Helsinki and Vienna
Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's annual journey around Europe for a sequence of live and specially recorded concerts. The day begins live in Helsinki, then to Vienna.
Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's annual journey around Europe for a sequence of live and specially recorded concerts. The day begins live at Kallio Church in Helsinki for a programme of music for organ and wind quintet. Then to St Ulrich's Church, Vienna, where the Vienna Chamber Choir perform traditional Christmas songs.
1.05pm LIVE from Kallio Church, Helsinki
Sibelius: Bell Tune of Kallio Church
Trad arr Ahmas: 5 Finnish Christmas songs
Gaston Litaize: Variations on a Christmas song from Anjou
Sibelius: 5 Christmas Songs Op.1 arr for soprano and organ
Trad arr Ahmas: 4 Finnish Christmas songs
Suvi V盲yrynen (soprano)
Zagros Wind Quintet
Jan Lehtola (organ)
2.00pm from St Ulrich's Church, Vienna
Sebastian Taschner: Hirten, wacht auf! (Premiere)
Michael J Richter: Leise dahin (Premiere)
Marina and Elena Hobarth: Punschlied (Premiere)
Elgar: Lux Aeterna
Ola Gjeilo: Serenity (O magnum Mysterium)
James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn
Trad arr Gjeilo: In the Bleak Midwinter
Trad arr Gjeilo: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Max Reger: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen
Trad arr Hemedinger: Es bluh'n drei Rosen
Brahms: 'O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf' - Motet, Op 74 No 2
Praetorius arr Sandtrom: Det ar en ros utsprungen
Vienna Chamber Choir
Youth Choir Academy, Vienna
Michael Grohotolsky (conductor)
Main image: Kallio Church, Helsinki (c) Getty Images.
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Bells of Kallio Church
Bell Tune of Kallio Church
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Traditional Finnish
Five Finnish Christmas Songs
Music Arranger: Harri Ahmas. Ensemble: Zagros Wind Quintet. -
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Gaston Litaize
Variations sur un Noel angevin
Performer: Jan Lehtola. -
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Jean Sibelius
Five Christmas Songs op 1
Performer: Suvi V盲yrynen. Performer: Jan Lehtola. -
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Traditional Finnish
Four Finnish Christmas songs arr. for wind quintet
Music Arranger: Harri Ahmas. Ensemble: Zagros wind quintet. -
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Traditional French
Kuului laulu enkelten (Angels in the Realms of Glory)
Music Arranger: Harri Ahmas. Performer: Suvi V盲yrynen. Ensemble: Zagros Wind Quintet. -
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Johann Franz von Herbeck
Pueri concinite
Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Conductor: Peter Marschik.- Capriccio.
- C5160.
- 4.
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Sebastian Taschner
Hirten, wacht auf!
Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Michael J Richter
Leise Dahin
Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir (Jugendchorakademie Wien). Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Marina Hobarth
Punschlied
Composer: Elena Hobarth. Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir (Jugendchorakademie Wien). Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Edward Elgar
Lux Aeterna, arr. for chorus [from 'Nimrod', 'Enigma' Variations]
Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir (Jugendchorakademie Wien). Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Ola Gjeilo
Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)
Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir (Jugendchorakademie Wien). Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Sir James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn [Strathclyde Motets]
Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Gustav Holst
In The Bleak Midwinter
Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Traditional French
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Advent Hymn
Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Max Reger
Es Kommt Ein Schiff, Geladen - arr for chorus
Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Traditional German
Es bl眉hn drei Rosen
Music Arranger: Theresa Hemedinger. Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Johannes Brahms
O Heiland, rei脽 die Himmel auf, Op. 74 No.2
Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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Michael Praetorius
Det 盲r en ros utsprungen, for two mixed choruses
Music Arranger: Jan Sandstr枚m. Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Choir: Vienna Academy Youth Choir (Jugendchorakademie Wien). Conductor: Michael Grohotolsky. -
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[traditional]
In dulci jubilo
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Philip Ledger.- EMI.
- CDM.
- 20.
Broadcast
- Sun 17 Dec 2017 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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