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Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, Anne Reid

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by the actress Anne Reid, MBE to chat about her favourite choral music, another of the UK's singing groups introduce themselves in 'Meet My Choir', and Sara's choral classic this week is William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Feb 2016 16:00

Music Played

  • William Walton

    Agincourt Song (Suite from Henry V)

    Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • EMI : 747-944-2.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Morley

    O griefe, even on the bud

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS : 72435-616712.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Morley

    April is in my mistress' face

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS : 723435-616712.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 3.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    The Glamorous Life (A Little Night Music)

    Singer: Megan Kelly.
    • That's Entertainment CDTER1179.
    • That's Entertainment.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Behold, by Persia's here made (Belshazzar)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV : 477-037-2.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 6.
  • William Sterndale Bennett

    O that I knew where I might find him

    Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • James MacMillan

    Christus Vincit

    Singer: Jonty Ward. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Decca 275 8053.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • William Byrd

    Haec Dies

    Ensemble: The Queen's Six.
    • Resonus RES10146.
    • Resonus.
    • 5.
  • Pat Metheny

    Above The Treetops

    Performer: Pat Metheny. Performer: NanÑ Vasconcelos. Performer: Armando Marçal. Performer: Members Of The Pinpeat Orchestra Of The Royal Ballet. Performer: Members Of The Choir Of The Cambodian Royal Palace. Performer: Members Of The London Orchestra. Singer: Charlie Haden. Orchestra: Members Of The Pinpeat Orchestra Of The Royal Ballet. Choir: Members Of The Choir Of The Cambodian Royal Palace. Orchestra: Members Of The London Orchestra.
    • Geffen GED24468.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt

    Performer: David Ward. Choir: Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir. Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Delphian.
    • Delphian.
    • 6.
  • LENNON/MCCARTNEY

    Blackbird

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • EMI : CDKING-D2.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)

    Singer: Robert Rounseville. Singer: Barbara Cook. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
    • CBS : MK-38732.
    • CBS.
    • 16.
  • William Walton

    Thus Spake Isaiah, if I forget thee (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Gwynne Howell. Choir: Bach Choir.. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Chandos CHAN8760.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    Praise ye; Thus in Babylon (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Gwynne Howell. Choir: Bach Choir.. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Chandos CHAN8760.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dominum virtutum nobiscum

    Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Nicolas Rivenq. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • ERATO : 4509-96967-2.
    • ERATO.
    • 24.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Butterflying

    Performer: Sally Whitwell. Choir: Gondwana Voices. Conductor: Lyn Williams.
    • ABC Classics 4769093.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 21.

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  • Sun 28 Feb 2016 16:00

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