Choral Music for Remembrance Sunday
Aled Jones presents choral music for Remembrance Sunday, plus a special performance by the John Powell Singers of an ambitious new work for amateur choirs: Rhymes and Charms for Fly-Away Things by Kerry Andrew, inspired by the folklore and superstitions surrounding creatures of the air.
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Felix Mendelssohn
6 Choruses Op.88
Performer: Hans-Christoph RADEMANN (director), RIAS CHAMBER CHOIR
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMC-901992.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Solovushka [The nightingale] for chorus
Conductor: Viktor POPOV Performer: Moscow Choral Academy Choir
- CHANT DU MONDE.
- RUS-288156.
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John Tavener
Butterfly dreams for a capella choir
Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Polyphony
- HYPERION.
- Hyperion-CDA67475.
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John Ireland
Greater love hath no man - motet for treble, baritone, chorus and organ
Conductor: John SCOTT Performer: ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR, Huw WILLIAMS (organ)
- HYPERION.
- CDA-67398.
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Kerry Andrew
Rhymes and Charms for Fly-Away Things - 1. Ladybird, 2. Magpie, Crow & Dove, 3. Bat, 4. Be
Conductor: John Powell Performer: JOHN POWELL SINGERS, Christopher Cromar (piano)
- special commission, recorded at the 大象传媒 studio in Salford Quays.
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Cl茅ment Janequin
Reveillez vous, cueurs endormis (Le chant des oiseaux) for 4 voices
Performer: I FAGIOLINI, Robert HOLLINGWORTH (director)
- 大象传媒 recording from the North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph Cathedral, 15 September 2011.
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Francis Pott
The Souls of the righteous for a capella choir
Performer: Tenebrae
- Signum.
- SIGCD501.
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Cyril ROOTHAM
For the fallen for chorus and orchestra
Conductor: Richard HICKOX Performer: 大象传媒 Northern Singers, Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia
- EMI.
- CDC7490212.
Broadcast
- Sun 13 Nov 2011 17:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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