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Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

Choir and Organ

Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the choral riches of Venice. Plus Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir, Meurig Bowen's choral favourites and Monteverdi's Vespers.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces more music from the choral world, including a selection of pieces celebrating the choral riches of Venice; Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir introduce themselves on Meet My Choir and just after 4.30pm Director of Cheltenham Music Festival Meurig Bowen shares his choral favourites. At 5pm Sara's choral classic is Monteverdi's sumptuous Vespers of the Blessed Virgin.

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Sun 19 Apr 2015 16:00

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Meet My Choir: Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir

Duration: 03:14

Cole Porter

We Open in Venice (Kiss Me Kate)
Ensemble: 1987 London Cast.
- First Night CAST CD 10.
- First Night.
- 6.
Giovanni Gabrieli

Magnificat for 33 voices
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players.
- ARCHIV : 448-180-2.
- ARCHIV.
- 9.
Vaclovas Augustinas

The Stomping Bride (Trepute Martela)
Performer: Tiit Kogerman. Performer: Iris Oja. Performer: Madis Metsamart. Performer: Ene Nael. Performer: Kaia Urb. Performer: Neeme Punder. Performer: Tõnu Jõesaar. Performer: Leonora Palu. Director: Paul Hillier. Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor.
- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMU90-7391.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 1.
Thomas Tomkins

Turne Unto The Lord
Choir: The Queen's Six.
- Resonus RES10146.
- Resonus.
- 16.
George Frideric Handel

The King Shall Rejoice
Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
- EMI : 5 854-54 2.
- EMI.
- 1.
Antonio Caldara

Crucifixus a 16
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
- CORO 16053.
- CORO.
- 1.
Heinrich Schütz

Die Himmel Erzahlen Die Ehre Gottes
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent.
- Harmonia Mundi HMC901534.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 9.
Edward Elgar

The Dream of Gerontius (Excerpt)
Choir: Wembley Philharmonic Society. Choir: Royal Choral Society. Singer: Kenneth Bowen. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Croydon Philharmonic Society. Choir: Alexandra Choir.
- BBC recording.
Herbert Howells

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (No. 1 of Four Anthems)
Performer: Peter Dyke. Conductor: Geraint Bowen. Choir: Hereford Cathedral Choir.
- REGENT : REGCD-316.
- REGENT.
- 3.
Maurice Duruflé

Requiem: Kyrie
Performer: John Butt. Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Philip Ledger.
- EMI : 0946 3 79994-2.
- EMI.
- 2.
Veljo Tormis

The ship game (3 Estonian game songs)
Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Holst Singers.
- Hyperion CDA67601.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
Claudio Monteverdi

Deus in adiutorium/Domine at adiuvandum (Vespers)
Singer: Nigel Robson. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 428565-2.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 1.
Claudio Monteverdi

Nisi Dominus (Vespers)
Singer: Nigel Robson. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 428565-2.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 8.
Claudio Monteverdi

Ave Maris Stella (Vespers)
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Singer: Nigel Robson. Singer: Michael Chance. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 428565-2.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 8.
Harry Warren

Nagasaki
Performer: The Mills Brothers.
- RAJCD 831.
- RAJCD.
- 22.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Osanna (Mass in B minor)
Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: René Jacobs. Ensemble: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music.
- BERLIN CLASSICS : 0184012-BC.
- BERLIN CLASSICS.
- 1.