23/09/2018
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents her selection of choral favourites and new discoveries. Including Walton's setting of the Latin hymn Te Deum, written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
Produced by Chris Taylor for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Wales.
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Music Played
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King Henry VIII of England
Pastyme with Good Companye
Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: Forbury Consort. -
Giacomo Puccini
Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)
Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. -
Maurice Ravel
Ronde (Trois Chansons)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Saul's Conversion at Damascus (Paulus)
Singer: Barry Banks. Singer: Peter Coleman-Wright. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox. -
GyΓΆrgy Ligeti
Ejszaka [night] for chorus
Choir: Groupe Vocal de France. Conductor: Guy Reibel. -
GyΓΆrgy Ligeti
Reggel [morning] for chorus
Choir: Groupe Vocal de France. Conductor: Guy Reibel. -
Rastatt Vocal Ensemble, Anne Le Bozec & Holger Speck
FrΓΌh Morgens
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton. -
George Frideric Handel
Zadok the Priest
Choir: Bach Choir.. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: David Hill. -
Franz Schubert
Lacrimoso son io
Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Ewin Ortner. -
Heitor VillaβLobos
Picapau
Choir: Sao Paulo Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Sao Paulo Orchestra. Conductor: John Neschling. -
Richard Rodney Bennett
The Bird's Lament; The Lark (The Aviary)
Performer: St Catherine'S Girls' Choir, Cambridge. Director: Edward Wickham. -
William Walton
Coronation Te Deum
Performer: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Bach Choir.. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Sep 2018 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Sun 24 Mar 2019 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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