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Outreach and Innovation - Armonico Consort

Christopher Monks talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his outreach work with the Armonico Consort and his aim to create 300 new children's choirs by 2020.

In this week's episode of The Choir, Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews Christopher Monks, the founder and Artistic Director of the Armonico Consort.

Sara and Christopher talk about the work of the AC Academy, the concerts in Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, and the ground-breaking education programme they are rolling out in schools across the country, aiming to create 300 new children's choirs by 2020.

Sara and Christopher also focus on the innovative and extensive work with children with special educational needs, where the aim is to give children the opportunity to compose, arrange and perform their own works at some of the UK's biggest concert venues.

The programme features music by Gabriel Jackson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Presenter: Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Producer: Eleri Llian Selwood.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 2 Jul 2017 16:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Isaac Watts

    Lord, in the Morning

    Singer: Maddy Prior. Ensemble: Carnival Band.
    • SAYDISC CDSDL 442.
    • SAYDISC.
    • 14.

  • Ireland.Traditional

    The Banks of my own Lovely Lee

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD 447.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana Medley (extract)

    Choir: AC Academy.
    • As Live Royal Albert Hall 2016.

  • Christopher Monks

    The Spirit of Tallis

    Performer: Kelly McCusker. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Singer: Anna Sandström. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD235.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Pavane

    Performer: Paul Eshelby. Performer: David Theodore. Performer: Sebastian Bell. Music Arranger: Elizabeth Parker. Choir: Wimbledon Choral Society. Conductor: Michael Ashcroft.
    • Telstar WCF2979.
    • Telstar.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: The Senesino Players.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD213.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Shabalala

    Nomathemba

    Choir: Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Conductor: Joseph Shabalala.
    • LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: Inkanyezi Nezazi (Star and the Wiseman).
    • HEADS UP.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Varen (12 Songs Op 33)

    Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • Chandos : CHAN 9464.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Sommernatten

    Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • Chandos : CHAN 9464.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinkt die Nacht

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Brilliant Classics 94783.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 41.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jul 2017 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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