Liszt, Pachelbel and Verdi
Sara Mohr-Pietsch spotlights Verdi and Liszt, both in their church vestments, and a stunning new recording of MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music and performances, including Verdi and Liszt, both in their church vestments. The King's Singers bring their infectious style to a rare choral gem by Pachelbel, and Sara introduces a stunning new recording of James MacMillan's beautiful setting of Burns's poem of lost love, The Gallant Weaver.
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Clips
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Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt "Sehnsucht", D.656
Duration: 00:58
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Nachthelle, D.892
Duration: 00:41
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Der Tanz, D.826
Duration: 00:57
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Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714, Op.167
Duration: 00:50
Music Played
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Joseph Rheinberger
Mass in E flat major: Kyrie
Choir: Voces Nordicae.- Footprint: FRCD 036.
- Footprint.
- 13.
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Franz Schubert
Der Entfernten
Choir: Schubert Chorale of London. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION : CDJ-33032.
- HYPERION.
- 20.
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Benjamin Britten
A Hymn to the Virgin
Choir: Gonville And Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.- DELPHIAN : DCD-43104.
- Delphian.
- 13.
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Johann Pachelbel
Ingressus in G major
Ensemble: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: Charivari Agréable. Director: Kah-Ming Ng.- SIGNUM : CLASSICS-SIGCD 198.
- SIGNUM.
- 24.
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Antonio Romano
Stirps Mocenigo/Ducalis Sedes
Choir: Ensemble Oktoechos. Conductor: Lanfranco Menga.- Venetia Mundi Splendor.
- Tactus.
- 10.
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Eric Whitacre
With a Lily in Your Hand
Choir: Brigham Young University Singers. Conductor: Ronald Staheli.- The Complete A Cappella Works.
- Arsis.
- 8.
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Franz Liszt
Ave maris stella
Performer: Mark Roberts. Choir: Christ'S College Choir, Cambridge. Director: David Rowland.- Geistliche Lieder: German Romantic Choral Music.
- Regent.
- 17.
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James McMillan
The Gallant Weaver
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Silence & Music.
- Signum.
- 9.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Te Deum
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- PHILIPS : 442 142-2-.
- PHILIPS.
- 7.
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Robert Lucas Pearsall
Light of my Soul
Choir: Royal Holloway Choir, University Of London. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- English Romantic Madrigals.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
Broadcast
- Sun 8 Oct 2017 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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