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Faure, Bach and Wagner

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music and performances. Today, FaurΓ© finds beauty in despair, Bach takes joyfulness to heavenly heights and opera's king of bombast delivers sweetness and delicate restraint.

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Sun 29 Oct 2017 16:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alleluia, K553

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Brilliant Classics 94783.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 11.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Shestopsalmiye - The Six Psalms (All-Night Vigil)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM : SIG-0054.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to the Waters

    Performer: Manja Smits. Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: John Alldis.
    • GLOBE : GLO-5170.
    • GLOBE.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in F major BWV 233: Gloria

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG : SDG728.
    • SDG.
    • 2.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Memorial Rag

    Performer: Anna McDonald. Performer: Alice Evans. Performer: Brett Dean. Performer: Peter Morrison. Choir: Gondwana Voices. Conductor: Lyn Williams.
    • ABC CLASSICS : 472822-2.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Pater noster

    Choir: Rheinische Kantorei. Conductor: Hermann Max.
    • CPO 55506452.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Peter Philips

    Disciplinam et sapientiam

    Ensemble: The Sarum Consort. Conductor: Andrew Mackay.
    • Naxos 8.572832.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Requiem: Introit & Kyrie

    Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive : V-5137.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Ave Regina caelorum

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Delphian DCD34190.
    • Delphian.
    • 2.

  • Fats Waller

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Choir: Mike King Collective.

  • Richard Wagner

    Treulich gefΓΌrt ziehet dahin (Bridal Chorus, Lohengrin)

    Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • TELDEC : 3984-21484-2.
    • TELDEC.
    • 1.

  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine

    Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Director: Richard Marlow.
    • CHANDOS : chan-0733.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Oct 2017 16:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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