Multi-Part Music
Aled Jones explores our recurring fascination with multi-part choral music, guided by composer, Gabriel Jackson, whose own 40-part Sanctum est verum lumen is one of the latest additions to the tradition.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Performers: Magnificat, Philip Cave (director)
- LINN CKD233.
- 3.
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Michael Tippett
Dance, Clarion, Air
Performers: Canterbury Cathedral Choir, Allan Wicks (director)
- Grosvenor Records, GRS 1030.
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Robert Carver
O bone Jesu (a 19)
Performers: Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott (director)
- EMI CDC7496612.
- 3.
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Peter McGarr
Love you Big as the Sky
Performers: Exmoor Singers & Tallis Festival choir, James Jarvis (conductor)
- BBC recording.
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Robert Wylkynson
Salve Regina (a9)
Performers: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (director)
- Coro COR16022.
- 7.
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Gabriel Jackson
Sanctum est verum lumen (a 40)
Performers: National Youth Choir of Great Britain Mike Brewer (conductor)
- Delphian CDC34045.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Sun 7 Mar 201018:30BBC Radio 3
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