • Pearl.
    • GEMS 0135.

The 2014 Finalists are

RICHARD ELY, a trainer from Alfreton in Derbyshire;

STEPHEN MURRAY, a shop worker from London;

STEPHEN WHITAKER, a second hand book dealer from Neston in Cheshire.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Dec 2014 15:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Sat 20 Dec 2014 23:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Thu 18 Dec 2025 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 18 Dec 2025 20:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 19 Dec 2025 04:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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