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Heat 1, 2025

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Paul Gambaccini is in the chair as the ultimate music quiz returns, with questions on music of all varieties and eras.

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The quest for Britain's musical mastermind of 2025 gets under way, with the first of this year's contests coming from London's Radio Theatre. Paul Gambaccini puts questions to three music lovers hoping to be in with a chance of becoming the 38th Counterpoint champion. The questions cover everything from Bach to Bob Marley, Puccini to Pet Shop Boys, classical ballet to Spandau Ballet. The competitors also have to select a topic on which to answer specialist questions, without having had any warning of the categories on offer.

Appearing in Heat One are
Antony Cruddas from Gosport in Hampshire
Charlotte Martyn from Bath
Rebecca Pasha from Buckinghamshire.

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Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in E Major

    Performer: Jacques Loussier.
    • The Best of Bach.
    • MUSIC CLUB.
    • MCCD-113.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Los Angeles Chamber Ensemble. Performer: Margaret Batjer.
    • Bach:Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4741992.
  • Loreena McKennitt

    Brian Boru's March

    • The Wind that Shakes the Barley.
    • Quinlan Road.
    • QRCD-114.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade To Music

    Performer: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra.
    • WOOD CONDUCTS VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.
    • DUTTON LABORATORIES.
    • CDBP-9707.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Men and Magotts

    • BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN.
    • EMI.
    • 00946-33503328.
  • Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Scaramouche, Op. 71, Act I Scene 2:

    • Sibelius: Scaramouche, incidental music, Op. 71.
    • Naxos.
    • 8573511.
  • George Benson & Chaka Khan

    Love Will Come Again

    • IN YOUR EYES.
    • WARNER.
    • 7599-23744 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 1: No. 10. La cathedrale engloutie (The sunken cathedral)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes.
    • Imagination.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19439913882.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlesienne Suite no 2, Farandole

    Performer: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Symphony in C, L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2.
    • EMI.
    • CDC-7477942.
  • Georges Prêtre & Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie

    La Baigneuse de Trouville

    • Poulenc.
    • Angel Records.
    • S-36519,.
  • The Three Degrees & MFSB

    The Sound Of Philadelphia (T.S.O.P.)

    • A SOULFUL TALE OF TWO CITIES.
    • Sould Renaissance Records.
    • SRRCD-001.
  • The Jacksons

    Show You The Way To Go

    • 30 YEARS OF NUMBER ONES VOL 8.
    • CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION.
    • TYNOCD-107.
  • Patti LaBelle

    If You Don't Know Me By Now

    • Live In Washington.
    • Philadelphia.
    • 88697 29486 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Queen of Spades

    Performer: Mirella Freni. Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Pique Dame.
    • BMG.
    • 09026-609922.
  • Shirley Bassey

    Solitaire

    • SUPERSTAR.
    • PICKWICK.
    • PWK-016.
  • Snap!

    The Power

    • COYOTE UGLY.
    • CURB.
    • CURB-8573852542.

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