
23/12/2018
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for voices …featuring a populous city, Girl Crazy, and a selection of music for Christmas by Bach, Harold Darke and Britten. This is a programme where Anything Goes.
Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales
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Music Played
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Benjamin Britten
Wolcum Yole (A Ceremony of Carols)
Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.Performers: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Frances Kelly (Harp) Conductor: Richard Marlow
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Thomas Tallis
O nata lux
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CHANDOS : CHAN-0513.
- CHANDOS.
- 13.
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VOCES8
Ding Dong Merrily on High
- SIGNUM : SIGCD291.
- SIGNUM.
- 6.
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George Frideric Handel
L' Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il moderato: Populous cities please me then
Singer: Ashley Riches. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- Signum SIGCD392.
- Signum.
- 1.
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Jacob Regnart
Stetit Jesus
Ensemble: Cinquecento.- HYPERION : CDA 67640.
- HYPERION.
- 9.
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George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Ensemble: Studio Orchestra And Chorus. Conductor: John Mauceri.- Nonesuch 7559792502.
- Nonesuch.
- 2.
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Traditional Spanish
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Ensemble: Kalenda Maya.- SIMAX PSC-1017.
- SIMAX.
- 8.
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Franz Schubert
Psalm 23 (Gott ist mein Hirt), D.706
Performer: Ingrid Andsnes. Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.- BIS : SACD-1869.
- BIS.
- 15.
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Stefan Johannes Bleicher
Trio in F Major
- Arte Nova 7432171192.
- Arte Nova.
- 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Magnificat (Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K.339)
Singer: Edith Mathis. Singer: Jadwiga Rappé. Singer: Hans Peter Blochwitz. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Choir: Staatskappelle Dresden. Conductor: Peter Schreier.- Philips 4262752.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Harold Edwin Darke
In the Bleak Midwinter
Performer: Robert Houssart. Choir: Gloucester Cathedral Choir. Singer: Russell Burton. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- AVIE : AV-2122.
- AVIE.
- 22.
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Alexandra Youth Choir
Baba Baxolele
- Naxos 760252.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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William Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis
Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.- CHANDOS : chan-0733.
- CHANDOS.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248: Jauchzet, frohlocket
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Archiv 4232322.
- Archiv.
- 1.
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Cole Porter
Anything Goes: I Get a Kick Out of You
Choir: Company of the National Olivier Theatre. Orchestra: National Olivier Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Valentine.- First Night Records: CASTCD90.
- First Night Records.
- 22.
Broadcast
- Sun 23 Dec 2018 16:00BBC Radio 3