
Stephen Hough
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of choral music. She is joined by pianist and composer Stephen Hough, who selects choral works by Britten, Elgar and Walton.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of choral music. Today's Choral Interviewee is pianist and composer Stephen Hough, who chooses works by Britten, Elgar and Walton - and there's a festive choral classic in the form of Poulenc's "Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps De Noel". We'll also be meeting another of the UK's amateur singing groups in "Meet My Choir", as well as listening to a host of choral music for the Christmas season from Finzi to Palestrina to Pärt.
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Meet My Choir: Polyphony Down the Pub
Duration: 02:47
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Arvo Pärt
Bogoroditse Dyevo
Choir: Swedish Radio Choir. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.- BIS : BIS-CD-1434.
- BIS.
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Hector Berlioz
The Shepherds' Farewell
Orchestra: Corydon Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best. Choir: Corydon Singers.- HYPERION : CDD-22067.
- HYPERION.
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Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Ensemble: U S Air Force Band. Conductor: Lowell Graham.- Altissimo 75442260522.
- Altissimo.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Ensemble: New York Polyphony.- AVIE : AVIE-2141.
- Avie.
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Harold Edwin Darke
In the bleak midwinter
Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- EMI CDC 747500.
- EMI.
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George Frideric Handel
Und ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren (Der Messias)
Singer: Donna Brown. Singer: Cornelia Kallisch. Singer: Roberto Saccà . Singer: Alastair Miles. Orchestra: Stuttgart Bach Collegium. Director: Helmuth Rilling.- Hanssler Classic CD 09802.
- Hanssler Classic.
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Kenneth Leighton
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Ensemble: New York Polyphony.- AVIE : AVIE-2141.
- Avie.
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Benjamin Britten
Gloria (Missa Brevis)
Performer: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.- HYPERION : CDA-66220.
- HYPERION.
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Edward Elgar
Praise to the Holiest (The Dream of Gerontius)
Singer: Janet Baker. Singer: Richard Lewis. Choir: Hallé Choir. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI: 7 63185 2.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
TC_Mass In D Major B.153, Op.86 For Soloists, Chorus And Organ - Kyrie
Performer: Nicholas Cleobury. Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir. Conductor: Simon Preston.- DECCA : 448-0892.
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Sir Stephen Hough
Credo (Missa Mirabilis)
Choir: Colorado Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Hyperion CDA69096.
- Hyperion.
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Francis Poulenc
4 Motets pour le temps de Noel
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION : CDA-67623.
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Gerald Finzi
In Terra Pax
Singer: Libby Crabtree. Singer: Donald Sweeney. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth S O. Conductor: David Hill.- DECCA : 468-807-2.
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- Sun 27 Dec 2015 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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