Mary King Let the Peoples Sing 2013
Mary King with highlights from the climax of 2013 Let the Peoples Sing event. Plus Alexander L'Estrange on reshaping classics from the American songbook for the King's Singers.
It's more than thirty years since a UK choir took home the top prize from the European radio 'Let the Peoples Sing' competition. This year, after a nationwide contest, Wells Cathedral School Choralia earned the chance to travel to Luxembourg for the 2013 event. Mary King introduces highlights from the Youth and Open categories, and finds out whether Wells managed to fight off rivals from across Europe in the battle for the Silver Rose Bowl.
Plus, composer and arranger Alexander L'Estrange talks about the challenge of reshaping classics from the American songbook for the quintessential English vocal ensemble. The King's Singers have just released their disc of songs from the likes of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, but can they really hit the mark when it comes the soul of American swing?
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Cy Coleman
The Best is Yet to Come
Music Arranger: Alexander L鈥橢strange. Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.- SIGNUM : SIGCD341.
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Richard Rogers
The Lady is a Tramp
Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.- SIGNUM : SIGCD341.
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Irving Berlin
Cheek to Cheek
Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.- SIGNUM : SIGCD341.
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Joan Vidal
Hoquetus
Choir: Cor Infantil Amics de la Unio. Conductor: Josep vila Jover.- EBU recording.
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Pawel Lukaszewski
O Clavis David
Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.- EBU recording.
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Gustav Holst
Ave Maria
Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.- EBU recording.
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Tarik O鈥橰egan
Alleluia Laus et Gloria
Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.- EBU recording.
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Adele
Rolling in the Deep
Music Arranger: Bernhard Hofmann. Choir: Voices in Time. Conductor: Stefan Kalmer.- EBU recording.
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Schanderl
Stimmen von Innen
Choir: Choeur Robert Schuman. Conductor: Camille Kerger.- EBU recording.
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Jean Berger
Glory Be To God
Choir: Cor Infantil Amics de la Unio. Conductor: Josep vila Jover.- EBU recording.
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- Sun 10 Nov 2013 16:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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