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| Abbey Story, The | ...Westminster Abbey is home to royal coronations and burials. It is the church of the nation and the Establishment. Yet it is the very public sacking last year of organist MARTIN NEARY that continues to overshadow Abbey life.... |
| Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | ...... |
| John Tavener (1944-) | ...MARTIN NEARY (conductor)... |
| Requiem | ...Conductor MARTIN NEARY looks at the power and significance of the Requiem Mass set to music.... |
| Right Note, The | ...In a six-part series Mary Allen talks to musical experts who attempt to convince her of the finest example of a particular genre of music. 4: `The Greatest Hymn'. Whoever claimed that the Devil has all the best tunes was never a member of the school choir. As well as rousing words, hymns also have some of the best tunes around. With Howard Goodall, Ralph Alwood, Richard Stilgoe and MARTIN NEARY ... |
| Sound Stories | ...With Richard Baker. 1: `Handel in England'. As a young man Handel travelled widely, but in 1711 he arrived in London and stayed for over fifty years. His music had preceded him, though it had been credited to an anonymous Italian composer. Including: Zadok the Priest. Westminster Abbey Choir/MARTIN NEARY. If God is for us; Worthy is the lamb (Messiah). Margaret Cable (mezzo), Taverner Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott. Air and Variations in E (Harmonious Blacksmith). Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord).... |