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Hymns and Hers: Feminist Choirs and Radical Carols

Jenny Moore, leader of the collective F*choir, joins Verity Sharp to discuss the feminist history of choral music. Plus, alternative carols from Polynesia to North Derbyshire.

There has been a blossoming of radical, all-female choirs in the UK over the last five years. The electronic drone choir NYX explore extended vocal techniques playing alongside the likes of Gazelle Twin and Hatis Noit, female collective Deep Throat release music on Bella Union, and all-gender feminist collective F*Choir use their platform to raise money for Action for Trans Health.

Why now? Verity Sharp is joined by Jenny Moore, leader of F*choir, to discuss this renewed interest in collective singing and to play pieces which explore the feminist history of choral music. Elsewhere we mark the season Late Junction style, with alternative carols from Polynesia, Phil Minton’s Feral Choir and a choir of pub-goers in North Derbyshire.

Produced by Alannah Chance.
A Reduced Listening Production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3.

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Fri 20 Dec 2019 23:00
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Music Played

  • Alabama Sacred Harp Singers

    Sherburne

    • Where Will You Be Christmas Day?.
    • Dust-to-Digital.

  • Jenny Moore

    We Want Our Bodies Back

    • Jenny Moore's Mystic Business.

  • Yosi Horikawa

    Letter

    • Vapor.
    • First Word Records.

  • V/Vm

    Erald Hark Angel

    • Whine And Missingtoe.
    • V/Vm Test Records.

  • Commoners Choir

    Shelter Song

    • Commoners Choir.

  • Tamarii o Pirae (the Youth of Pirae) & David Fanshawe

    Himene Tarava Pirae

    • Pacific Chants (Polynesian Himene - The "Singing Reef").
    • ARC Music.

  • Micah Blue Smaldone

    Winghold

    • Ten Years Gone : A Tribute to Jack Rose.
    • Tompkins Square.

  • Mica Levi

    Hosting

    • Hosting / Dye.
    • NTS.

  • F* Choir

    Keep Some Hope / Reclaim the Night

    • Live recording.

  • Deep Throat Choir

    Daydreaming

    • Be OK.
    • Bella Union.

  • OOIOO

    UMA

    • TAIGA.
    • Thrill Jockey Records.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Vesper Sparrow

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • Render.
    • New Amsterdam Records.

  • Tenores di Bitti

    Ite m'importa sa vida (ballu lestru)

    • Caminos De Pache.
    • Felmay.

  • John Lennon & Yoko Ono

    Listen, The Snow Is Falling

    • Wedding Album.
    • Apple Records.

  • Michael Vetter & The Overtone Choir

    Breathing Wind

    • Ancient Voices.
    • Amiata Records.

  • Phil Minton

    The Feral Choir

    • The Enigma Carols.
    • Recorded.

  • Pub goers at Royal Hotel Dungworth

    Pentonville (While Shepherd's Watched)

    • Hark, Hark! What News.

  • Raymond Scott

    A Rhythm Ballet

    • Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961-1971.
    • Basta.

  • Mark Gergis

    Syria 1998, Turkey 1998, Laos 2000, Thailand 2000 (excerpt)

    • Early​-​Century Sound Recordings.
    • Discrepant.

  • Lord Beginner

    Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning

    • Where Will You Be Christmas Day?.
    • Dust-to-Digital.

  • Dean Rodney Jr

    Dean TV Christmas

    • The Surround Christmas Album 3.
    • The Surround.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Qui Habitat Γ€ 24

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.
    • 40 Voices.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Laraaji

    Space Choir

    • Celestial Music 1978-2011.
    • All Saints β€Ž.

  • The Voice Squad β€Ž

    The Parting Glass

    • Many's The Foolish Youth.
    • Tara.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Dec 2019 23:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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