Worcester
Donald Macleod visits Worcester and discusses the history and culture of the festival with the cathedral's director of music, Peter Nardone.
This week Donald Macleod focuses not on the work of one composer, but on a very special institution that has helped shape musical life in Britain for three hundred years - the Three Choirs Festival. Today's programme opens in Worcester Cathedral, at the tomb of King John, highlighting an even longer association between the cities of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford that reaches back 800 years.
Donald talks to fellow Scot Peter Nardone, Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral, and also to Anthony Boden, Festival historian, who highlights the importance of the roles played by Herbert Sumsion and Herbert Brewer in the evolution of the Three Choirs Festival.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Sea Change For Chorus
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- COLLEGIUM : CSCD-521.
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Edward Elgar
Froissart - Concert Overture Op.19
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.- HELIOS : CDH-55088.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 Mystical Songs For Baritone, Chorus And Orchestra - Love bade me welcome
Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- EMI : cdm-565558 2.
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Henry Purcell
They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships Z.57
Performer: Adrian Partington. Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Director: Donald Hunt.- Hyperion CDA 66078.
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Edward Elgar
The Kingdom Op.51 - excerpt: Part IV - And as they spake
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. Singer: Margaret Price.- EMI : CDC-7493832.
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