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大象传媒 Choir of the Year Competition Final 2008

Petroc Trelawny and host Aled Jones introduce the four category finalists plus two wildcard choirs vying for the top prize in the Choir of the Year competition 2008.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

In an event recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall in December, Aled Jones hosts the final of the 大象传媒 Choir of the Year Competition, the culmination of the competition in 2008, which has attracted more than 5,000 singers from communities all over the country.

Featuring the four category finalists plus two wildcard choirs battling it out to be crowned 大象传媒 Choir of the Year 2008.

Playlist:

Julie Styne & Bob Merrill, arr Jeffrey Howard: Don鈥檛 Rain On My Parade
Only Men Aloud
Tim Rhys-Evans (musical director)

What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
Only Men Aloud
Tim Rhys-Evans (musical director)
Published by Warner Bros. Publications

Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
Taplow Youth Choir
Gillian Dibden (musical director)
Published by Oxford University Press

John Ireland: The Hills
Taplow Youth Choir
Gillian Dibden (musical director)
Published by Stainer & Bell Publishers

Eric Whitacre: With a Lily in Your Hand
Taplow Youth Choir
Gillian Dibden (musical director)
Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Felix Mendelssohn: 6 Anthems (Op.79)
no.1; Rejoice, O ye people (Frohlocket Ich V枚lker auf Erden)
Dieci
Christopher Hann (musical director)
Published by Breitkopf & Hartel

Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 8
Dieci
Christopher Hann (musical director)
Published by Choral Public Library

Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood (words) arr. Peter Knight: I鈥檓 a Train
Dieci
Christopher Hann (musical director)
Published by Shaftesbury Music Company Ltd

Thomas Ravenscroft: Hey Ho! Nobody at Home
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir
Susan Hollingworth (musical director)

Thomas Weelkes: Strike It Up, Tabor
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir
Susan Hollingworth (musical director)

Tylman Susato: Cum Decore
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir
Susan Hollingworth (musical director)

William Cornyshe: Ah Robyn
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir
Susan Hollingworth (musical director)

Piae Cantiones: Gaudete!
Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir
Susan Hollingworth (musical director)

Piae Cantiones arr. Edward J Craig: Gaudete
Grosvenor Chorale
Edward Craig (musical director)

Eric Whitacre: Water Night
Grosvenor Chorale
Edward Craig (musical director)

Eleanor Daley: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Masquerade
Barry Clark (musical director)
Published by Oxford University Press

Brendan Graham arr. Roger Emerson: The Voice
Masquerade
Barry Clark (musical director)
Published by Peermusic

Kirby Shaw: Too Hot to Samba
Masquerade
Barry Clark (musical director)
Published by Kirby Shaw Music

Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood (words) arr. Peter Knight: I'm a Train
Voice Squad Seniors
Birgitta Kenyon (musical director)
Published by Leeds Music

Sydney Carter arr. Birgitta Kenyon: Carol of the Universe
Voice Squad Seniors
Birgitta Kenyon (musical director)
Published by Steiner & Bell Ltd

Jorge Ben arr. Birgitta Kenyon: Mas Que Nada
Voice Squad Seniors
Birgitta Kenyon (musical director)

Cindy Walker & Eddie Arnold, arr. Jim Clancy: You Don鈥檛 Know Me
Cottontown Chorus
Neil Firth (musical director)
Michael Dargan (musical director)
Published by Warner Bros. Publications

Steve Allen, Ray Bauduc & Bob Haggart, arr.David Wright: South Rampart Street Parade
Cottontown Chorus
Neil Firth (musical director)
Michael Dargan (musical director)

2 hours, 15 minutes

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Dec 2008 19:00