20 May 2007
Sunday 20 May 2007 18:30-20:00 (Radio 3)
Aled Jones talks to Dr Martin Ashley of the University of the West of England, Bristol, about his research into why fewer boys join choirs than girls.
Plus part two of Aled's visit to the Chapel Royal.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Britten: Begone, dull care! (Friday Afternoons op 7)
Vienna Boys Choirs/Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Track 1, DG 439 778
Puccini: Turandot (excerpt from Act 1)
words La sui monti dell'Est (Over on the Eastern Mountain.)
Augsburgh Boys' Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Robert Abbado (conductor)
RCA 09026 60898 2 CD1 T4
Tees Valley Youth Choir / John Forsyth
Eric Whitacre: With a Lily in your Hand
BBC Recording (COTY Category Finals 2006)
Verdi: (4 sacred pieces) Laudi alla vergina Maria
Boys of King's College Choir/Stephen Cleobury if
EMI 5578962 Track 3
Britten: excerpt from The Golden Vanity op.78, out by 06.31 before treble solo "I know we shall.."
Vienna Boys' Choir, Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
Track 16 DG 439 778-2
Nigel Osborne Songs from a Bare Mountain
Cantamus, Pamela Cook (conductor)
Track 10, Cantamus CD
Paul Basler: Missa Kenya
Cor Waunarlwydd, Davida Lewis (conducted)
2006 National Eisteddfod Recording
On the ground, sleep sound (end of Act 2)
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Trinity Boys' Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CD2 T5 Virgin Classics 7 59305 2
Elgar: 5 part songs for male voices from the Greek Anthology op.45
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer (Conductor)
Chandos Chan 9269 Tracks 9 to 12
Trad. Arr. Samo Vremsak "My darling wife is paying a visit"
Track 17, SAZAS SO-002
Child: O Lord, grant the King a long life
Choir of the Chapel Royal
Musicians Extra-Ordinary directed by Andrew Gant
Signum Classics SIGCD094 t1
Henry V or Henry IV: Agnus Dei (SA)
Choir of the Chapel Royal directed by Andrew Gant (incl. J.Bowman)
BBC recording
Anon.: When that I was a little boy
Choir of the Chapel Royal directed by Andrew Gant
BBC Recording
Hooper: Harken ye Nations
Choir of the Chapel Royal directed by Andrew Gant
BBC Recording: "Choral Evensong" on Radio 3 09/11/2005
Purcell: I was glad
James Bowman (alto)
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Maciek O'Shea (bass)
Choir of the Chapel Royal
Musicians Extra-Ordinary directed by Andrew Gant
Signum Classics SIGCD094 t2