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Aled Jones explores the rich musical heritage of the English Oratories, which were established by Cardinal John Henry Newman in 1848 following a visit to the oratory of St Philip Neri in Rome, where Tomas Luis de Victoria once resided. His music still resounds in the oratories at Birmingham and London, but just how did an oratory school choir find themselves on the Lord of the Rings film soundtrack?

Giovanni Peirluigi da Palestrina
Assumpta est Maria (extract)
The Choir of the London Oratory, directed by Patrick Russill
Herald HAVPCD 256, track 15

Howard Shore
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extract)
The London Oratory School Schola, The London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Howard Shore
Reprise/ WMG 9362-44376-2

Howard Goodall
Lead Kindly Light (from Requiem)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, London Musici, directed by Stephen Darlington
EMI 50999 2 15047 2 3, tracks 3 & 4

Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Vere Languores (1572)
Birmingham Oratory Choir, conducted by Nicholas Johnson
CD to be released next year 鈥� details of this can be obtained from the Birmingham Oratory Choir

William Sewell
Salve Regina
Birmingham Oratory Choir, conducted by Nicholas Johnson
CD to be released next year 鈥� details of this can be obtained from the Birmingham Oratory Choir

Thomas Wingham
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
The Choir of the London Oratory, directed by Patrick Russill
HAVPCD 327, track 3

Thomas Tallis
O Salutaris
Birmingham Oratory Choir, conducted by Nicholas Johnson
CD to be released next year 鈥� details of this can be obtained from the Birmingham Oratory Choir

Gregor Aichinger; Herbert Howells:
Regina Caeli
The Choir of the London Oratory, directed by Patrick Russill
Herald HAVPCD 256, tracks 12-14

Traditional, arr. David Willcocks
Rocking
The Choir of the London Oratory with the London Oratory Junior Choir, directed by Andrew Carwood
Classics for Pleasure CFP 77243 5 6955325, track 18

Claudio Monteverdi
Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria' (from Vespers)
London Oratory Junior Choir, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Archiv 4295652, CD 2, track 1

John Williams
Double Trouble (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
The London Oratory School Schola, conducted by Stephen Grahl
Warner 7567-83711-5, track 5

Sir Edward Elgar
Ave Maria
The London Oratory School Schola, David Terry (organist), directed by Lee Ward
REGCD 292, tracks 2 & 3
This CD is due for nationwide release in the new year, but in the meantime can be purchased directly from the record label:
www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_128.htm

Roxanna Panufnik
Sanctus & Benedictus (Westminster Mass)
The London Oratory School Schola and instrumental ensemble, directed by Lee Ward
Regent REGCD 293 鈥� Released March 2009

Francisco Valls
Mass 鈥淪cala Aretina鈥�: Kyrie and Gloria
The London Oratory Choir, The Thames Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Hoban
CRD 3371, tracks 1 & 2

Websites:
The London Oratory Choir: www.bromptonoratory.com/
The London Oratory School Schola: www.london-oratory.org/schola/
London Oratory Junior Choir:
www.oratoryjuniorchoir.com/
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: www.chchchoir.org/
Birmingham Oratory Choir:
www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/

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