Peace, Peace!
Donald Macleod talks to multi-instrumentalist and composer Sir Karl Jenkins on the eve of his 80th birthday, today exploring his hugely successful 'mass for peace' The Armed Man.
Donald Macleod talks to multi-instrumentalist and composer Sir Karl Jenkins on the eve of his 80th birthday.
In these special programmes, composer Karl Jenkins joins Donald Macleod to discuss his life and music. Karl Jenkins is treasured by audiences for the serenity of so much of his writing, and admired for the way he has responded to some of humanity’s darkest impulses. Today’s programme focuses on his hugely successful work The Armed Man – a Mass for Peace. Commissioned by the Armouries Museum in 1999 it is dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo conflict, where horrific events were unfolding as the Mass was being composed.
The Peacemakers
iii Peace, Peace!
London Symphony Orchestra & CBSO Youth Chorus
Simon Halsey, conductor
The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace
i The Armed Man
iii Kyrie
v Sanctus
London Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Karl Jenkins, conductor
The Peacemakers
vi Healing Light
xvii Anthem: Peace, triumphant peace!
Davy Spillane, pipes
Really Big Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra & CBSO Youth Chorus
Simon Halsey, conductor
The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace
x Agnus Dei
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace
xii Benedictus
London Philharmonic Orchestra & National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Karl Jenkins, conductor
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Karl Jenkins
The Peacemakers (Peace, Peace!)
Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Halsey.- DECCA : 481-776-3.
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace (The Armed Man)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- DECCA : 481-782-6.
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace (Kyrie; Sanctus)
Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- DECCA : 481-782-6.
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Karl Jenkins
The Peacemakers (Healing Light; Anthem)
Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Halsey.- DECCA : 481-776-3.
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace (Agnus Dei)
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 479 3232.
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace (Benedictus)
Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- DECCA : 481-782-6.
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Broadcast
- Thu 15 Feb 2024 12:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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