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21/02/2010

Aled Jones introduces settings of Auden and announces results from the 大象传媒's Choral Ambition scheme. He also pays tribute to choirmaster Stanley Vann in his 100th birthday year.

WH Auden's rich contribution to classical music is justly famous. Yet - Britten's "Hymn to St Cecilia" aside - the rich array of choral music inspired by his work is relatively little-known. Tonight, Aled Jones introduces settings of Auden, including Britten's famous tribute to music's patron saint, and recent American works by Carson Cooman and Richard Wilson. Plus, we'll hear a brilliant, irreverent lumberjack song - written some thirty years before Python.

Later this week, 大象传媒 Radio 3's Choral Evensong marks the 100th birthday of the great British choirmaster Stanley Vann. In advance of this special service, Aled introduces part of one of Vann's most famous recordings, Stainer's "The Crucifixion", and an exclusive extract from a new disc of Vann's own compositions.

Finally, Aled reveals the results of the 大象传媒's "Choral Ambition" scheme - an initiative helping amateur choirs nationwide to fund new projects and commission new works.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Sun 21 Feb 2010 18:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Paul Bunyan - Entry of the Lumberjacks and Lumberjack's Chorus

    Performer: Royal Opera Chorus Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN9781.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to St Cecilia

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Performer: Emily Preston-Dunlop (soprano) Performer: Gill Ross (soprano) Performer: Penelope Vickers (contralto) Performer: Peter Mitchell (tenor) Performer: Richard Savage (bass)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4534332.
    • 13 to 15.

  • John Stainer

    The Crucifixion

    Performer: Anthem: God So Loved The World Performer: Choir of Peterborough Cathedral Performer: Stanley Vann (conductor)

    • HELIOS CDH88007.
    • 9.

  • Stanley Vann

    Three Psalms: Psalm 13, Psalm 137 and Psalm 85

    Performer: Choir of Peterborough Cathedral Performer: Andrew Newberry (organ) Performer: Stanley Vann (conductor)

    • WORLD OF SOUND WOS 021 (new issue).
    • 13 to 15.

  • Carson Cooman

    The Way, The Truth, The Life

    Performer: Samuel Rathbone (organ) Performer: Choir of Royal Holloway Performer: Rupert Gough (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8559361.
    • 10.

  • Richard Wilson

    In Schrafft's

    Performer: William Appling Singers and Orchestra Performer: William Appling (conductor)

    • ALBANY TROY 333.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Kosma

    Autumn Leaves (arr. Andrew Carter)

    Performer: English Chamber Choir Performer: Guy Protheroe (conductor)

    • CLASSICAL RECORDING COMPANY CRC 1728.
    • 15.

  • Carmelo Pace

    L'Imnarja

    Performer: English Chamber Choir Performer: Guy Protheroe (conductor)

    • CLASSICAL RECORDING COMPANY CRC 1728.
    • 16.

  • Rudolf Escher

    Three Poems of WH Auden

    Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir Performer: Ed Spaniaard (conductor)

    • NM CLASSICS 92057.
    • 11 to 13.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Ballad of Heroes, Op.14

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI CDS7542702.
    • 2 to 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Feb 2010 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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