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West Gallery Music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the modern revival of West Gallery Music, a sacred singing tradition born in the parish churches and non-conformist chapels of Georgian England. Plus her regular choral features: 'Meet my Choir' and 'Sara's Choral Classic'.

First broadcast 20/04/2014.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Dec 201416:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Guido Haazen

    Missa Luba for chorus and percussion [said to be based on trad. Zairean melodies]

    Performer: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin.
    • EL RECORDS.
    • ACMEM-136CD.

  • William Tucker

    O give thanks unto thee, o Lord

    Performer: The Gladly Solemn Sound.

  • Benjamin West

    How long wilt thou forget me, Lord

    Performer: His Majestie's Clerkes.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMU-907128.

  • Joseph Haydn

    6 English psalms for chorus [from Improved Psalmody 1794]

    Conductor: Peter Holman. Performer: Psalmody. Performer: The Parley of Instruments.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-67510.

  • Stephen Jarvis

    Christ being raised from the dead

    Performer: Peter Holman. Performer: The Parley of Instruments.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA67020.

  • Hugi Gudmundsson

    (Klukka Íslands) Iceland's Clock

    Conductor: Porgerdur Ingolfsdottir. Performer: Hamrahlid Choir.
    • SMEKKLEYSA.
    • SMK82.

  • Trad.

    Amazing grace

    Performer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 5566822.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Franz Beyer

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Swedish Radio Choir.
    • DG.
    • 479 2038.

  • Doudou N’diaye Rose & Julien Jouga

    Ele Waye Waye

    • INDIGO.
    • LBLC 2542.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 9 in D minor Op.125 (Choral)

    Performer: Amanda Roocroft. Performer: Fiona Janes. Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Neal Davies. Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • SIGNUM.
    • SIGCD254.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt - oratorio

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 3748.

  • Trad.

    She Moved Through the Fair

    Performer: Voice.
    • VOIMH.
    • 13.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Apr 201416:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 28 Dec 201416:00
    BBC Radio 3

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