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Freedom

Aled Jones and choral director Ken Burton explore the wide range of choral music inspired by the theme of freedom, including Poulenc's epic hymn to liberty, Figure humaine.

Aled Jones is joined by choral director Ken Burton. Together they explore the different ways in which composers have responded to the theme of "freedom", including Francis Poulenc, whose horror at the occupation of Paris inspired him to create "Figure humaine", a heartfelt hymn to liberty, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, plus some of Ken's personal favourites too.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Apr 2011 18:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • [traditional]

    Joshua Fit the Battle Of Jericho arr. Moses Hogan

    Performer: Moses Hogan Chorale   

    • MGH Records                                         .
    • 1.

  • William Byrd

    Turn our captivity

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)

    • Collegium CSCD 507.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Toward the Unknown Region (Walt Whitman)

    Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman del Mar (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 565131 2.
    • 1.

  • Ken Burton

    Let Freedom Ring

    Performer: London Adventist Chorale, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Ken Burton (conductor) & Andrew Nestinger (conductor)

  • Francis Poulenc

    Figure humaine     

    Performer: Tenebrae, Nigel Short (director)

    • Signum.
    • 12 to 19.

  • Ken Burton

    Let the Sound of Freedom

    Performer: St. John’s College Choir and London Adventist Chorale, Ken Burton (conductor) & Andrew Nestinger

    • Private recording.

  • Ken Burton

    Sweet is the Memory

    Performer: St. John’s College Choir and London Adventist Chorale, Ken Burton (conductor) & Andrew Nestinger

    • Private recording.

  • Randall Thompson

    I shall not die without a hope (Testament of Freedom)  

    Performer: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Choral Society, Richard Auldon Clark (conductor)

    • Koch 3 7283 2.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ninth Symphony

    Performer: Helen Donath (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo soprano), Klaus König (tenor), Simon Estes (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, Colin Davis (conductor)

    • Philips 416 353-2.
    • 4.

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Ella's Song

    Performer: Sweet Honey in the Rock

    • Cooking Vinyl Cook CD 008.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Apr 2011 18:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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