Highlights from the second recital in the Song Prize plus news from the opera rounds. 
Music Played
17 items- 00:00
Johann Sebastian Bach Chorus: Sicut erat in principo from Cantata, Gloria in excelsis Deo BWV 191
Performer: The Monteverdi Choir Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 174, CD 1 tr 10
- 00:05
Ludwig van Beethoven Minuet & Trio from String Quartet No.5 in A major Op.18 No.5
Performer: Artemis Quartet
VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 0708432 6, Tr. 2
- 00:15
Aldemaro Romero Fuga con Pajarillo from Suite for Strings no.1
Performer: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
DG 477 7457, Tr.5
- 00:23
Anton Bruckner Motets: Locus iste
Performer: Choir of St Bride’s Church Performer: Robert Jones Performer: Matthew Morley (organ) Performer: Daniel Norman (tenor) Performer: Simon Wills (trombone) Performer: Richard Cheetham (trombone) Performer: Adrian Lane (trombone) Performer: Steven Saunders (trombone)
Naxos 8.550956, T2
- 00:26
George Frideric Handel Suite for trumpet and strings in D: Overture
Performer: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jorg Faerber
EMI 50999 6 279152 6, T7
- 00:32
Michael Nyman MGV – Musique a grande vitesse (Opening)
Performer: Michael Nyman Band and Orchestra Performer: Michael Nyman, conductor
MN RECORDS MNRCD115, tr 1 into tr 2
- 00:43
Michael Nyman Psalm from Six Celan Songs
Performer: Ute Lemper, singer Performer: Michael Nyman Band Performer: Michael Nyman, conductor
DECCA 425 227-2, Tr.3
- 00:52
Michael Nyman The size of the brain from Facing Goya
Performer: Winnie Böwe, soprano Performer: Harry Nicoll, tenor Performer: Hilary Summers, contralto Performer: Marie Angel, soprano Performer: Omar Ebrahim, baritone Performer: Michael Nyman Band Performer: Michael Nyman, conductor
MN RECORDS MNRCD121/122, CD 1 tr 5
- 01:03
Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Performer: Halle Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley, conductor
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5 74006 2, Tr.5
- 01:10
George Frideric Handel Dopo notte atra e funesta from Ariodante
Performer: Joyce DiDonato, soprano Performer: Il Complesso Barocco Performer: Alan Curtis, conductor
VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 07084423, Disc 3 Tr.16
- 01:17
Felix Mendelssohn Songs without Words: Lieder ohne Worte Op 62 – No 2 Allegro con fuoco in B flat major, No 3 Andante maestoso in E minor ‘Funeral March’, No 4 Allegro con anima in G major ‘Morning Song’, No 5 Andante in A minor ‘Venetian Gondola Song’
Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Decca 478 0506, CD 32 T 2-5
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LIVE
- 01:27
Howard Skempton Locus iste, motet for chorus
Performer: Choir of St. Pancras Parish Church Performer: Christopher Batchelor, director
- 01:33
Cecilia McDowall Alma Redemptoris Mater
Performer: Choir of St. Pancras Parish Church Performer: Christopher Batchelor, director
- 01:45
Cecilia McDowall I have done what is mine to do
Performer: Choir of St. Pancras Parish Church Performer: Christopher Batchelor, director
- 01:50
Cecilia McDowall Psallite Domino
Performer: Choir of St. Pancras Parish Church Performer: Christopher Batchelor, director
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- 01:57
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev III - Kirje’s wedding from Lieutenant Kirje Symphonic Suite Op 60
Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit
Classic FM CFMFW 141, T23
- 01:59
Robert Schumann Carnaval Op 9, ‘Chopin’
Performer: Nelson Freire – piano
Decca 473 902-2, T12
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BBC Radio 3Thu 12 May 2011 16:30 BBC Radio 3
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