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Episode 2

Two-part documentary following Gareth Malone as he forms a Military Wives choir to perform at a WWI centenary prom. Performance day looms ever closer as rehearsals intensify.

Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back. He thinks the Military Wives are the perfect choice to launch the nation's centenary commemorations of the outbreak of World War I, and he pulls together a new Military Wives super-choir to stage a very special prom in association with the National Theatre's War Horse team.

It is three years since Gareth formed the first Military Wives choir, and since then the organisation has mushroomed with over 80 choirs and 2,000 members around the globe.

In this episode, Gareth works the wives harder than ever as they prepare to share the stage of the Royal Albert Hall with some of the world's top professional musicians on 3 August - the eve of the day Britain entered World War I.

The wives meet the National Theatre's War Horse team who they will perform alongside, and the planned repertoire forces the wives to confront their own vulnerability. One of the serving wives makes the momentous decision to leave the Armed Forces.

The episode culminates in Gareth and his 100-strong amateur choir giving the most professional and emotionally engaged performance at the 大象传媒 Proms.

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Christmas Day 2014 12:45

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Coronation Mass - Gloria

  • Adrian Sutton

    First Gallop

    Composer: John Tams.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Minor

  • Edward Elgar

    Land of Hope and Glory

    Performer: Band of HM Royal Marines.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Allegro

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major KV 622 Adagio

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B Flat Major for Two Trumpets

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force Of Destiny Overture

    Composer: Frank Wright. Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro Porgi Amor Venitea Inginocchiatevi

  • Patrick Hawes

    Flower of Mons 2072/4

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in A Minor

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music (Hornpipe)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Two Marches for Military Band No.1

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Trumpets Strings and Continuo Allegro RV537

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Ach, Ich Habe Sier Verloren from Orpheus and Eurydice

  • Edward Elgar

    5 Military Marches OP 39 Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in G Major

  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Lesley Garrett. Performer: Amanda Thompson.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Christ on the Mount of the Olives: Hallelujah

  • Albert Edward Kelly

    Arnhem

    Performer: Regimental Band Of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Performer: Band of the Parachute Regiment.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    2nd Movement of Clarient Concerto

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Miniature March from the Nutcracker Suite

  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Gareth Malone. Performer: Military Wives.
  • Gustav Holst

    Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

    Lyricist: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Performer: Gareth Malone. Performer: Military Wives.
  • Jack Judge

    It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary

    Performer: John McCormack.
  • Jack Judge

    It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary

    Performer: Gareth Malone. Choir: Military Wives.
  • Gustav Holst

    Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

    Performer: Peter Mitchell.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Snow

    Lyricist: Alice Elgar. Performer: Peter Mitchell.
  • Patrick Hawes

    Christian Soldiers

  • Jack Judge

    It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary

    Performer: Peter Mitchell.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons Summer Presto

  • James Seymour Brett

    Space Sentinels

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ave Maria Instrumental

    Performer: Lesley Garrett. Performer: Amanda Thompson.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in Excelsis Deo RV588

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Two Marches For Military Band

  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Charles Abell.
  • Adrian Sutton

    Warhorse Suite

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Charles Abell.
  • Gustav Holst

    Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead

    Choir: Military Wives. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Military Wives. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
  • Jack Judge

    It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary

    Conductor: Gareth Malone. Choir: Military Wives. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Last Post

    Performer: The Last Post Association.

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