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An irresistible mix of choral music and performances

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music. Today, haunting choral masterpieces by Mozart and Barber, plus a sweetly charming love song by Spike Milligan.

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Sun 26 Nov 201716:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Quand j'ai ouy le tabourin (3 chansons de Charles d'Orleans)

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Nicola Jenkin. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS : 438 149-2-.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 13.

  • Hubert Parry

    My soul, there is a country (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-267.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Mozart - Requiem.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Vom Himmel Hoch (opening chorus)

    Choir: Dresden Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Martin Flämig.
    • CAPRICCIO : 10 216.
    • CAPRICCIO.
    • 11.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus Vir

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Monteverdi: The Other Vespers.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Rivers of Light

    Choir: Portland State University Choir. Conductor: Ethan Sperry.
    • The Doors of Heaven.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia

    Choir: YL Male Voice Choir. Conductor: Matti Hyökki.
    • YL - The Voice of Sibelius.
    • BIS.
    • 21.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Clap your hands together

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMU-807572.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: Dale Warland Singers.
    • Cathedral Classics.
    • American Choral Catalog.
    • 6.

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  • Sun 26 Nov 201716:00
    BBC Radio 3

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