West Gallery Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the modern revival of West Gallery Music, a sacred singing tradition born in the parish churches and non-conformist chapels of Georgian England. Plus her regular choral features: 'Meet my Choir' and 'Sara's Choral Classic'.
First broadcast 20/04/2014.
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Meet My Choir: Bledlow Church Choir
Duration: 04:14
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Guido Haazen
Missa Luba for chorus and percussion [said to be based on trad. Zairean melodies]
Performer: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin.- EL RECORDS.
- ACMEM-136CD.
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William Tucker
O give thanks unto thee, o Lord
Performer: The Gladly Solemn Sound. -
Benjamin West
How long wilt thou forget me, Lord
Performer: His Majestie's Clerkes.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMU-907128.
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Joseph Haydn
6 English psalms for chorus [from Improved Psalmody 1794]
Conductor: Peter Holman. Performer: Psalmody. Performer: The Parley of Instruments.- HYPERION.
- CDA-67510.
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Stephen Jarvis
Christ being raised from the dead
Performer: Peter Holman. Performer: The Parley of Instruments.- HYPERION.
- CDA67020.
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Hugi Gudmundsson
(Klukka 脥slands) Iceland's Clock
Conductor: Porgerdur Ingolfsdottir. Performer: Hamrahlid Choir.- SMEKKLEYSA.
- SMK82.
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Trad.
Amazing grace
Performer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.- UNIVERSAL.
- 5566822.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Franz Beyer
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Swedish Radio Choir.- DG.
- 479 2038.
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Doudou N鈥檇iaye Rose & Julien Jouga
Ele Waye Waye
- INDIGO.
- LBLC 2542.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 9 in D minor Op.125 (Choral)
Performer: Amanda Roocroft. Performer: Fiona Janes. Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Neal Davies. Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- SIGNUM.
- SIGCD254.
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George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt - oratorio
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir.- DECCA.
- 478 3748.
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Trad.
She Moved Through the Fair
Performer: Voice.- VOIMH.
- 13.
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