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Liszt, Pachelbel and Verdi

Sara Mohr-Pietsch spotlights Verdi and Liszt, both in their church vestments, and a stunning new recording of MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music and performances, including Verdi and Liszt, both in their church vestments. The King's Singers bring their infectious style to a rare choral gem by Pachelbel, and Sara introduces a stunning new recording of James MacMillan's beautiful setting of Burns's poem of lost love, The Gallant Weaver.

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Sun 8 Oct 2017 16:00
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Music Played

  • Joseph Rheinberger

    Mass in E flat major: Kyrie

    Choir: Voces Nordicae.
    • Footprint: FRCD 036.
    • Footprint.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Entfernten

    Choir: Schubert Chorale of London. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION : CDJ-33032.
    • HYPERION.
    • 20.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Choir: Gonville And Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • DELPHIAN : DCD-43104.
    • Delphian.
    • 13.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Ingressus in G major

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: Charivari Agréable. Director: Kah-Ming Ng.
    • SIGNUM : CLASSICS-SIGCD 198.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 24.

  • Antonio Romano

    Stirps Mocenigo/Ducalis Sedes

    Choir: Ensemble Oktoechos. Conductor: Lanfranco Menga.
    • Venetia Mundi Splendor.
    • Tactus.
    • 10.

  • Eric Whitacre

    With a Lily in Your Hand

    Choir: Brigham Young University Singers. Conductor: Ronald Staheli.
    • The Complete A Cappella Works.
    • Arsis.
    • 8.

  • Franz Liszt

    Ave maris stella

    Performer: Mark Roberts. Choir: Christ'S College Choir, Cambridge. Director: David Rowland.
    • Geistliche Lieder: German Romantic Choral Music.
    • Regent.
    • 17.

  • James McMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Silence & Music.
    • Signum.
    • 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Te Deum

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre RΓ©volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS : 442 142-2-.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 7.

  • Robert Lucas Pearsall

    Light of my Soul

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir, University Of London. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • English Romantic Madrigals.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Oct 2017 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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