22/05/2016
Celebrating choral music from the country's top choirs. The last programme of the series features the Derry/Londonderry choir Cantamus and actress Christina Bennington.
A celebration of Northern Ireland's great tradition of singing and choral music, and some of the great soloists that it has produced. This week Sing Out features the Derry/Londonderry choir Cantamus and the actress Christina Bennington who, whilst definitely a product of our choral tradition, is now appearing in Showboat in the West End! And since it's the last programme in the current series there's a quick look back at all the other singers and a few of the choirs that have been featured.
Last on
Music in the programme
Christina Bennington feature
Caroline O’Connor & Girls (RSC/Opera North):
Life upon the Wicked Stage
(from Showboat) Jerome Kern
Methodist College Junior Girls’ Choir:
Cantemus Maria trad. arr. Juan Tony Guzman
Houston Symphony Orchestra,
Stokowski & Houston Boys’ Choir:
O Fortuna
(from Carmina Burana) Carl Orff
Methodist College Chapel Choir:
Dieu, qu’il a fait bon regarder Claude Debussy
New Broadway Cast Recording:
Day By Day
(from Godspell) Schwartz, Tebelak
Christina Bennington:
Love Song
(from The Buskers’ Opera) Dougal Irvine
Janis Kelly & Jason Howard
(RSC/Opera North):
Make Believe
(from Showboat) Jerome Kern
Caroline O’Connor & Girls (RSC/Opera North):
Life upon the Wicked Stage
(from Showboat) Jerome Kern
Cantamus (conductor Raymond Kelly)
When You Believe
(from The Prince of Egypt) Stephen Schwartz
Defying Gravity
(from Wicked) Stephen Schwartz
It Don’t Mean A Thing Irving Berlin arr MacHuff
The compilation featuring other soloists in the series included:
Mairead Healey
If I Loved you
(from Carousel) Rogers & Hammerstein
Daryl Simpson
Better Tom Baxter
Margaret Keys
I Could Have Danced All Night
(from My Fair Lady) Lerner, Lowe
Ciaran Kelly (with Ardú)
Run To You Pentatonix
Mary Nelson
Alleluia (from Exsultate Jubilate) Mozart
James Huish
A Nightingale Sang In Berkely Square Maschwitz, Sherwin, Manning
Westminster Cathedral
(inc. Edward McMullan)
Agnus Dei
(from Mass for four voices) William Byrd
The compilation featuring other choirs in the series included:
Loreto Grammar School, Omagh:
The Sound of Silence Paul Simon arr G. Bradley
Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock Belfast
Sleep Eric Whitacre
Dalriada Grammar School, Ballymoney
Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet Parker, Gilpin
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 May 201618:30BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle
- Tue 24 May 201619:30BBC Radio Ulster
