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Mary King

Mary King looks at the growing interest in natural voice singing, meets the Spooky Men's Chorale and catches up with the Wells Cathedral School Choralia, the only British choir to make it through to the final of the European Broadcasting Union's prestigious "Let the Peoples Sing" competition.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Sep 2013 17:00

Music Played

  • Karl Jenkins

    Adiemus Colores: Cancion Violeta

    Choir: The Adiemus Singers. Orchestra: La orquesta de colores. Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Singer: Cuca Roseta. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Performer: Pacho Flores. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • DG 4791067.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Sea Drift

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Singer: Norma Burrowes. Singer: Sheila Armstrong. Singer: Susan Longfield. Singer: Marie Hayward. Singer: Alfreda Hodgson. Singer: Gloria Jennings. Singer: Shirley Minty. Singer: Muriel Dickinson. Singer: Ian Partridge. Singer: Bernard Dickerson. Singer: Wynford Evans. Singer: Kenneth Bowen. Singer: Richard Angas. Singer: John Carol Case. Singer: John Noble. Singer: Christopher Keyte. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • HMV HMV5721622.
    • 2.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Song of the Stars

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Choir: Christopher Finch.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Jonathan Dove

    It sounded as if the Streets were running

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finzi.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    O Oriens

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Don McGlashan

    The Mess Song

    Choir: The Spooky Men's Chorale. Director: Stephen Taberner.
    • Tooled Up (Spooky 1).
    • 8.
  • Trad.Zulu, arr by Hilary Davies

    Lilizela Ndiyoyika

    Choir: Rough Diamonds. Director: Hilary Davies.
    • Private Recording.
  • Trad.

    Riding Song (Tskhenosnuri)

    Choir: Rustavi Choir. Director: Anzor Erkomaishvili.
    • Shanachie Shanachie 65014.
    • 3.
  • Stephen Taberner

    We are Here

    Choir: The Spooky Men's Chorale. Director: Stephen Taberner.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Stephen Taberner

    The Affirmations of St Kevin the Usual

    Choir: The Spooky Men's Chorale. Director: Stephen Taberner.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Samuel Stennett

    Bound for the Promised Land

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Orchestra: Orchestra at Temple Square. Conductor: Mack Wilberg.
    • DG (Released 13 September 2013).
    • 3.
  • Trad. arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth

    The Song of Roland

    Choir: Trio Medieval.
    • ECM 4766719 b.
    • 9.
  • Trad. Arr. Robert Latham

    The Turtle Dove

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Composer: Christopher Finch.
    • 大象传媒 Recording.

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  • Sun 8 Sep 2013 17:00

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