David Hill
Sunday 7 October 2007 18:30-20:00 (Radio 3)
Aled Jones meets David Hill, one of the UK's leading choral conductors, at the beginning of his first season as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.
Ian Kennedy and Olivia Robinson share their experiences of singing with the group and there's music recorded for The Choir by the BBC Singers with David Hill, plus a chance to hear Herbert Howells's rediscovered cantata Sir Patrick Spens.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Giles Swayne
Magnificat
BBC Singers with David Hill conducting
BBC recording
Benjamin Britten
A Shepherd's Carol
BBC Singers with David Hill conducting
BBC recording
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Motet O quam gloriosum
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (master of the Music)
Hyperion CDA 66114, Track 1
Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
BBC Singers with David Hill conducting
BBC recording
Sir Edward Bairstow
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
The Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, conducted by David Hill
Hyperion CDA 67497, Track 7
Patrick Hadley
My beloved spake
Choir of Winchester Cathedral and the Waynflete Singers, the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Hill
Decca Argo 430 836-2, Track 11
Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Sine Nomine
Private recording
Edward Cowie
Lyre-Bird Motet
BBC Singers conducted by David Hill
BBC recording
Harry Gregson-Williams
Charming's Plan from the soundtrack to Shrek the Third (excerpt)
Various studio artists including the Bach Choir
Geffen 0602517326231, track 14
Herbert Howells
Sir Patrick Spens Opus 23
Bach Choir with Katy Butler (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Hill
Naxos 8.570352, Track 1
Max Reger
O Tod wie bitter bist du (Op 110/3)
BBC Singers with David Hill conducting
BBC recording
Judith Bingham
Gleams of a remoter world
BBC Singers with David Hill conducting
BBC recording
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