The Listening Service at Free Thinking
Tom Service explores the idea of polyphony - a musical democratic utopia? Or are some voices always going to be more equal than others? Live at the Free Thinking Festival.
Tom Service explores the idea of polyphony - many voices, of equal importance, independent of each other and yet essential to the greater whole. A musical democratic utopia? Or are some voices always going to be more equal than others?
Taking the theme of this year's festival "the one and the many", Tom asks what singing together as one, and yet in different parts and voices, tells us about ourselves and our relationships with each other.
Live at the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead with the festival house choir, "Voices of Hope".
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Assumpta est Maria a 5
Performer: The Sixteen.- CORO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass (BWV.232) in B minor, Pt.2; Cum sancto Spiritu [chorus]
Performer: Dunedin Consort and Players. Performer: John Butt.- LINN.
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Judith Weir
Ave Regina Caelorum
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- Delphian.
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Zhalba za Lazar
Performer: Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir.- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Mravalzhamier
Performer: Ensemble Basiani.- Radio France.
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Plainchant: Veni creator
Performer: Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz.- UCJ Music.
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Brian Ferneyhough
Missa Brevis : Kyrie
Performer: Exaudi. Performer: James Weeks.- NMC.
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Rex caeli, Domine maris (Musica enchiriadis)
Performer: Capella Antiqua M眉nchen. Performer: Konrad Ruhland.- RCA.
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Miserere Dominum - Kyrie trop茅 (Winchester Troper)
Performer: Discantus. Performer: Brigitte Lesne.- Aeon.
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William Byrd
Mass for Four Voices 聳 Kyrie
Performer: Voices of Hope. Performer: Mark Edwards.- LIVE PERFORMANCE.
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Thomas Tallis
If Ye Love Me
Performer: Voices of Hope. Performer: Mark Edwards.- LIVE PERFORMANCE.
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Franz Schubert
Trinklied im Mai, D.427
Performer: Arnold Schoenberg Chor.- Teldec.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Songs for women's voices, Op.17: No.3; Der Gartner (Wohin ich geh und...)
Performer: LSO Symphony Choir.- Virgin.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Bluebird
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum.
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George T Smart
The Squirrel
Performer: Pro Cantione Antiqua.- Conifer.
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Sylvia Lim
Paper Wings and James Week聮s Echoing Green
Performer: COMA Singers. Performer: Janet Oakes.- PRIVATE RECORDING.
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James Weeks
Echoing Green
Performer: COMA Singers. Performer: Janet Oakes.- PRIVATE RECORDING.
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