In the Beginning
Donald Macleod talks to multi-instrumentalist and composer Sir Karl Jenkins on the eve of his 80th birthday.
Donald Macleod talks to multi-instrumentalist and composer Sir Karl Jenkins on the eve of his 80th birthday.
Karl Jenkins has had a career of contrasts – from accomplished jazz fusion, prog rock and the worlds of film and advertising, to phenomenal success in concert halls around the world as a composer of music that delights audiences and often defies categorisation; music that is rhythmic, emotional – and hugely popular: he just might be the most performed living composer in the world.
In these special programmes Karl Jenkins joins Donald Macleod to talk about his life and music, beginning today with his latest large-scale work One World and his musical origins in the village of Penclawdd on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
Benedictus
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
In the Beginning, from One World
World Choir for Peace & World Orchestra for Peace
Karl Jenkins, conductor
Let’s Go (The Tower of Babel), from One World
World Choir for Peace & World Orchestra for Peace
Stay at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Choir
Karl Jenkins, conductor
Yet, Here I Am, from One World
World Choir for Peace & World Orchestra for Peace
Karl Jenkins, conductor
Sarakiz
iii Dance
Marat Bisenaliev, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Karl Jenkins, conductor
Stabat Mater
ii Incantation
iii Vidit Jesum In Tormentis
xii Paradisi Gloria
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Karl Jenkins, conductor
EMO Ensemble
Pasi Hyökki, conductor
Jurgita Adamonyte, mezzo-soprano
Jody K. Jenkins, percussion
Belinda Sykes, vocals & mey
Tikkun Olam, from One World
Kathryn Rudge, mezzo-soprano
Krzysztof Wisniewski, violin
Valentino Worlitzsch, cello
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Karl Jenkins
Benedictus
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 479 3232.
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Karl Jenkins
One World: In the Beginning; Let's Go
Choir: World Choir for Peace. Choir: Stay at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Choir. Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- DECCA : 483-974 8.
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Karl Jenkins
One World: Yet, Here I Am
Choir: World Choir for Peace. Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace.- DECCA : 483-974 8.
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Karl Jenkins
Sarikiz (3rd mvt, Dance)
Performer: Marat Bisengaliev. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- DECCA : 481-788-1.
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Karl Jenkins
Stabat Mater (excerpts)
Performer: Jody K Jenkins. Singer: Jurgita Adamonyte. Choir: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Singer: Belinda Sykes.- EMI : 500 283-2.
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Karl Jenkins
One World: Tikkun Olam
Performer: Krzysztof Wisniewski. Performer: Valentino Worlitzsch. Singer: Kathryn Rudge.- DECCA : 483-974 8.
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- Mon 12 Feb 2024 12:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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