Choir of the Year - Category Final 2
Aled Jones and Deborah Catterall present highlights from the 2008 Choir of the Year competition, focusing on those left in the Open and Children's categories and in the Grand Final.
Aled Jones presents his second selection of highlights from last weekend’s ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 Choir of the Year Category Finals with choral conductor, Deborah Catterall.
Today, they focus on the remaining choirs in the Open and Children’s categories, and reveal the six choirs from across the competition who have won a place in next month’s Grand Final.
Choir of the Year Category finals
Children's Choir & Open Choir categories
Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 9 November 2008
Music:
BERLIN, Irving: Blue Skies, arranged by Clay Hive (excerpt)
National Barbershop Youth Chorus directed by Roy Barber
Trad arr. COPLAND, Aaron: Chin a Ring Chaw
Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer
Trad arr SPENCER, Roderick: Cockles and Mussels
Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer
Arr. GUZMAN, Juan Tony: Cantemos A Maria (excerpt)
Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer
Trad arr LEE, Ken: Eriskay Love Lilt (excerpt)
Inverclyde Schools’ Training Choir conducted by Gemma McLean
PAGE, Nick: A little Curl
Inverclyde Schools’ Training Choir conducted by Gemma McLean
RACHMANINOV, Sergey: Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Dieci, directed by Christopher Hann
HAMMOND & HAZELWOOD, arr. KNIGHT: I’m a Train
Dieci, directed by Christopher Hann
HATFIELD, Stephen: Bonny Wood Green
John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Boys’ Choir directed by Samuel Murdock
BARTOK: The Wooing of a Girl
Taplow Girls’ Choir directed by Gillian Dibden
SPRINGFIELD, Tom & LAMPERT, Diane arr. ARCH, Gwyn: The Olive Tree
Taplow Girls’ Choir directed by Gillian Dibden
Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Elegua (excerpt)
Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Yemaya
London Lucumi Choir directed by Daniela Rosselson
DENNIS/DAVIS arr. WILLIAMS, J: Can’t get you out of my head
Who dares sings, directed by Kaytie Harding
FRANKLIN/WHITE, arr. HARDING, Kaytie: Think
Who dares sings, directed by Kaytie Harding
Trad. Verbum Caro Factus Est
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir directed by Susan Hollingworth
Trad. Gaudete
Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir directed by Susan Hollingworth
RUTTER, John: Agnus Dei
Masquerade, cond. Barry Clark
HAHN, Volker: Die fische
Masquerade, cond. Barry Clark
Trad. Arr HAZELL, Chris: Danny Boy (excerpt)
Westminster Boys’ Choir, directed by Jeremy Walker
GARDNER, John: End of Term
Westminster Boys’ Choir, directed by Jeremy Walker
HANDEL, arr. by WARREN, Mervyn: Hallelujah
London Singology Gospel Choir, conducted by Mark de Lisser
YOUMANS, Vincent arr. LATZKO, Walter: Without a Song
National Barbershop Youth Chorus, directed by Rob Barber
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- Sun 23 Nov 2008 18:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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