Bodleian Library Exhibition
With Aled Jones. Conductor Harry Christophers reports from Oxford's Bodleian library on its exhibition of British choir manuscripts. Plus a look at 2009's big choral anniversaries.
Presented by Aled Jones. Conductor Harry Christophers reports from Oxford's Bodleian library on its exhibition of almost 800 years of priceless British choir manuscripts and also gets a chance to hear what is universally regarded as the worst oratorio of all time, George Tolhurst's Ruth. Plus a look ahead to the big choral anniversaries of 2009.
Including:
Haydn: Chorus of the Danes (Incidental music to Alfred, K枚nig der Angelsachsen)
Collegium Musicum 90 conducted by Richard Hickox
CHACONNE CHAN0633, track 14
Davy: O Domine Caeli Terraeque Creator (excerpt)
The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers
COROCOR16022, track 1
Taverner: Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Gloria (part 1)
Taverner Choir conducted by Andrew Parrott
EMI CDC 749103 2, track 3
Tallis: If Ye Love Me
The Tallis Scholars conducted by Peter Phillips
GIMELL CDGIMB450 CD3, track 1
Purcell: Jubilate
Choir of Christ Church Oxford and The English Concert conducted by Simon Preston
ARCHIV 4271242, track 2
Handel: Messiah 鈥� Glory to God
Choir of New College Oxford, with the Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Edward Higginbottom
NAXOS 8570131-32 CD1, track 14-15
Barnby: Sweet and Low
Cheltenham Bach Choir conducted by Brian Kay
SOMMCD207, track 10
Tolhurst: Ruth (extract)
soprano soloist, Antony Hopkins (stage introduction and conductor), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music
大象传媒 Archive recording (from 6 March 1973), track 2
Mendelssohn: Elijah
鈥� Wer bis an das Ende beharrt (Part 2, no/32)
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, and Orchestre des Champs Elys茅es, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901463 CD2 track 10
Walton: The Twelve
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford conducted by Stephen Darlington
NIMBUS NI5362, track 15
Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia: Svanisce in un momento (from Part II)
VokalEnsemble K枚ln and Capella Augustina, conducted by Andreas Spering
NAXOS 857030002 CD3, track 5
Haydn: Theresienmesse 鈥� Kyrie; Credo
Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque Soloists, Donna Brown (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), and Gerald Finley (bass), conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
PHILIPS 470 286-2 CD2 tracks 1 & 5-7
Stephen Hatfield: 3 Ways to Vacuum Your House (extract)
Juice Vocal Ensemble
Private recording
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