Choir And Organ

With music by Debussy, Mahler, Poulenc, Ravel and Schoenberg, and new works written for Accentus by Philippe Manoury and Bruno Mantovani.

Aled Jones with the French chamber choir Accentus, and their founder Laurence Equilbey.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

They talk about an emerging repertoire written in the 16th and 17th centuries by little-known but talented female composers, courtiers, courtesans and nuns. Plus a chance to hear an excerpt from the Vasari Singers' new recording of The Cloud of Unknowing by Francis Pott.

Aled Jones meets Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras of early music group Musica Secreta.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Ian Kennedy and Olivia Robinson share their experiences of singing with the group and there's music recorded for The Choir by the BBC Singers with David Hill, plus a chance to hear Herbert Howells's rediscovered cantata Sir Patrick Spens.

Aled Jones meets David Hill, in his first season as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, could that mesmerising choral performance you have just heard actually have been produced on a computer? Aled casts his eyes and ears over a new piece of software which brings words and music together.

Aled Jones with Let the Peoples Sing, an international competition for amateur choirs.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled also brings us up to date with part two of the Let the People Sing international choir competition.

Aled Jones with highlights from the Exmoor Singers' Tallis Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano)

Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)

Stuart Skelton (tenor)

Gerald Finley (baritone)

BBC Symphony Chorus

Crouch End Festival Chorus

Philharmonia Chorus

Trinity Boys Choir

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leon Botstein (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones journeys through the vibrant world of German part songs with gypsy music, sacred motets and drinking tunes by Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Wolf recorded specially for the programme by the BBC Singers.

Jono Buchanan talks about writing and recording a piece using a computerised choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Since his death in 1957, Sibelius' international reputation has rested largely on his symphonies and orchestral music. However, his musical legacy also includes a substantial body of choral music and we hear a selection of some of these lesser known, but equally appealing, pieces.

Plus to mark the centenary of French composer and organist Jean Langlais' birth, there's a chance to hear his colourful Missa Salve Regina, written for the unusual forces of male voice chorus, unison voices, two organs and an octet of brass instruments.

Aled Jones celebrates the anniversaries of Jean Sibelius and Jean Langlais.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

He is joined by conductors Donal Doherty, Head of Music Services for the Western Education and Library Board, and arts consultant Liz Powell, for a taste of the foremost choirs, composers and competitions in Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland.

As part of The Choir's choral tour of the British Isles, Aled Jones explores Ireland.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus there's news from Philip Ledger, fresh from the British premiere of his Requiem and with several other choral commissions in the pipeline.

Renaissance specialist Peter Phillips explains why polyphony upset the Church authorities.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus a look back and forward at the wide-ranging use of choral music in computer games, films, television and advertising. Aled meets some of those soundtrack composers who have made effective use of choral music.

Aled Jones explores how to be an effective member of a choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus there's a complete performance of Faure's Requiem, conducted by Thierry Fischer with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.

Aled Jones explores the choral world of French composer Lili Boulanger.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus Universal Artists and Repertoire executive Tom Lewis, and members of the Mediaeval Baebes explaining how their current projects fit in to the current resurgence of interest in this traditional form.

A selection of modern works inspired by plainsong, including Durufle's Requiem.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones talks to American composer Eric Whitacre. Plus a look at choirs on TV.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

The Rolling Stones: You can't always get what you want (extract)

VIRGIN CDVD 2964 1/6

John Sheppard: Libera mos, salva nos I

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers, with trebles Carolyn Sampson and Ruth Dean

Coro 16037, track 12

Mozart: Ave verum Corpus (K618)

The Sixteen and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by

Coro 16057, track 1

Britten: Ceremony of Carols

This Little Babe

Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral with Harry Christophers

Private tape

Handel: The Dettingen Te Deum

Thou sittest at the right hand of God

Soloists: Christopher Tipping (alto), Harry Christophers (tenor), Michael Pearce (bass) with the Choir of Westminster Abbey and The English Concert directed by Simon Preston, with Trevor Pinnock on organ

DG Archiv 410 647-2, track 11

Robert White: Motet Regina coeli

The Clerkes of Oxenford conducted by David Wulstan

Calliope CAL 9623, track 8

Victoria: Lamentations for Maundy Thursday pt 1

Coro 16021, track 1

Giles Swayne: Cry for 28 amplified solo voices

3rd movement, Sea, Dry Land, Vegetation

BBC Singers conducted by John Poole

NMC D016, track 3

Jolivet: I from ɀpithalame

Coro 16023, track 1

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Coro 16013, track 1

Handel: Messiah

For unto us a child is born

Coro 16062, track 12

Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir

Agnus Dei

The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers

Coro 16029, track 28

Aled Jones talks to conductor Harry Christophers.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Including:

Britten: Prayer 1 from A.M.D.G.

Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

Hyperion CDA 67140 CD1 T6

Tarik O'Regan: The Ecstasies Above

Conspirare, Company of Voices, Dir.Craig Hella Johnson

Harmonia Mundi HMU 807490 CD1 tracks 2-4

Reed/Mason: Delilah (arr.Karl Jenkins & Bob Childs)

Cantorian, Cory Band, conducted by Karl Jenkins, Robert Childs & Tim Rhys-Evans.

EMI 509995090932 CD1 T3

I Believe (Extract)

The Bath Male Voice Choir, conductor Grenville Jones

(Private Recording)

Pete Townsend: My Generation

The Zimmers, lead vocals by Alf Carretta

Shamless: SHSS003 CD1 T4

William Schumann: Perceptions

The Joyful Company of Singers conductor Peter Broadbent

ASV CDDCA939 CD1 tracks 13-20

McDowall: Ave Regina, Ave Maria and Regina caeli, the first from Three Latin Motets.

Phoenix Chorale, conductor Charles Bruffy

Chandos, CHSA5066 CD1 tracks 3-5

Randall Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom

Schola Cantorum of Oxford conductor James Burton

Hyperion CDA 67679 CD1 tracks 1-8

Is the UK neglecting its older singers? Aled Jones investigates.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

And there are more vocal tricks and treats in store with music for Halloween, All Saints and All Souls Day recorded especially for The Choir by The BBC Singers, including 'Ghost Stories' by Andrew Simpson, and Philip Ledger's Requiem: A Thanksgiving for Life.

Producer: Rebecca Warner

A selection of tracks performed by the Vocal Orchestra at the Glastonbury Festival and the Queen Elizabeth Hall this year, including performances by beatboxers Shlomo and Jestar*, guests in the studio.

Links:

Shlomo http://shlo.co.uk/

Jestar* www.myspace.com/gobforhire

Vocal Orchestra www.vocalorchestra.co.uk

Music (for All Hallows, October 31st)

Andrew Simpson: Ghost Stories

Edward Goater (tenor), Charles Gibbs (bass), with the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill

Music (for All Saints, November 1st)

Kenneth Leighton: Give Me the Wings of Faith

Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano), Edward Price (bass), with the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill, and with Stephen Disley on organ

Music (for All Souls, November 2nd)

Philip Ledger: Requiem (A thanksgiving for life)

Published by Encore Publications www.encorepublications.com - the work was recorded in association with The Britten-Pears Foundation

Alison Smart (soprano), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), and members of Endymion, with the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill, with Stephen Disley on organ

Two of the country's leading beatboxers perform their vocal tricks to Aled Jones.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Later this week, BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong marks the 100th birthday of the great British choirmaster Stanley Vann. In advance of this special service, Aled introduces part of one of Vann's most famous recordings, Stainer's 'The Crucifixion', and an exclusive extract from a new disc of Vann's own compositions.

Finally, Aled reveals the results of the BBC's 'Choral Ambition' scheme - an initiative helping amateur choirs nationwide to fund new projects and commission new works.

Aled Jones presents choral settings of WH Auden and a tribute to choirmaster Stanley Vann.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces seasonal choral music plus contemporary sounds from Arctic Light.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces choral works based on the writings of Pietro Metastasio.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to the Portrait Choir and explores choral music from South America

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Composer Nigel Hess joins Sara Mohr-Pietsch to chat about his choral favourites.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights from the Children's category at Choir of the Year 2016.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara talks to Greg Beardsell about the National Youth Choir and their festival this April.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

In today's programme we hear J.S. Bach at his most jubilant in music he wrote to celebrate the spiritual awakening of Christ's followers, anointed with tongues of holy fire. Gabriel Faur退 conjures a nightmarish swarm of vampires, dragons and infernal genies in his choral poem, Les Djinns, and we're invited to join some boisterous feast day celebrations in rural Bohemia courtesy of Anton퀀n Dvo?ကk.

Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales

Photo: The Sixteen (credit Arnaud Stephenson)

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents her selection of choral favourites and new discoveries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Wales

Photo: Tenebrae (credit Sim Canetty-Clarke)

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Wales

Photo: The Holst Singers/Stephen Layton

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Producer Chris Taylor for BBC Cymru Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a selection of organ favourites and new discoveries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced in Cardiff by Johannah Smith

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a selection of organ favourites and new discoveries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced in Cardiff by Johannah Smith

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Producer: Johannah Smith for BBC Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing from Bach to Stravinsky

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Wales.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales.

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Cymru Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Cymru Wales

Produced by Steven Rajam for BBC Cymru Wales

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Cymru Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Cymru Wales

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with some classics and some surprises from the world of choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Eleri Llian Rees for BBC Cymru Wales.

Produced by Eleri Llian Rees for BBC Cymru Wales.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a selection of organ favourites and new discoveries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Eleri Llian Rees for BBC Cymru Wales.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, there's the first of a new series of interviews with leading lights of the classical music world - exploring the choral music that inspires them. Today, the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly tells Sara about her choral favourites.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the music of the Russian Orthodox Christmas.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Leonard Bernstein

Chichester Psalms - Adonai roi

Aled Jones (treble), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and London Symphony Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox

RPO CDRP08004, track 9

Edmund Rubbra

That Virgin's Child most Meek

St Margaret's Westminster Singers conducted by Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN10423, track8

Gerald Finzi

Magnificat

Richard Hickox Singers and City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox

LONDON 425 660-2, track13

Benjamin Britten

War Requiem - Offertorium

London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, soloists Heather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor) and John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), and conductor Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN 89834 CD1, track 3

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony no.9 ‘Choral' - 4th movement ending

The Sinfonia Chorus, Members of the London Symphony Chorus, Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass) and Northern Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox

ASV CDDCA628, track 4

George Dyson

Quo Vadis - ‘Come to me, God' (excerpt)

Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN 100612 CD2, track 2

Felix Mendelssohn

St Paul (Op. 36) Dieser Mensch h怀rt nicht auf zu redden

CHANDOS CHAN9882 CD1, track 5

Franz Schubert

Mass in E flat - Gloria

Collegium Musicum 90 conducted by Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN0750, tracks 2-4

Edward Elgar

Dream of Gerontius - Part 2 (excerpt)

Soloists Arthur Davies (tenor) and Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), and the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN 86412 CD1, track 22

Aled Jones presents a tribute programme to the late conductor Richard Hickox.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Adam Tomlinson presents this special edition of performances from local ensembles including the University College Chapel Choir of Durham University, the Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir, former Choir of the Year category finalists Tees Valley Youth Choir, and Enkelit who specialise in Finnish choral music.

For the Free Thinking Festival 2014, a celebration of choirs in the north east of England.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

After just seven years in existence, Chantage astounded everyone by sweeping the board at the last BBC Radio 3's Choir of the Year competition. They walked away with, not only the first prize, but the audience prize as well. That was back in 2006. As we approach the climax of BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2008, Aled Jones catches up with Chantage conductor, James Davey, to find out what winning the competition has done for their fortunes. As James points out, the way Chantage was propelled to the front ranks of the choral world has been both a blessing and the burden. He also reveals what he thought of that ‘other' competition, BBC ONE's Last Choir Standing.

Featuring music from their latest CD, and highlights from a live concert Chantage recorded at the South Bank Centre with guest beat-boxers MC Zani and Jestar*

Playlist:

Arvo Part

Bogoroditse Dyevo

Chantage conducted by James Davey

BBC recording from the Choir of the Year final 2006

Rihards Dubra

Quam Benignus Es

Cambridge Chorale, Michale Kibblewhite

CDE 84408, track 1

David Fanshawe

Pacific Song: Chants from the Kingdom of Tonga

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Susan Milan (flute), BackBeat Percussion, Tongan recordings by the composer, conducted by Greg Beardsell

ARC EUCD2159, tracks 25 - 27

Trad. Bre, Ivane (arr. AnastasNaumov)

Trad. Zalibih Si Edno Libe (arr. Ivan Tonchev)

Trad. ei Muri Ruzhke (arr. Kiril Stafanov)

The London Bulgarian Choir, conducted by Dessislava Stefanova

Alyana Galyana, track 8, 11 & 7

Hieronymus Praetorius

Magnificat quinti tono - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein, In dulci iubilo

The Cardinall's Musick, directed by Andrew Carwood

Hyperion, CDA67669

Jaakko Mantyjarvi

Pseudo-yoik

BBC recording from Choir of the Year 2006

Harry Burleigh, arr. Richard Allain

When I'm Gone

`The First` Chantage01, track 5

Bob Chilcott

The Shepherds' Carol

EMI 509992357960, track 9

BBC recordings from the South Bank Choral Festival 'Chorus' performance on 13 May 2008:

Henry VIII, arr Ward Swingle

Pastime with Good Company

J.S. Bach, arr. Ward Swingle

Fugue in G minor BWV.578

George D Weiss & George Douglas arr. Rachael Lloyd

What a Wonderful World

Chantage conducted by James Davey, with tenor solo by Simon Fowler

Irving Berlin, arr. Hammond

Blue Skies

Eric Clapton, arr. Jamie Burton

Tears in Heaven

Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, arr. Sanjay Manohar

Thank you for the Music

Chantage conducted by James Davey with soprano solo by Penny Dell

Anders Edenroth

Chilli Con Carne

Arthur Hamilton arr. Jo Goldsmith

Cry me a River

Chantage conducted by James Davey with solo by Gareth Moss

Aled Jones talks Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006 champions Chantage and their conductor.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Alexander L'Estrange talks about his African-inspired Zimbe! project.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Deborah Coughlin, founder of Gaggle, talks all-female singing with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus news about a Mendelssohn event being organised by Radio 3 for choirs across the nation.

Playlist:

Percy Gray Jr.

Holy Ghost Power

Chicago Mass Choir

New Haven 8068-2, CD 1, track 6

Felix Mendelssohn

Hear My Prayer - Oh for the Wings of a Dove

Ernest Lough with the Choir of the Temple Church

Pearl GEM 0145, track 17

Watts

Father I Stretch My Arms To Thee

Rev. G. W. Killens and the Mount Calvary Congregation

Get On Board Little Children' Ace Records CDCHD 537, track 26

segue to

Old Baptists - O Lord Remember Me (excerpt)

Jesus Thou Art The Sinner's Friend' studio

Indian Bottom Association

Songs of the Old Regular Baptists' Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40106, track 6

Be Still and Know That I Am God

The C.O.G.I.C. National Music Choir with soloist Mattie Moss Clark

Live In Atlanta' Sparrow CDG2724385146022, track 1

Kytice/Bouquet of Flowers

Overture

His Sister a Poisoner

Carol

His Kind Sweetheart

Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Karel An瀀erl with Libuše Doman퀀nska (soprano), Soကa ?ervenက (alto), Lubom퀀r Havlကk (tenor), and Ladislav Mrကz (bass)

Praga PR 254061, tracks 1, 2, 6 & 7

Sandra Crouch

He's Worthy

Sandra Crouch and Friends

Rhythm Divine' MCA Records MCD33754, track 9

Donald Lawrence

The Hand of the Lord

Dr. Bobby Jones, featuring Vanessa Bell Armstrong

Gospocentric 7100412, track 1

Mary, Don't You Weep

Aretha Franklin with the Southern California Community Choir, directed by Rev. James Cleveland

Rhino R275627, CD 2, track 9

Friday night show on 14th January 1972

Tye Tribbett II

Still Have Joy

Tye Tribbett & G.A.

Victory Live' Columbia CD 82876775262, track 12

Aled Jones explores the gospel music scene in America.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Pianist Angela Hewitt talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her background in choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Greg Beardsell presents live performances from Musical Originals and Voices of Hope.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch spends an hour with Bach and the instrument he made his own.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Composer Gabriel Jackson on the choral sounds of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a live edition for Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

LIVE from BBC Maida Vale Studios in London

Richard Rodney Bennett: Four Poems of Thomas Campion

[Winter Nights

Never weather-beaten sail

Fire, fire!

The hours of sleepy night]

Stephen Jackson (conductor)

Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth

Chilcott: Can you Hear Me

Tyson and Scott: Feel Good

Elizabeth Croft (conductor)

Andrew McKenna (piano)

Cy Coleman, arr Richard Barnes: Rhythm of Life

Dorian Edwards conductor

Premiere and Broadcast Premiere of part of a new work which will be fully premiered in 2016:

Bob Chilcott: Setting Sail (from The Voyage)

Gemma Beason (piano)

Stephen Jackson (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a special Music Day edition with music from choirs of all ages.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Vocalists Rebecca Lodge and Neil MacKenzie with highlights from the BBC Singers' archive.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Concert recorded on 24 January 2009, at the BBC Maida Vale studio 1

Playlist:

Madrigal

BBC Singers conducted by Stephen Cleobury

Into God's Call

Francis Grier

Alleluia! I Bring You News Of Great Joy

Giles Swayne

Four Passiontide Motets

Edward Cowie

Lyre Bird Motet

To Music

The Spirit Of Truth

Thomas Tallis

If Ye Love Me

Trad. arr Moses Hogan

My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord

VocalEssence conducted by Philip Brunelle

Eric Whitacre

Leonardo Dreams Of His Flying Machine

Richard Strauss

Deutsche Motette

BBC Singers and VocalEssence conducted by Stephen Cleobury

Aled Jones presents a BBC Singers concert for the 60th birthday of Stephen Cleobury.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones makes a selection from the diverse body of choral music by Benjamin Britten.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

First broadcast 04/01/2015.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets digital vocal group Accent and conductor Karen Gibson.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Including:

Haydn: Chorus of the Danes (Incidental music to Alfred, K怀nig der Angelsachsen)

Collegium Musicum 90 conducted by Richard Hickox

CHACONNE CHAN0633, track 14

Davy: O Domine Caeli Terraeque Creator (excerpt)

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

COROCOR16022, track 1

Taverner: Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Gloria (part 1)

Taverner Choir conducted by Andrew Parrott

EMI CDC 749103 2, track 3

Tallis: If Ye Love Me

The Tallis Scholars conducted by Peter Phillips

GIMELL CDGIMB450 CD3, track 1

Purcell: Jubilate

Choir of Christ Church Oxford and The English Concert conducted by Simon Preston

ARCHIV 4271242, track 2

Handel: Messiah - Glory to God

Choir of New College Oxford, with the Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Edward Higginbottom

NAXOS 8570131-32 CD1, track 14-15

Barnby: Sweet and Low

Cheltenham Bach Choir conducted by Brian Kay

SOMMCD207, track 10

Tolhurst: Ruth (extract)

soprano soloist, Antony Hopkins (stage introduction and conductor), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music

BBC Archive recording (from 6 March 1973), track 2

Mendelssohn: Elijah

- Wer bis an das Ende beharrt (Part 2, no/32)

La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, and Orchestre des Champs Elys退es, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901463 CD2 track 10

Walton: The Twelve

Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford conducted by Stephen Darlington

NIMBUS NI5362, track 15

Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia: Svanisce in un momento (from Part II)

VokalEnsemble K怀ln and Capella Augustina, conducted by Andreas Spering

NAXOS 857030002 CD3, track 5

Haydn: Theresienmesse - Kyrie; Credo

Monteverdi Choir, and the English Baroque Soloists, Donna Brown (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), and Gerald Finley (bass), conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

PHILIPS 470 286-2 CD2 tracks 1 & 5-7

Stephen Hatfield: 3 Ways to Vacuum Your House (extract)

Juice Vocal Ensemble

Private recording

With a report from Oxford's Bodleian library on its British choir manuscript exhibition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

First broadcast 05/10/2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by actor Vanessa Redgrave, who discusses her choral favourites

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Choral Classic is Brahms's magnificent Schicksalslied or Song of Destiny, in which the composer set H怀lderlin's poem contrasting the lives of Elysium's blessed ones with the struggles of us mere mortals on earth: it's a work of radiant, haunting beauty.

And ensuring things don't get too loved-up, Sara's guest is Paul Mason, Guardian journalist and Economics Editor of Channel 4 News. Paul's uncompromising analyses of national and international economics are familiar to television audiences - perhaps less so is his interest in music. As a postgraduate student he researched the Second Viennese School, and went on to become a lecturer in music at Loughborough University. Expect some fascinating insights into music and economics, and some intriguing music choices!

A Valentine's Day edition with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the music of the English Reformation at Hampton Court Palace.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch delves into the world of John Calvin's Genevan Psalter.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the choral music of Arnold Schoenberg with Rebecca Lodge.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Paul also presents the world premiere performance of 'Innocence and Experience', a setting of William Blake's poetry by Thea Musgrave, Anna Meredith, Charlotte Bray and Sally Beamish, recorded at the Aldeburgh Festival on 9th June.

Paul Spicer explores Britten's choral music. Plus a new work setting William Blake's poems

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, who is joined by actor and presenter Alexander Armstrong.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores the sounds and rituals of the Buddhist chant tradition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music and performances.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones announces the Category Finalists in Choir of the Year 2010.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces highlights from the 2012 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch features the adult category from the Finals of Choir of the Year 2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch features the children's category from the 2014 Choir of the Year finals.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch focuses on the Youth category from the Finals of Choir of the Year 2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch focuses on the Open category from the Finals of Choir of the Year 2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, we hear from another of the UK's amateur singing groups in 'Meet My Choir', and at 5pm Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is this week's Choral Classic. There's also more of your choral epiphanies - the moments that galvanised your love of choral music. To tell us yours, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or tweet @bbcradio3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents more from the world of choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietch with highlights from Choir of the Year and Gorecki's Totus Tuus.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights from the Open category at Choir of the Year 2016.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights from the Youth Choir category at Choir of the Year 2016.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Whittled down from over one hundred and fifty entrants, just sixteen choirs made it through to the Category Finals. The stakes were high, with choirs competing to win both their category and a place in the Grand Final at the Royal Festival Hall later on this month. Today we'll discover which choirs won the Children's Category and the Open Category.

Aled Jones introduces highlights from the 2010 Category Finals of Choir of the Year.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Youth Choir & Adult Choir categories

Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 8 November 2008

ORBAN, Gyorgy: Deamon Irrepit Callidus

Taplow Youth Chorus, directed by Gillian Dibden

PRATLEY, Geoffrey: My lagan love - trad. Irish - arranged by John Powell

Taplow Youth Chorus, directed by Gillian Dibden, with soloist Rosanna Brown

SINCLAIR, Alexander: Tiree Love Song - arranged by Michael Neaum

Dame Alice Chamber Choir, directed by Sarah Aylen

LAURIDSEN, Morton: Les Chansons des roses

Contre qui, Rose

Northern Spirit Singers, directed by Andy King

FORSYTH, Malcolm: Auyuittuq

Impromptu

HUGHES, Brian: Geni Crist (Birth of Christ)

Ysgol Glanaethwy Children's Choir, directed by Cefin Roberts

POULENC, Francis: 4 Motets pour le temps de Noel

no.4; Hodie Christus natus est

Hereford Cathedral School Choir directed by Neil Moore

AUSTIN, Billy: Is you is, or is you ain't my baby? arranged by James Oxley

RODGERS, Richard: My funny Valentine

Signature, directed by Paul Jeanes

ASHFORD, Nickolas & SIMPSON, Valerie: Ain't no mountain high enough

HAMMERSTEIN II, Oscar: Lover Come Back

The Cottontown Chorus directed by Michael Dargan

DEBUSSY, Claude: 3 Chansons de Charles d'Orleans

no.3; Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

Cambridge Chorale directed by Julian Wilkins

MANTYJARVI, Jaakko: 4 Shakespeare songs

no.3; Double, double toil and trouble

USA.TRADITIONAL: Wade in the water - arranged by Birgitta Kenyon

The Voice Squad Seniors directed and accompanied by Birgitta Kenyon

BEN, Jorge: Mas que nada - arranged by Birgitta Kenyon

CHILCOTT, Bob: Like a Rainbow

Masquerade directed by Barry Clark, accompanied by Robert Clark

WHITACRE, Eric: Water night

Grosvenor Chorale directed by Edward J Craig

Aled Jones looks at the youth and adult choirs in the 2008 Choir of the Year finals.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Today, they focus on the remaining choirs in the Open and Children's categories, and reveal the six choirs from across the competition who have won a place in next month's Grand Final.

Children's Choir & Open Choir categories

Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 9 November 2008

Music:

BERLIN, Irving: Blue Skies, arranged by Clay Hive (excerpt)

National Barbershop Youth Chorus directed by Roy Barber

Trad arr. COPLAND, Aaron: Chin a Ring Chaw

Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer

Trad arr SPENCER, Roderick: Cockles and Mussels

Arr. GUZMAN, Juan Tony: Cantemos A Maria (excerpt)

Trad arr LEE, Ken: Eriskay Love Lilt (excerpt)

Inverclyde Schools' Training Choir conducted by Gemma McLean

PAGE, Nick: A little Curl

RACHMANINOV, Sergey: Bogoroditsye Dyevo

Dieci, directed by Christopher Hann

HAMMOND & HAZELWOOD, arr. KNIGHT: I'm a Train

HATFIELD, Stephen: Bonny Wood Green

John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Boys' Choir directed by Samuel Murdock

BARTOK: The Wooing of a Girl

Taplow Girls' Choir directed by Gillian Dibden

SPRINGFIELD, Tom & LAMPERT, Diane arr. ARCH, Gwyn: The Olive Tree

Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Elegua (excerpt)

Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Yemaya

London Lucumi Choir directed by Daniela Rosselson

DENNIS/DAVIS arr. WILLIAMS, J: Can't get you out of my head

Who dares sings, directed by Kaytie Harding

FRANKLIN/WHITE, arr. HARDING, Kaytie: Think

Trad. Verbum Caro Factus Est

Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir directed by Susan Hollingworth

Trad. Gaudete

RUTTER, John: Agnus Dei

Masquerade, cond. Barry Clark

HAHN, Volker: Die fische

Trad. Arr HAZELL, Chris: Danny Boy (excerpt)

Westminster Boys' Choir, directed by Jeremy Walker

GARDNER, John: End of Term

HANDEL, arr. by WARREN, Mervyn: Hallelujah

London Singology Gospel Choir, conducted by Mark de Lisser

YOUMANS, Vincent arr. LATZKO, Walter: Without a Song

National Barbershop Youth Chorus, directed by Rob Barber

Aled Jones with highlights from the remaining category finals in the Choir of the Year 08.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Whittled down from over one hundred and fifty entrants, just sixteen choirs made it through to the Category Finals. The stakes were high, with choirs competing to win both their category and a place in the Grand Final at the Royal Festival Hall. Today it's the turn of choirs in the Youth and Adult Categories to try to impress the judges.

Aled Jones presents highlights from Choir of the Year 2010: Youth and Adult categories.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones discusses the publication of the Choirbook for the Queen.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Together they discuss the challenges, ways to improve your game, and highlight some of the finest exponents of this often underappreciated job.

First broadcast in April 2010.

Aled Jones spotlights the role of the choral accompanist.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus a celebration of Claude Debussy's choral music, to mark his 150th birthday year.

The Japanese choral music phenomenon, and a celebration of Debussy's choral legacy.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones presents a classic performance from the Hoffnung Music Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The choral music world explored by Sara Mohr-Pietsch with composer Debbie Wiseman.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones examines Berlioz's use of space and sonority in his Requiem Mass.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist

Lutos?awski: Hey! We rejoice now (extract)

Polish Radio Chorus and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit

Sasha Johnson Manning: Mirabile dictu

The Manchester Carollers, Northern Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Tanner

TMC CD1, track 2

Sasha Johnson Manning: New Boy Born

The Manchester Carollers, Northern Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Tanner

TMC CD1, track 10

Anon: Nova Nova

Taverner Choir, conducted by Andrew Parrott

EMI CDC7498092, track 4

Sasha Johnson Manning: A Miracle

TMC CD1, track 8

Sasha Johnson Manning: The Gold of Straw

TMC CD1, track 11

Sasha Johnson Manning: An Angel

TMC CD1, track 9

John Turner: A song on the birth of Christ

BBC Singers directed by David Hill

BBC Recording

Leon Roberts: Come Bless the Lord

Quire

QUIRE002, track 1

Short extracts of

Dominic Muldowney: Leaves on the Line

King's Singers

Dominic Muldowney: The Fall of Jerusalem

Leeds Festival Chorus

Private recordings

Carols you've never heard!

Bo Holten: I denne sode juletid

Musica Ficta conducted by Bo Holten

NAXOS 8554627, track 18

Anon English 15th Century: Eya mater Stephane

Oxford Camerata, directed by Jeremy Summerly

NAXOS 8550751, track 10

Romance de Virgen y el Ciego

Die Singphoniker with Irmgard Gorzawski (harp)

CPO 7770672, track 15

P䀀ivi Ojanoer䀀: Joulun syd䀀ny怀 (On Christmas Night)

Philomela conducted by Marjukka Riihim䀀ki

Alba NCD 34, track 7

Roderick Williams: O Adona

Ex Cathedra conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore

EXCCD003, track 5

Plainchant: Vox clara, ecce, intonat

Anonymous 4

HARMONIA MUNDI HCX3957139 t6

Links

The Manchester Carols www.themanchestercarols.com

Aled Jones explores the subject of writing Christmas music for choirs.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Classical Voice Season - celebrating the art of singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a special edition from Cardiff for Radio 3's Classical Voice season

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With news from the City of Derry International Choral Festival and Choir of the Year 2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores composing music for the liturgy.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores contemporary choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Traditional

Lord of the Dance (arr. Carter/Willcocks)

The Bach Choir, conducted by Sir David Willcocks

Chandos, CHAN8973, track 14

Vaclovas Augustinas

Treputé Martela (The Stomping Bride)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, directed by Paul Hillier

HMU 907391, track 1

Gabriel Faure

Pavane

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

Chandos CHAN 10113, track 3

Igor Stravinsky

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Susan Parry (alto), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor), Maxim Mikhailov (bass), MusikFabrik, RIAS Chamber Choir, directed by Daniel Reuss

Harmonia Mundi, HMC801913, tracks 1-4

Ariel Ramirez

Misa Criolla (Gloria & Sanctus)

Manuel Melendez (tenor), José Sacin (tenor), Pablo Talamante (Tenor), Choral Arts Society of Washington, conducted by Joseph Holt

Naxos 8557542, track 13 & 15

Gyorgy Ligeti

Nonsense Madrigals (V. Lobster Quadrille)

The Kings Singers

Sony Classical SK62311, track 5

Thierry Escaich

Motet No.3

Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 9.3, Thierry Escaich (organ), directed by Catherine Simonpietri

Accord 4769074, track 3

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Sommarnatten

Accentus, directed by Eric Ericson

Naïve: 5037, CD1, Track 6

Gustav Holst

The Golden Goose  ?? A Choral Ballet

Guildford Choral Society and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton

Hyperion CDA66784, tracks 1-12

Joseph & Johan Strauss

Pizzicato Polka

Vienna Boys Choir (recorded in 1910)

Flapper PASTCD 7082, track 14

Aled Jones explores the idea of dance in choral music. With music by Stravinsky and Holst.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces choral music by Haydn, Bach and Hoagy Carmichael.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces choral music by Haydn, Bach and Hoagy Carmichael.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones with choral music from Denmark and the School Choir of the Year competition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by members of the Danish National Radio Choirs.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr Pietsch presents a special tribute to conductor Sir David Willcocks.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Sara's Choral Classic: Dvorak's Te Deum.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme features the world premiere of a new setting of 'Fern Hill' by Julian Philips sung by the Welsh National Opera Youth Opera, and at 4.30pm there's a special edition of 'Meet My Choir', as we meet Laugharne's local community choir - the Corran Singers.

Choral music celebrating the poet Dylan Thomas, live from the 2014 Laugharne Live Festival

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch features a choral version of Elgar's Sea Pictures.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas reflects on a life of singing in, and in front of, choirs.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also in the programme, Aled Jones explores the mysteries of choral composer Elizabeth Poston, known through one of the most famous Christmas pieces ever written, 'Jesus Christ the Apple Tree'. As a new disc of her work is released by the National Youth Choir of Scotland, Aled uncovers a hidden side of the composer. Thanks to research by the journalist Christopher Lambton there's now credible evidence that Poston was involved in covert communications with allied forces during the Second World War as part of her work at the BBC.

Aled Jones is joined by celebrated choir composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Actress and singer Dillie Keane joins Aled Jones to discuss Fascinating Aida.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of choral music. With a Choral Classic by Faure.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones and guest Jaakko Mantyjarvi introduce choral music by the Finnish Romantics.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores how choral composers have been inspired by flowers.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Part of Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, celebrating folk music and the influence of folk on classical music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Paul Sartin explore some of the choral traditions within folk music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

From Sage Gateshead, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a special edition for Free Thinking 2015.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales

Irresistible choral works and tantalising organ music, live from Free Thinking Festival

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones and choral director Ken Burton explore the theme of freedom.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones presents the final concert of the Voices Now Festival from the Roundhouse.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an anthem for Pope John Paul II and sultry Cuban syncopations.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Crippled Lad in the Glen / Mary Anne is an Elegant Lass

Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association, conducted by Kenneth Thomson

Skye 48, track 12

Arr. Imants Ramins Latvian folk song

Blow, Wind!

Latvian State Choir conducted by Maris Sirmais with soprano soloist Sanita Sinkevica

VAK-0801, track 1

Segue to

Eriks Esenvalds

Evening

VAK-0801, track 2

Music included in 2009 Royal National Mod report:

Back an cluinn

Back Gaelic Choir conducted by Avril Duncan

BBC Recording

Bi Falbh on uineag

Dingwall Gaelic Choir ladies section conducted by Kirsteen Menzies

Puirt

Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association conducted by Kenneth Thomson

Johannes Brahms

Song of Destiny, op. 54

Ambrosian Singers with the London Philharmonic, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

Seraphim Classics 73570, tracks 5 to 7

George Frideric Handel

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton

Hyperion CDA 67800, CD2 track 21

Trad. Caberfeidh

Dingwall Gaelic Choir conducted by Kirsteen Menzies

Ross Parker (music) & Hughie Charles (lyrics)

We'll Meet Again

The Fron Male Voice Choir featuring Dame Vera Lynn, conducted by Ann Atkinson

Decca 2708449, track 2

Aled Jones discusses Handel's Messiah at ENO and Gaelic choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores a renaissance of Georgian music - in suburban Yorkshire.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Including a dazzling improvisation on Gershwin's show tune 'I Got Rhythm' by the brilliant British virtuoso Wayne Marshall - plus works by father and son Johann Sebastian and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. There's also a chance to hear a vivid rarity of the Spanish Baroque - the 'Battle of Punta Baix' by Juan Cabanilles.

Roderick Williams introduces an hour of the very best organ music and performances.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by members of ENO to explore the world of Gilbert and Sullivan

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Tracklist:

Blas Galindo

Dos Corazones

Gregg Smith Singers

NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD85639, track 1

George Frideric Handel

Messiah -  ??For unto us ?? excerpt

BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham (recording from 1927)

PEARL GEMM CDS 9456, track 12

Israel in Egypt -  ??He smote all the first born in Egypt ??

Huddersfield Choral Society and Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Malcolm Sargent (recording from 1955)

DUTTON CDLX7045, track 10

Messiah - Behold the Lamb of God

Choir of King ??s College, Cambridge with the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by David Willcocks (1972 recording)

EMI CLASSICS 07777637842 8, track 21

Semele -  ??Bless the glad earth with heavenly lays ??

Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy

DG 4357822 CD2, track 10

Acis and Galatea -  ??Wretched Lovers! ??

Scholars Baroque Ensemble conducted by David can Asch (1992 recording)

NAXOS 8553188, track 13

Hercules -  ??Wanton God of amorous fires ??

Monteverdi Choir, with the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner ARCHIV 423 137-2 CD2, track 9

Saul -  ??Envy! Eldest born of hell ??

Gabrieli Consort and Players, directed by Paul McCreesh

ARCHIV 4745102 CD2, track 1

Saul -  ??Envy! Eldest born of hell ?? (excerpt)

Rias Chamber Choir with Concerto Koln conducted by Rene JACOBS

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90187778 CD 1, track 21

Saul -  ??Gird on thy sword, thou man of might ??

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90187778 CD 2, track 23

Carl Nielsen

Sidskensang

Canzone-Koret, conducted by Frans Rasmussen

DANACORD DACOCD368 t9

Heiligmesse Hob. XXII: 10

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot-Gardiner

DECCA 470 819-2, tracks 1-11

Aled Jones invites choral director Simon Lole to pick some great Handel choir recordings.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Greg Beardsell introduces a selection of choral music and talks to conductor Iain Simcock.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus a tribute to the champion of politically charged Estonian folk melodies, Cyrillus Kreek, in music by fellow Estonian composer T倀nu K倀rvits, newly recorded by The Choir of Royal Holloway.

Greg Beardsell selects the best a cappella talent from the 2013 Tampere Vocal Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Greg Beardsell introduces live performances from local groups Quay Lasses, the Northern Spirit Singers and the North East Youth Chorale. Plus, folksongs from the region are given a choral makeover by the chamber choir of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain in collaboration with local folk musicians.

BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival takes place at Sage Gateshead 25-27 October and is broadcast for three weeks on Radio 3 from Friday 25 October.

From Sage Gateshead, Greg Beardsell presents a celebration of choirs in the North East.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Greg Beardsell on the legacy of Carlo Gesualdo. Plus a tribute to conductor Eric Ericson.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols and its connection with Cornwall.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Guest: John Butt

Playlist:

George Frideric Handel

Chandos Anthem No.7

Chorus: 'Thou art the glory

The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Harry Christophers

CHAN0554, CD 3, track 8

O sing unto the Lord a New Song

Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), and The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Harry Christophers

CHAN0504, tracks 1-7

As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams

Ensemble William Byrd, L'Acad退mie Sainte C退cile, directed by Graham O'Reilly

Empreinte Digitale ED13072, tracks 1-7

Esther

end of Scene 5

Drew Minter (countertenor), Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood

L'Oiseau Lyre 4144232, CD 2 track 6

Acis & Galatea

Mourn All Ye Muses

Must I my Acis

Dunedin Consort and Players, conducted by John Butt

Linn CKD319, tracks 13 & 14

Let God Arise

Empreinte Digitale ED13072, tracks 15-22

Aled Jones investigates Handel's 11 Chandos Anthems.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Kevin Kunz

Gotta Lotta Lemons

From their debut CD Groove for Thought, track 7

Billy Joel, arranged by Kelly Kunz

And So It Goes

Track 5

Chick Corea, adapted by Kelly Kunz

La Fiesta

Groove for Thought, tenor saxophone solo Alexey Nikolaev

Track 12

Thomas A Dorsey, arranged by Kelly Kunz

Take my Hand, Precious Lord

Track 10

Ray Charles

Hallelujah, I Love Her So

Pre-release track from forthcoming album

Walk the Straighter Road

From their debut CD Groove for Thought, track 14

John Rutter

Feel the Spirit  ?? I got a Robe

Yorkshire Philarmonic Choir and Amici Ensemble, with Melanie Marshall (mezzo-soprano), conducted by Andrew Padmore

REGENT REGCD324, track 3

Rihards Dubra

Gloria Patri

Choir of Royal Holloway, conducted by Rupert Gough

HYPERION CDA 67799, track 8

Missa Cellensis no.2

Susan Gritton (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), and Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Richard Hickox

CHANDOS CHAN 0734 CD 8, tracks 11-20

Aled Jones talks to the choir Groove for Thought, and presents Haydn's Mariazeller Messe.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Haydn: Qual dubbio ormai (Cantata for Prince Esterhazy)

Scenda Propizio

Cologne Vocal Ensemble

Capella Coloniensis

Andreas Spering (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901765, Tr 12

Haydn: Der Greis

Netherlands Chamber Choir

Uwe Gronostay (conductor)

GLOBE GLO 5080, Tr 17

Haydn: Die Beredsamkeit

GLOBE GLO 5080, Tr 9

John Stafford Smith: Blest pair of sirens

Frances Kelly (harp)

Invocation

Timothy Roberts (piano/director)

HYPERION CDA66740, Tr 1

Joseph Corfe: Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament

HYPERION CDA66740, Tr 16

Haydn: Betrachtung des Todes

GLOBE GLO 5080, Tr 8

Michael Haydn: Zu ihr! Zu ihr!

Die Singphoniker

CPO 999 333-2, Trs 4, 13 (or 20)

Haydn: An dem Vetter

GLOBE GLO 5080, Tr 4

Haydn: Aus dem Danklied zu Gott

GLOBE GLO 5080, Tr 11

Haydn arr: William Gardiner: Give to God our Thankful Songs

Psalmody

The Parley of Instruments

Peter Holman (conductor)

HYPERION CDA67510, Tr 8

Haydn: Long Life shall Israel's king behold

HYPERION CDA67510, Tr 14

Haydn: Responsoria de Venerabili, H CCIIIc 4a-d

Tolz Boys' Choir

L'Archibudelli

Bruno Weil (conductor)

SONY CLASSICAL SK53368, Trs 5-8

Haydn: Mass in G, H XXII 6 (Sancti Nicolai)

Nancy Argenta (soprano)

Catherine Robbin (alto)

Michael Schade (tenor)

Alastair Miles (bass)

English Concert Choir and Orchestra

Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

ARCHIV 437 807-2, Trs 6-10.

Aled Jones explores the part songs inspired by Haydn's visit to the 'glee clubs' of London

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores more from the world of choral music. With conductor David Hill.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of choral music with guest Helen Chadwick.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

@bbcradio3 #womensday.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores choral music by female composers spanning nine centuries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme was recorded on 1 February 2009 with the BBC National Chorus of Wales, conducted by Adrian Partington.

Playlist:

Felix Mendelssohn

Erhaben, O Herr ‘Lord, Exulted' Op.79, no.3

Laudate pueri Op.39, no.2

The ladies of the BBC National Chorus of Wales with soloist sopranos Katy Treharne and Sophie Kirk, mezzo-soprano Martha McLorinan, and Robert Houssart on the organ

H怀r mein bitten (Hear my Prayer)

With organist Robert Houssart and soprano soloist Si n Winstanley

Charles Villiers Stanford

3 motets Op. 38

Justorum anime (The souls of the righteous)

Coelos ascendit hodie (Today Jesus Christ)

Beati quorum via (Blessed are they whose way is pure)

Ceremony after a fire raid Op.63

With pianist Steven Kings, percussionists Graham Bradley and Phil Girling, and soprano solo by Jennifer Walker

Santa Fe suite

With Catrin Finch - harp

Arr. Mansel Thomas

Five Welsh Folksongs

Ar lan y mor

Ar hyd y nos

Hob y deri dando

Lisa L n

Migildi magildi

With harpist Catrin Finch, soprano soloists Si n Winstanley and Jennifer Walker and baritone soloist Owen Webb

Aled Jones presents a concert from the BBCNOW's home in Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Gy怀rgy: Mundi renovation

Pro Musica

CaPm014, track 1

Lukaszewski: O Oriens

Choir of Trinity College Cambridge conducted by Stephen Layton

HYPERION CDA67639, track 11

Skempton: The Song of Songs

Exon Singers conducted by Matthew Owens

DELPHIAN CD34056, track 4

Lennon/McCartney: Julia

Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers, conducted by Philip Brunelle

VOCALESSENCE VECD0605, track 9

Trad. arr. Housam Brimo: Damascene Fugue

Syrian Chamber Choir of the Higher Institute of Music conducted by Viktor Babenko

BBC location recording from the Aswatuna Festival (19th-23rd August 2008)

Trad. arr. Shireen Abu-Khader: ‘Ayyam Zaman' (Old days)

Dozan wa Awtar Singers conducted by Shireen Abu-Khader

Rahbani brothers arr. Torikian: Ana w Shadi

Roula Abou Baker (soprano), with the Fayha Choir, Tripoli, conducted by Barkev Taslakian

Olle Lindberg: Kyrie (Missa Nordica)

Voces Nordicae, conducted by Lone Larsen

trad. Indonesian arr. Budi Susanto: Janger (short excerpt)

Combined choirs of the Aswatuna Festival, conducted by Andre de Quadros

CLIP: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.3 (short excerpt)

Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer

Philips 4565702

Mikl　s: Maria mater Gratiae

Pro Musica conducted by D退nes Szab　

MAGNIFICAT

Ishmaru/Szabo: Aizu Bandaisan

Banchieri Singers

HASF-1004, track 1

Kodaly: King Laszl　's Men

Cantemus

HCD 31291, track 20

Liszt: Christus - Pastorale and Herald Angel's Song

Hungarian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Zoltကn Pesk　

Magyar Radio MR 037, track 6

Kodaly: Este

Debrecen Kodကly Chorus, conducted by P退ter Erdei

HUNGARATON HCD32364, track 2

Jကnos Vajda: Variations

Budapest Academic Choral Society, Budapest Youth Choir, and the Dohnကnyi Orchestra Budafok, conducted by Gကbor Hollerung

HUNGARATON HCD 32551, tracks 9-19:

Part two of The Choir's trip to the Aswatuna choral festival in Petra, Jordan.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The name 'I Fagiolini' (the little beans) was never meant to last. But 25 years after their debut in Oxford the group still hasn't got around to coming up with something new. Director Robert Hollingworth is in the studio to explain why, and to look back on a career which has seen the group remain at the vanguard of period vocal performance. Music comes from the group's celebratory performance at the North Wales International Music Festival with works by Monteverdi, Milhaud, Orlando Gough and the King's Singers.

Also, news of a recent choral competition which gave eight winners the chance to record with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor/composer Eric Whitacre at Abbey Road. Producer Jonathan Allen joins Aled to introduce some of the winning music and reflect on 80 years of recording at the legendary studios.

Aled Jones with highlights of I Fagiolini's 25th birthday concert at St Asaph Cathedral.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also, ahead of the Sing Hallelujah events, conductor David Hill gives some tips on learning the Hallelujah Chorus.

Playlist:

Juan Garcia de Zépedes

Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso (extract)

La Capella Real di Catalunya and Hespèrion Xxi, conducted by Jordi Savall

Alia Vox AV9834, track 15

Vicente Goicoechea

Christus Factus est

Coro Cervantes, conducted by Carlos Fernández Aransay

Guild GMCD 7243, track 4

George Frideric Handel

Messiah - Lift up your heads

Dunedin Consort and Players, directed by John Butt

Linn CKD 285, CD2 track 7

César Cano

Speculum in aenigmatem

Guild GMCD 7266, track 19

Isaac Albéniz

Salmo VI del Oficio de difuntos

Guild GMCD 7243, track 1

segue

Enrique Granados

Salve Regina

Coro Cervantes, conducted by Carlos Fernández Aransay, with Tansy Castledine on organ

Guild GMCD 7243, track 2

Fernando Moruja

O bone Jesu (Sacred pieces)

Signum Classics SIG CD 166, track 28

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Bendita Sabedoria for six voices (1958)

Sapientia foris praedicat

Vas pretiosum labia scientiae

Principium sapientiae

Vir sapiens

Beatus homo

Dexteram tuam

Corydon Singers, directed by Matthew Best

Hyperion CDA 66638, tracks 7 to 12

Antón Garcia Abril

Excerpt from 3 Polifonias Turolenses

London Symphony Orchestra strings and Coro Cervantes, conducted by Carlos Fernández Aransay

Autor SA01087, track 3

Marlos Nobre

Yanomami, Op.47

tenor soloist Julian Stocker, guitar Fabio Zanon, Coro Cervantes, conducted by Carlos Fernández Aransay.

Signum Classics SIG CD166, track 31

Diego José de Salazar

Salgo el torillo hosquillo!

Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Ensemble, conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore

Hyperion CDA 67600, track 11

Javier Busto

Agnus Dei

Guild GMCD 7266, track 7

Messiah - The Hallelujah Chorus

The Bach Choir, The English concert, conducted by David Hill

BIS SACD 1736, track 15

Dr. Alban

Sing Hallelujah!

Arista 7432 11 36202, track 1

Aled Jones explores Iberian and Latin American choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

First broadcast in April 2014.

Countertenor Iestyn Davies talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his choral background.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits a choral conducting course designed especially for women.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist

Sleep for chorus

Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton

HYPERION CDA6754 3, track 3

Go, lovely Rose

HYPERION CDA6754 3, track 5

Water night

Brigham Young University Singers conducted by Ronald Staheli

ARSIS CD147, track 1

3 Flower songs for chorus

no.2; With a lily in your hand

HYPERION CDA6754 3, track 9

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas

Rutgers Wind Ensemble conducted by William Berz

MARK 2525MCD, track 4

Extract Only

Equus

Sleep my Child

Hila Plitmann - soprano with Eric Whitacre - synthesisers

Private tapes

Howard Leslie Shore

The Lord of the rings: the two towers - music for the film

- Helm's Deep

London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices directed by Terry Edwards

REPRISE 93624842122, track 12

John Adams

(El) Nino

- Part 1; I sing of a maiden

London Voices directed by Terry Edwards, with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano

NONESUCH 7559796342, track 1

Luciano Berio

Sinfonia for 8 solo voices and orchestra

- 2nd movement - O King

London Voices directed by Terry Edwards, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Eotvos

DG RECORDS 002894775380, track 2

Claude Debussy

3 Chansons de Charles d'Orleans for chorus

- no.1; Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!

Swingle II, directed by Ward Swingle

RCA RL25112 side 3, track 1

Benjamin Britten

Peter Grimes - opera in 3 acts (Op.33)

- Act 3 scene 1;

Simon Keenlyside - baritone (Ned), Patricia Payne - contralto (Auntie), Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Bernard Haitink

EMI CDS7548322, CD 2, track 17

Hymn to St Cecilia for chorus (Op.27)

- Opening;

London Sinfonietta Voices, including bass Terry Edwards

VIRGIN VC 790728-2 1/8

Giuseppe Verdi

Otello - dramma lirico in 4 acts

- Act 1;

Luciano Pavarotti - tenor, Chicago Symphony Chorus directed by Terry Edwards, Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

DECCA 433 6702, tracks 1-2

George Gershwin

Porgy and Bess - opera in 3 acts

- Act 1 sc.1; Summertime

Renee Fleming - soprano, with New York Voices and New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by James Levine

DECCA 460 567, track 2

Gyorgy Ligeti

Hortobagy - trad. arr. for 8 voices

London Sinfonietta Voices conducted by Terry Edwards

SONY SK62305, tracks 32-34

Aled Jones revisits two major interviews from 2008 with Terry Edwards and Eric Whitacre.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Producer: Chris Taylor for BBC Wales.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Jeffrey Skidmore, artistic director of Ex Cathedra, talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones meets Jeffrey Skidmore, director of Ex Cathedra.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

John Rutter explores the diversity of choral music making at the University of Cambridge.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones presents John Surman's Lifelines, performed at the 2012 London Jazz Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones meets the creator of a newly recorded oratorio inspired by deep family tragedy.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Choral maestro Joseph Cullen introduces music by Mahler, James MacMillan and Bernstein.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Juice Vocal Ensemble's website: www.juicevocalensemble.net

Playlist:

Piers Hellawell

Emerodde

Private recording

Zoltan Kodaly

Este (Evening)

Chamber Choir of P退cs conducted by Aur退l Tillai

Hungaratoon HCD 31523, track 14

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Moscow Academy of Choral Singing conducted by Victor Popov with Tamara Kravtchenko on piano

Saison Russe, RUS288156, track 15

Kerry Andrew

Lullaby for the witching hour

Phillip Neil Martin

Human Drum

O lux beata Trinitas from Dusk Songs

The Ebor Singers, conducted by Paul Gameson

Boreas BMCD701, track 12

Paul Robinson

The Triadic Riddles of Water

Recorded in the studio

Lester Flatt

Roll in my sweet baby's arms, arr. Juice Vocal Ensemble

Frederick Delius

Songs of Sunset

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox with Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano) and Bryn Terfel (baritone)

Chandos CHAN 9214, tracks 7-14

Dietrich Buxtehude

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme! BuxWV 101 (Sleepers wake!)

Chamber Choir of St. Peter's in the Great Valley and The Sarum Consort directed by Martha N. Johnson, with Steven Rickards (countertenor), James Russell (tenor), John Alston (bass)

PGM 102, tracks 1-3

Aled Jones meets the vocal trio Juice, who discuss their interest in contemporary music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Members of the Kadavu Choir of Fiji perform in the studio and discuss their recent UK tour

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

At 5pm Sara's Choral Classic is Schubert's partsong 'Gebet' - a little jewel of small-scale choral singing, intended for friends to sing together in a domestic setting.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of choral music and is joined by Karl Jenkins.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones is joined by Karl Jenkins to discuss the composer's choral works.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a selection of choral music and the latest Choral Classic.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Tracklist:

J.S Bach

Mass in B Minor

1 Kyrie Eleison

2 Christe eleison

3 Kyrie eleison

Soprano: Nancy Argenta & Lynne Dawson, Mezzo: Mary Nichols & Carole Hall

Alto: Ashley Stafford, Tenor: Wynford Evans, with The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

ARCHIV 415 514-2, CD 1, tracks 1-3

Joseph Shabalala

Ncqongqotha

Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert, recorded on 17 October 2009 at the Hall for Cornwall, Truro

Nomathemba - A Song of Hope

Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and The Wiseman)

Diana Burrell

Creator of the Stars of Night

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber with David Currington on cor anglais and Matthew Fletcher on organ

DELPHIAN DCD34075, track 1

Judith Bingham

God Would Be Born in Thee

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge directed by Geoffrey Webber with Matthew Fletcher on organ

DELPHIAN DCD34075,track 11

Gabriel Jackson

Nowell Sing We

DELPHIAN DCD34075, track 18

Hello My Baby

Paul Simon and Joseph Shabalala

Homeless

Traditional

Amazing Grace

Aled Jones with music from a concert given by a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a rediscovered masterpiece from Charles Villiers Stanford.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, we'll be marking the 100th edition of Meet My Choir', our weekly celebration of amateur choral music-making, with a special event in the studio - as we look back over the century of choirs from across the nation who have showcased their stories on the programme.

Leontovych, arr Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells

Westminster Choir

Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Traditional: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child (Coventry Carol)

New York Polyphony

Poulenc: Quem vidistis pastores (Quatre Motet Pour Le Temps De No뀀l)

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers, conductor

JS Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket (Christmas Oratorio)

Bach Collegium Japan

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

Trad, arr Jon Boden: The Boar's Head Carol

Trad, arr Steeleye Span: Gaudete

Traditional Welsh: Tawel Nos

Cwlwm

Tallis: Sanctus & Benedictus (Missa Puer est natus)

Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium

Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell (finale)

Sarah Fox, soprano

Joyful Company of Singers

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox, conductor

JS Bach: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein (Christmas Oratorio)

Dunedin Consort

John Butt, conductor.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Christmas favourites from the classical and folk worlds.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Including performances from the nine finalists: choirs spanning thousands of miles - from Latvia to Canada, Germany to Finland - competing in three categories: adult, youth and children. This is the one of the highest accolades for any non-professional choir in the world, and the music in the final encompasses everything from traditional favourites to folk music and choral showpieces.

Aled is joined in the studio by Michael Emery, BBC Singers producer and a member of the jury panel. They showcase some of the highlights of the contest, discuss what went right and wrong for the competing choirs, before revealing the winner.

Playlist

Recorded at the Let the People Sing competition in Oslo on 19 October 2009:

Gyorgy Ligeti

Reggel

Vienna Chamber Choir, conducted by Michael Grohotolsky

Gustav Mahler

Die zwei blauen Augen

Robert Sund

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Camerata Musica Limburg, conducted by Jan Schumacher

Jurijus Kalcas

Exultate Deo

Knut Nystedt

O Crux

Sõla, conducted by Kaspars Adamsons

Traditional Latvian folk song

KalĀ?js kala debesīs (Blacksmith hammered in the sky)

Mia Makaroff

Kylyn kyselijä (The sauna seeker)

Philomela, conducted by Marjukka Riihimäki

Morten Lauridsen

Ov ??é lass ??, il bel viso?

Nova, conducted by Anne Karin Sundal-Ask

Odd Johan Overøye

Laudes

Giles Swayne

Magnificat I

Matthew King

On London Fields (excerpt)

private recording

Javier Busto

Zai ixtoiten

Hamilton Children ??s Choir, conducted by Zimfira Poloz

Veljo Tormis

Bridge of song, Wind over the wilderness, Heather

Girls ?? Choir of the Old Town Music House, conducted by Maarja Soone

Józef Swider

Cantus Gloriosus

Adam Mickeiwicz University Chamber Choir, Poznan, conducted by Krzysztof Szydzisz

Jacek Sykulski

Zbójnicki

Traditional arr. Ambroz Copi

Da lipa ma! Ke bëj na jë? (O love of mine, where has she gone?)

Girls Chamber Choir of the Classical Diocesan Gymnasium, conducted by Helena Fojkar Zupancic

Ave Maria

György Orbán

Lauda Sion

Trad. Arr. Radovan Gobec

Ne óuri, ne sejaj (Do not plough, do not sow)

Aled Jones with coverage of the final of the 2009 Let The Peoples Sing choir contest.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Featuring British entries for the 2015 Let the Peoples Sing competition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Including highlights from the grand final of Europe's Let the Peoples Sing Competition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces highlights from the Let the Peoples Sing gala concert.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces the BBC Singers in popular light choral classics.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Belgian bass and choral director Lionel Meunier talks about Bach with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with Verdi and Liszt, plus a new recording of MacMillan's Gallant Weaver

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Radio 3 is broadcasting live from a pop-up studio at London's Southbank Centre all day every day for the last two weeks of March. If you're in the area, visit the Radio 3 studio and performance space in the Royal Festival Hall Riverside Cafe to listen to Radio 3, ask questions and enjoy the special events.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores some of the highlights of 2014 Southbank Chorus Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Radio 3 is broadcasting live from a pop-up studio at London's Southbank Centre all day every day for the last two weeks of March. If you're in the area, visit the Radio 3 studio and performance space in the Royal Festival Hall Riverside Caf退 to listen to Radio 3, ask questions and enjoy the special events.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents. With Shan Maclennan, Meet My Choir and Vivaldi's Gloria.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Soloists: Anna Leese, Elin Manahan Thomas, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Andrew Kennedy and Neal Davies

Cardiff Ardwyn Singers

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor).

Aled Jones introduces the BBCNOW and Chorus performing Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones previews the 2012 London A Cappella Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Guests:

Phil Minton & Christopher Batchelor

Playlist:

Francis Pott

Jesu Dulcis Memoria

Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, directed by Judy Martin

Signum SIGCD080, track 5

Blasphemy (extract)

EMANEM 4025 1, track 17

Phil Minton - vocals

2 extracts from Mulouse, France concert

Phil Minton's Feral Choir

Gabriel Jackson

Edinburgh Mass (extract)

Choir of St.Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, directed by Matthew Owens

Delphian DCD34037, tracks 1 & 2

Jonathan Harvey

How could the soul not take flight

Les jeunes Solistes, directed by Rachid Safir

Soupir Editions S215, track 07

Jonathan Dove

Into thy Hands

The Choir of New College, Oxford, conducted by Edward Higginbottom

Avie AV 2085, track 6

Seek him that Maketh the Seven Stars

Colmore Consort, conducted by Charles Janz, with Christopher Allsop on organ

CC CD1, track 1

Deirdre Gribbin

Te Deum

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

private recording

Turn our Captivity (Psalm 126)

Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, directed by Judy Martin with Tristan Russcher on organ

Signum SIGCD080, track 2

A preview of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music 09, and vocalist Phil Minton

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Programme exploring all things choral, including performances and special features.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, composer and arranger Alexander L'Estrange talks about the challenge of reshaping classics from the American songbook for the quintessential English vocal ensemble. The King's Singers have just released their disc of songs from the likes of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, but can they really hit the mark when it comes the soul of American swing?

Mary King presents highlights from the climax of 2013 Let the Peoples Sing competition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Mary King explores the critical relationship between choral composer and wordsmith.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Masses by maestros of the Italian grand opera stage, plus Bernstein's theatre piece, Mass.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus more from Eisenstadt, Joseph Haydn's professional home, and the second in a series of complete mass performances, his Missa in Honorem BVM (Grosse Orgelsolomesse).

Tracklist:

Jarmo Parviainen

Ilta (Evening)

Helsinki University Chorus (HOL), conducted by Esko Klalio

ALBA NCD39, track 1

Cristobal de Morales

Regina Caeli

Nordic Voices

CHANDOS CHSA5050, tracks 3-4

Sakura (from Shiki)

HOL, conducted by Esko Kallio

ALBA NCD39, track 10

Prelude - summer; Amanogawa (from Shiki)

ALBA NCD39, tracks 11-12

Kyrillus Kreek

Happy is the Man

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Paul Hillier

HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907311, track 3

Listen to the Rain

ALBA NCD39, track 2

Hubert Parry

Jerusalem

Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, conducted by David Hill

ARGO 430 836-2, track 12

Missa in Honorem BVM (Grosse Orgelmesse)

Soloists: Dorothea Roschmann, Bernard Fink, Helmut Wildhaber and Klaus Mertens, with the Hugo Distler Choir and Vienna Academy conducted by Martin Haselböck. The organ soloist is Elisabeth Ullmann.

NOVALIS 150095-2, track 1-6

Aled Jones introduces a complete performance of Haydn's Missa in Honorem BVM.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Manchester Chamber Choir, conducted by Richard Tanner, perform sacred and secular works from across Mendelssohn's choral career. Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir, conducted by Sue Hollingworth are joined by the boys of Oldham Youth Choir, directed by Eileen Bentley, to give a special performance of Hear my Prayer in the culmination of Radio 3's Wings project - a nationwide event in which choirs all over Britain have signed up to perform O for the Wings of a Dove.

Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen

Manchester Chamber Choir, conducted by Richard Tanner with Greg Morris on organ

Laudate Pueri Dominum Op. 39 No. 2

Verleih' uns Frieden

Mitten wir im Leben sind Op. 23

Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir, Oldham Youth Choir boys, with Greg Morris on organ

Traditional

Summer is a Cumin in

Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir, conducted by Susan Hollingworth

Beati mortui Op.115

CD

Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op. 59

Frühzeitiege Frühling Op. 59, no. 2

Die Nachtigall Op. 59, no. 4

Jagdlied Op. 5, no. 6

Nunc Dimittis Op. 69 No.1

Sechs Sprüche, Op. 79

1. Weihnachten

4. In Der Passionszeit

3. Am Himmelfahrtstage

Aled Jones explores how Mendelssohn's creativity was laid bare in his choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by the Hilliard Ensemble, marking their 40th anniversary.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents choral music including Bach and Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

O Sacrum Convivium

Netherlands Chamber Choir, conducted by Ed Spanjaard

GLOBE 5125 t13

Missa Redemptoris - Agnus Dei

Vox Nova Ensemble, conducted by Fredrik Malmberg

IFO IFO00321 t7

Noel no.1

Vasari Singers, conducted by Jeremy Backhouse

GUILD GMCD7314 t11

The Angel Cried (premiere recording)

BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill

BBC Recording

Jean Langlais

O Salutaris from 5 Motets

BBC Singers, conducted by Nicholas Kok

Messe Solenelle - Gloria

Choir of Manchester Cathedral, Jeffrey Makinson (organ), conducted by Christopher Stokes

HERALD HAVPCD248 t14

Goffredo Petrassi

Nonsense (excerpt)

BBC Singers, conducted by Stephen Cleobury

Andr退 Jolivet

BBC Singers conducted by David Hill

BBC studio recording

BBC Prom

Aled Jones considers the choral legacy of Olivier Messiaen.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones talks to Michael Bawtree about bringing choirs together for a performance.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

arr Aaron Dale: Didn ??t my Lord Deliver Daniel?

The Westminster Chorus USA

Recording courtesy of Llangollen International Eisteddfod

Britten: Noye ??s Fludde

Finchley Children ??s Music Group, Nicholas Wilks (conductor)

SOMM SOMMCD212 t7

Verdi: Requiem  ?? Sanctus

Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

EMI 6989362 CD2 t3

Haydn: Missa Cellensis (Hob. XXII:5)

( ??Missa Sanctae Caeciliae ??)

Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN 7034 CD7 t1-18

Aled Jones introduces a complete performance of Haydn's giant Missa Cellensis.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Robert Hollingworth to explore Monteverdi's madrigals.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with choral music by Monteverdi, Howells and Elgar.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch marks the Monteverdi Choir's 50th anniversary. Plus Brahms's Requiem.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones talks to members of the long-established Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

This episode is a repeat, and was originally broadcast on 19 March 2006.

Playlist

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mass (K.257) in C major 'Credo

Gloria

Angela Maria Blasi (Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Contralto), Deon van der Walt (Tenor), Alastair Miles (Bass), Arnold Schoenberg Choir and Concentus Musicus Vienna conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

TELDEC 45099 59852/2

Missa brevis (K.65) in D minor

Ann Monoyios (Soprano), Elisabeth Graf (Contralto), Oly Pfaff (Tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (Bass), K怀lner Kammerchor and Collegium Cartusianum directed by Peter Neumann

EMI CDC 7541002/9

Vesperae solennes de confessore (K.339)

Joan Rodgers (Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Contralto), Josef Protschka (Tenor), Lကszl　 Polgar (Bass)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Schola of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle and Concentus Musicus Vienna conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

TELDEC 843 535/10

EBERLIN, Johann Ernst

Dextera Domini for a capella choir

Rodolfus Choir conducted by Ralph Allwood

ASV CDGAU 205/1

Mass (K.66) in C major 'Dominicus

Sanctus: Benedictus: Agnus Dei

Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Ulla Groenewold (Contralto), Markus Schafer (Tenor), Klaus Mertens (Bass) with Collegium Cartusianum and Cologne Chamber Chorus conducted by Peter Neumann

EMI CDC 749882/15

Tantum ergo for chorus, strings and organ (K.142)

Charlotte Margiono (Soprano) with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir and Concentus Musicus Vienna conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

TELDEC 45099 89282/21

Misericordias Domini - offertory for chorus, orchestra and organ (K.222) 'Offertorium de tempore

Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and Concentus Hungaricus conducted by Janos Remenyi

HUNGAROTON HCD 4003/17

Missa solemnis (K.337) in C major

Elisabeth von Magnus (Contralto), Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Uwe Heilmann (Tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (Bass)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir and Concentus Musicus Vienna with Nikolaus Harnoncourt

TELDEC 45099 04942/1

Mozart in Salzburg: Aled Jones visits the city where Mozart wrote most of his choral music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets the choir Musarc and reflects on Veljo Tormis with Paul Hillier.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch focuses on music for choir and brass instruments.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist

Kurt Weill

Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen

BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Stephen Jackson

Largo 5130 CD2, track 5

George Frideric Handel

Judas Maccabaeus

Opening of Act II: `Fall'n is the foe` + `See, the conqu'ring hero come` + part of march

Choir of New College, Oxford, The King's Consort, conducted by Robert King.

Hyperion, CDA666412, CD1, track 26, CD2 tracks 19-20

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Six Choral Songs - to be sung in Time of War

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox

Chandos, CHAN9984, track 11-16

Joseph Haydn

Missa in tempore belli

Agnus Dei & Dona Nobis Pacem

Monterverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Philips 4708192, track 21 & 22

Allan Clayton (tenor), Portsmouth Choral Union, English Cathedral Singers, Southern Pro Musica, conducted by Jonathan Willcocks

Priory PRCD 877, tracks 1-4

William Byrd

Civitas sancti tui

The King's Singers

Signum SIGCD061, track 6

Veljo Tormis

Curse Upon Iron

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by T倀nu Kaljuste

ECM 4652232, track 3

Aled Jones explores music written in response to warfare.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Giovanni Peirluigi da Palestrina

Assumpta est Maria (extract)

The Choir of the London Oratory, directed by Patrick Russill

Herald HAVPCD 256, track 15

Howard Shore

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extract)

The London Oratory School Schola, The London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Howard Shore

Reprise/ WMG 9362-44376-2

Howard Goodall

Lead Kindly Light (from Requiem)

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, London Musici, directed by Stephen Darlington

EMI 50999 2 15047 2 3, tracks 3 & 4

Tomကs Luis de Victoria

Vere Languores (1572)

Birmingham Oratory Choir, conducted by Nicholas Johnson

CD to be released next year - details of this can be obtained from the Birmingham Oratory Choir

William Sewell

Salve Regina

Thomas Wingham

Vexilla Regis Prodeunt

HAVPCD 327, track 3

Thomas Tallis

O Salutaris

Gregor Aichinger; Herbert Howells:

Regina Caeli

Herald HAVPCD 256, tracks 12-14

Traditional, arr. David Willcocks

Rocking

The Choir of the London Oratory with the London Oratory Junior Choir, directed by Andrew Carwood

Classics for Pleasure CFP 77243 5 6955325, track 18

Claudio Monteverdi

Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria' (from Vespers)

London Oratory Junior Choir, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Archiv 4295652, CD 2, track 1

John Williams

Double Trouble (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

The London Oratory School Schola, conducted by Stephen Grahl

Warner 7567-83711-5, track 5

Sir Edward Elgar

Ave Maria

The London Oratory School Schola, David Terry (organist), directed by Lee Ward

REGCD 292, tracks 2 & 3

This CD is due for nationwide release in the new year, but in the meantime can be purchased directly from the record label:

www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_128.htm

Roxanna Panufnik

Sanctus & Benedictus (Westminster Mass)

The London Oratory School Schola and instrumental ensemble, directed by Lee Ward

Regent REGCD 293 - Released March 2009

Francisco Valls

Mass `Scala Aretina`: Kyrie and Gloria

The London Oratory Choir, The Thames Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Hoban

CRD 3371, tracks 1 & 2

Websites:

The London Oratory Choir: www.bromptonoratory.com/

The London Oratory School Schola: www.london-oratory.org/schola/

London Oratory Junior Choir:

www.oratoryjuniorchoir.com/

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: www.chchchoir.org/

Birmingham Oratory Choir:

www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/

Aled Jones explores the rich musical heritage of the English Oratories.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vကclav Smetက?ek

Supraphon 112141-2 212, disk 1 track 2

Sherman & Sherman: Me ol' Bamboo from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Michael Ball & Ensemble (original London cast) with Robert Scott, musical director

MRBB001, track 9

Lerner & Loewe: Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady

2001 London Cast Recording with Nick Davies, musical director

FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 10

Lerner & Loewe: With a Little Bit of Luck from My Fair Lady

FIRST NIGHT CASTCD83, track 4

Cy Coleman (music) Dorothy Fields (lyrics): The Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity

Arnold Soboloff, Harold Pierson, Eddie Gaspar and Ensemble with Fred Werner, musical director

Columbia CK2900, track 11

Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice: Requiem for Evita from Evita

Colm Wilkinson (role of Che), plus chorus, rock musicians, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anthony Bowles

MCA DMCX503, track 2

Stephen Sondheim: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, from Sweeney Todd

Michael Cerveris (role of Sweeney Todd) & Manoel Felciano (role of Tobias), plus Company

Nonesuch 7559-79946-2, track 1

Rodgers and Hammerstein: There is nothin' like a dame from South Pacific

Original Broadway Cast with Salvatore Dell'isola, musical director

Columbia CK32604, track 7

George Enescu: Symphony No. 3 Opus 21

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Leeds Festival Chorus with

chorus master Simon Wright

Chandos CHAN9633, track 3

Sailing at Dawn, and The Song of the Sou'Wester, from Songs of the Fleet (1910)

Gerald Finley (baritone) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Richard Hickox

Chandos CHSA5043, tracks 1-2

Aled Jones explores choral singing in the world of musicals.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces choral music from Bollywood, plus Martinu, Wagner and Sibelius.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme's resident talent scout, choral director Peter Broadbent, returns with his pick of the most promising choral talent from a recent 'choir marketplace' event held in the French town of Saint-Lo.

Aled explores the choral legacy of American innovator and choral maverick Charles Ives, to coincide with the publication of a new volume of the composer's correspondence.

Playlist

Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy, arr. Giaux

Karin Redinger

Witloof Bay

POLYFOLLIA, track 19

The Celestial Country (excerpt)

BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor), Christopher Hughes (organ)

COLLINS 14792, track 18

F Zapata Bello

Mi Tumbao

Entre Voces

Y Ru Bu

Mon chameau blanc orphelin

Inner Mongolia Radio and TV Choir, directed by Wu Ren San Na

POLYFOLLIA, track 2

Homs&Fuagin

Mr Bip Bip

Polyfollia, track 20

Wilhelm Weismann

Psalm 23

Calmus Ensemble

CALMUS VKJK0803, track 1

Alfred Schnittke

Pater Noster

Oreya, conducted by Alexander Vatsek

POLYFOLLIA, track 6

Paschal de l'Estocart

Sa mort, et le fruict d'icelle

Ram退e RAM0703, track 16

Tommy Dorsey

Take my Hand, Precious Lord

Groove for Thought

Johannes Brahms

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her op.29 no.1

Schütz Choir of London conducted by Roger Norrington

CARUS 83.117, track 4

Crossing the Bar

BBC Singers, Christopher Hughes (organ), conducted by Stephen Cleobury

COLLINS 14792, track 4

Psalm 135

SWR Vocal Ensemble and Members of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marcus Creed

HANSSLER CD93 224, track 4

General William Booth Enters into Heaven

Thomas Hampson (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Girls' Choruses, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

RCA 09026637032, track 16

Psalm 90

Aleksandra Lustig (soprano), Julius Pfeifer (tenor), Kay Johannsen (organ), SWR Vocal Ensemble, conducted Marcus Creed

HANSSLER CD93 224, track 1

Peter Broadbent discusses his pick of promising choral talent with Aled Jones.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones meets the singers and congregation of St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Less well known is that Muhly began his musical life as a choirboy - and has written a number of choral works for liturgical and occasional use; his acclaimed 'Bright Mass With Canons' makes regular appearances at choral evensongs across the UK.

On tonight's edition of 'The Choir', Aled Jones interviews Nico Muhly about his precocious musical career, showcasing a selection of his choral works, as well as dipping into his non-classical vocal arrangements.

Aled Jones is joined by composer Nico Muhly, who writes rock, operatic and choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Part of a concert given by the Nacka Music School in Stockholm to celebrate St Lucia's Day

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the world of the opera chorus.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Featuring highlights from more than four centuries of oratorio, including works by Carissimi, Handel, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Berlioz and Britten.

Paul McCreesh, John Mark Ainsley and Peggy Reynolds explore the power of oratorio.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara and Christopher talk about the work of the AC Academy, the concerts in Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, and the ground-breaking education programme they are rolling out in schools across the country, aiming to create 300 new children's choirs by 2020.

Sara and Christopher also focus on the innovative and extensive work with children with special educational needs, where the aim is to give children the opportunity to compose, arrange and perform their own works at some of the UK's biggest concert venues.

The programme features music by Gabriel Jackson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Presenter: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Producer: Eleri Llian Selwood.

Christopher Monks talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his work with the Armonico Consort.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from composer Paul Mealor about his life in choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out how singers are marking Peace Day in One Day One Choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones reports on a choral and vocal showcase held in the Normandy town of Saint-Lo.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled looks to the future as the best new choirs gather in the Normandy city of Saint-L\u00f4.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Adele Anderson from Fascinating Aida talks to Sara about her favourite choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

We hear how three modern composers have responded to Purcell's incomplete masterwork Hear My Prayer, now thought to have been intended as a funeral anthem for King Charles II.

Playlist

Henry Purcell

Hear my Prayer O Lord

BBC Singers, conducted by Andrew Carwood

BBC studio recording

The Lord is my Light Z55

Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass), and The King's Consort conducted by Robert King

Hyperion CDA66693, track 1

Blow up the Trumpet in Sion

Choir of King's College Cambridge, conducted by Sir David Wilcocks

TELDEC 3984217682 CD1, track 2

Bob Chilcott

Soft Notes, and Gently Rais'd

members of Red Byrd, with Parley Of Instruments, conducted by Peter Holman

HYPERION CDA66750, track 11

Jacques H退tu

Songs for Theodosius:

Prepare, Prepare

Hark! Hark! Behold the heavn'ly choir

Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), James Bowman (counter-tenor), with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood

DECCA 4755292 CD4, tracks 14 & 17

Tobin Stokes

My Wife has a Tongue

Paul Elliott, Alan Byers, Peter Bamber (tenors)

DECCA 4755292 CD5, track 14

Welcome to all the Pleasures

Taverner Consort, Choir and Players, conducted by Andrew Parrott

Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61582 2 1, track 1-6

Aled Jones is joined by music historian Bruce Wood to recreate a day in Purcell's life.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses choral and film music with film composer Rachel Portman.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Meet My Choir features the Esterhazy Singers of London, who tell us some of their choral love stories. Plus, the Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams chats with Sara about some of his favourite choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents. The Choral Classic is from Russia's Orthodox tradition.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Ralph Allwood, founder of Inner Voices and the Eton Choral Course.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Rautavaara: Credo

BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough

BBC recording

Rautavaara: Sommarnatten (Summer Night)

Finnish Radio Chamber Choir conducted by Erik-Olof S怀derstr怀m

ODE 851-2, track 8

Anna-Mari K䀀h䀀r䀀: A song while the potatoes boil

Philomela conducted by Marjukka Riihim䀀ki

Alba NCD 22, track 9

Rautavaara: Lorca Suite

ODE 851-2, tracks 10 to 13

El䀀m䀀n kirja: A Book of Life

5. Hope Is The Thing With Feathers (Toivo on h怀yhenpukuinen)

6. Are You Ready? (Tahdotko?)

Rautavaara: Ave Maria

Finnish Radio Chamber Choir conducted by Timo Nuoranne

ODE 935-2, track 15

Eric Bergman: Three Gallows Songs, op.51a

YL conducted by Matti Hy怀kki

Finlandia FACD 368, tracks 15 to 17

Rautavaara: The Carpenter's Son

Soprano solo Olivia Robinson, with BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough

Rautavaara: Magnificat

Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Timo Nuoranne

ODE 935-2, track 6

Jukka Linkola: Ilo (Joy)

Emo Ensemble conducted by Pasi Hy怀kki

Alba NCD 26, track 14

Esa-Pekka Salonen: Kyss Min Mun from 2 Songs to Poems of Ann J䀀derlund

Emo Ensemble conductd by Pasi Hy怀kki

Alba NCD 26, track 11

Rautavaara: Die erste Elegie (The first Elegy)

Johanna Almark (soprano) with Finnish Radio Chamber Choir conducted by Erik-Olof S怀derstr怀m

ODE 851-2, track 19

Aled Jones talks to Kari Turunen about Einojuhani Rautavaara and choral scene in Finland.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also in the programme, Birmingham-based Black Voices share their passion for a cappella singing, with an infectious blend of gospel, blues, jazz, African and Caribbean styles, and there's a masterclass in close-harmony virtuosity from Norwegian ensemble Pust.

Aled Jones uncovers the history of the Red Army Choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Sarah's Choral Classic: Poulenc's Figure Humaine.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph: Silence and music - madrigal for chorus [no.4 in 'A Garland for the Queen', 1953]

SWR Vocal Ensemble directed by Marcus Creed

JACKSON, Gabriel: Cecilia virgo

BRITTEN, Benjamin: Hymn to St Cecilia for chorus (Op.27)

Recordings from the 19 July 2008 RheinVokal Festival concert :

GESUALDO, Carlo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

Calmus Ensemble, Leipzig

GESUALDO, Carlo: Gia piansi nel dolore

GESUALDO, Carlo: Se vi duol il mio duolo

Dan Dediu: Perla

MERCURY, Freddie: Crazy little thing called love

Recordings from the 20 July 2008 RheinVokal Festival concert:

BRUCKNER, Anton: Ave Maria

BRUCKNER, Anton: Os justi

BRUCKNER, Anton: Locus iste

Recording from the 6 July 2008 RheinVokal Festival concert:

SCARLATTI, Domenico: Stabat mater in C minor

Rastatt Vocal Ensemble accompanied by Les Favorites, directed by Holger Speck

Aled Jones presents music from 2008's RheinVokal Festival including Gesualdo and Scarlatti

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

First broadcast 22/06/2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites Richard Egarr to share his choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones talks to Richard Rodney Bennett about his choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

John Wilbye

Sweet honey-sucking bees

The Deller Consort, directed by Alfred Deller

Vangaurd, 08201972, track 15

Robert Pearsall

There is a paradise on earth

The Pre-Raphaelite Singers, directed by Anthony Rooley

Musiques Suisses, MGB 6206, track 8

John Ward

Die not fond man

The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley

Hyperion CDA66256, track 6

Vautor

Sweet Suffolk Owl

The Hilliard Ensemble

Virgin Classics, 5616712, CD 2 track 20

Laugh not, Youth, at Age

List! Lady, be not coy

Musiques Suisses, MGB 6206, track 16

Take, O take those lips away

Adieu! My native shore

Musiques Suisses, MGB 6206, track 5 & 24

Edward Elgar

There is sweet music

Cambridge University Chamber Choir, directed by Christopher Robinson

Naxos 8570541, track 1

Lay a Garland

Oxford Camerata, conducted by Jeremy Summerly

Naxos 8553088, track 13

Jésus Palacios

Copitas de mexcel

Voz en Punto

EBU Recording

Luigi Dallapiccola

Il coro dei malommogliati (The Chorus of the Hen Pecked Husbands)

Kamarikuoro Kaamos, directed by Dani Juris

Cole Porter

Let ??s Misbehave

Vocaldente

Susanna Lindmark

Aurora Borealis

Arctic Light, conducted by Susanna Lindmark

Jukka Linkola

Primitive Muisic

Tapiola Choir, conducted by Pasi Hyokki

Aled Jones and Anthony Rooley uncover the Victorian choral hero Robert Lucas Pearsall.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme includes a specially recorded performance of Schumann's Four Songs for mixed chorus Op. 59 performed by the BBC Singers, and conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

Aled Jones focuses on Schumann's choral works and talks to two admirers of his music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Elgar's Nimrod transformed for voices plus an octet of operatic Valkyries.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

A hunting chorus from Haydn, a Gloria by Puccini and a visit to a party in Hades.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

A terrifying impression of the Day of Judgement from Verdi. Plus music by Bach and Byrd.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Music from Langlais, Howells and Bach. Plus Widor's famous Toccata.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores music for children's choirs and talks to actress Josette Simon.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Fieri sing live, plus the first in a series of choral masterworks.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus news from the successful National Youth Choir of Scotland as well as music from William Sweeney and Peter Maxwell Davies - contemporary composers who have found inspiration in the traditions and landscape of the country.

Playlist:

Ludwig van Beethoven

12 Scottish songs

No. 2 Duncan Gray

Felicity Lott (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Marieke Blankestijn, Elizabeth Layton, Krysia Osostowiz (violin), Ursula Smith (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

DG 477 5128, CD 6, track 5

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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Back home Aled introduces two of the category finalists in the countdown to this year's Choir of the Year.

And 2010 is celebration time in Liverpool, the 50th birthday of Liverpool Metropolitan Choir. Aled finds out from former Director at the Catholic 'Wigwam' Cathedral, Terence Duffy.

Today's main guest is Simon Preston former Master of the Music at Westminster Abbey who began his meteoric career directing the choir at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 40 years ago.

Aled Jones champions Georgian choral music, and talks to Simon Preston.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Elmer Bernstein

The Hallelujah Trail (excerpt)

Arizona State University Concert Choir, and The Phoenix Symphony, conducted by James Sedares

Koch 372222, track 16

George Frideric Handel

Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus (extract)

English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

CORO 16062

Live in the studio:

William Byrd

Sing Joyfully

BBC Singers, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers

Package from the Glasgow event on 5 December at City Halls

Including Handel ??s Hallelujah Chorus

Performed by lots of participants from the day, members of the ENO chorus and orchestra, members of the BBC Singers, The Merchant Singers, and conductor Laurence Cummings

Rihards Dubra

Alleluia

Latvian State Chorus conducted by MĀ?ris Sirmais

Private CD

Messiah - For unto us a Child is born

Package of the Renewal gospel Choir based in Bristol

Including extracts from one of their rehearsals of

Handel ??s Hallelujah Chorus gospel version, arranged by Quincy Jones

Handel ??s Hallelujah Chorus rock version - Messiah Rocks

Sony Classical/Integrity Music, track 12

Henry Purcell

Sir Walter enjoying his damsel

 ??Tis too late for the coach

3 and 4 solo male voices, members of the BBC Singers, directed by Nicholas Chalmers

Package from the London event on 6 December at London Coliseum

Performed by lots of participants from the day, members of the ENO chorus and orchestra, members of the BBC Singers, The Hackney Singers, and conductor Laurence Cummings

Package from Salisbury ??s 'Singing for the Brain ...' Alzheimers Society

Traditional

What a friend we have in Jesus

Aretha Franklin and the Southern California Community Choir

Arista R2 75627, track 4

Arr. Bob Chilcott

Aka Tombo

segue

All my trials, Lord

BBC Singers, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers, with pianist Iain Farrington

Handel ??s Hallelujah Chorus recorded in Leicester Cathedral and by Canon Steven Foster. Performers include Radio Leicester presenter Rupal Rajani

Rodgers & Hammerstein

Carousel - You ??ll never walk alone

Performed by Liverpool supporters at Anfield

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Giuseppe Verdi

Nabucco

Part 3; Va, pensiero, sull'ali (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

Berlin State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 413321 2 1/9

USA Traditional: Walk together children arranged by Eurydice Osterman

London Adventist Chorale conducted by Ken Burton

PDSM track, 8

George Frideric Handel

Messiah

Pt.2, no.42; Hallelujah [chorus]

City Of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, National Youth Choir of Wales, Royal School of Church Music Millennium Youth Choir, Scunthorpe Co-Op Junior Choir, and Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Recording from the BBC Proms 6 September 2009

Israel in Egypt

Pt.2; The People shall hear [chorus]

Bach Choir & the The English Concert, conducted by David Hill

BIS SADC 1736, track 1

Arvo Part

The Beatitudes

King's College Cambridge Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury with treble Guy Johnston

VIRGIN CLASSICS 545338 2, track 3

Franz Schubert

Der Entfernten (D.350)

Schubert Chorale of London conducted by Stephen Layton

HYPERION CDJ 33032, track 20

Gordon, Lang, Wolfe

I Lost a Sock

Rias Chamber Choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars conducted by Roger Epple with soprano Claudia Barainsky

Music: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe

Words: Deborah Artman

8573841072, track 1

Package of clips of choirs from the final of the 2008 Choir of the Year competition, featuring the following choirs:

Grosvenor Chorale

The Cottontown Chorus

The Voice Squad Seniors

Dieci

Taplow Youth Chorus

Masquerade

ANONYMOUS

Gaudete! Gaudete! Christus est natus [Piae Cantiones, 1582, & Jistebnice Cantional, 1420]

Scunthorpe Co-Op Junior Choir conducted by Susan Hollingworth

BBC Recording from the Choir of the Year 2008 competition

TRAD: Siul, A Ruin

Anuna

UCJ 0647722, track 14

segue to

TRAD: During the Evening Air (Under lige aftenlufte) arr. Carl Nielsen

Musica Ficta conducted by Bo Holten

NAXOS 855496 5, track 12

Frederick Delius

Sea drift

Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox with baritone Bryn Terfel

CHANDOS 921 4, track 1

Harold Arlen

Get Happy

King's Singers with George Shearing on piano

EMI CDC 7541902, track 14

Aled Jones previews Sing Hallelujah and Choir of the Year 2010.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, a round-up of choral talent from Norway and Finland including music from the Nidaros Cathedral Choir, established in the city of Trondheim more than 900 years ago.

Aled Jones on how boy singers make the transition to performing as an adult.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Greg Beardsell marks Sir John Tavener's death with music performed at Southwark Cathedral.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Her guests this week are the former Radio 3 and Proms Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon, and the music historian Dr Kate Guthrie.

This week's amateur choir featured in 'Meet My Choir' is the EJMS Adult Chorale from Ealing in London, and Sara's Choral Classic is the extraordinary 1980 work CRY by Giles Swayne.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces choral music and stories from 1946, the year Radio 3 was born

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Josie D'Arby explores the world of choral music from the present and into the future.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with choral music and conversation, live from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Yury Aleksandrovich Shaporin: Chorus of Soldiers (Decembrists)

Red Army Choir and Band

Victor Feorov (conductor)

Naxos 8553154, Tr 9

Georgy Sviridov: Three Choruses (Prayer - Tsar Feodor Ioannovich)

The Moscow New Choir

Elena Rastvorova (director)

Olympia OCD541, Tr 1

Alexander Kastalsky: Brotherly Prayer for the Dead - 1917 (Wrath of Nemesis - My Sword)

Radio Large Choir

USSR Symphony Orchestra

Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Russian Disc RDCD10043, Tr 10

Shostakovich: Slava! (Song of the Forest)

Sergei Kisseliev (tenor)

Gennadi Bezzubenko (baritone)

Boys' Choir of Glinka College

St Petersburg Chorus

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)

RCA 09026688772, Tr 7

Alexandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov: Collective Farm Meadows; Spring Song (ladies only); Dance Song (Collective Farm Meadows - eight choruses)

The Russian Song Chorus of the USSR TV and Radio

Nikolai Kutuzov (conductor)

Olympia OCD176 (Trs 16, 18, 19, 21)

Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op 74

Gennady Rozhdestvensky (speaker)

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra

Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

Chandos, CHAN9095, Trs 1-10.

How Soviet composers turned to choral music to meet demands for patriotic pieces.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also a brief focus on the illegal downloading and photocopying of choral music. Aled talks to Stephen Navin Chief Executive of the Music Publisher's Association, and Hertfordshire choral director David Boarder.

Aled Jones celebrates the life and work of the composer SS Wesley.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones marks the 800th anniversary of the St Thomas Boys' Choir in Leipzig.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks pianist and composer Stephen Hough about his favourite choral music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch previews some of the choral highlights of 2014's summer music season.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara also showcases the UK's entries in the prestigious European choral competition, Let The Peoples Sing: Tyneside's Voices of Hope and the Musical Originals children's choir from Jersey.

Producer: Steven Rajam for BBC Wales

Photo: Voices of Hope.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces unmissable choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus news about a new project uniting European choir music and ancient chant of the Syriac church.

Playlist:

Syrian Chant (excerpt)

Yassar Adbar (singer)

Private recording

Prince

Nothing Compares to U

Klangbezirk

Recording from the Tampere Vocal Music Festival (3-7 June 2009)

Pierre de la Rue

Sanctus (with Syrian chant elaboration)

The Clerks Group, Lena Chamamyan (singer), George Qas-Barsoum (singer), Yassar Adbar (singer), Edward Wickham (conductor)

Plainchant

Vox in Rama (with Syrian chant elaboration)

The Clerks, Lena Chamamyan (singer), Yassar Adbar (singer), Edward Wickham (conductor)

Giaches de Wert

The Clerks Group, George Qas-Barsoum (singer), Yassar Adbar (singer), Edward Wickham (conductor)

Handel

He Shall feed his flock (Messiah)

Alice Halstead and Harry Bradford (choristers), Simon Lole (organ)

Recorded by the BBC at St Emanuel ??s Church, Didsbury

Francis Poulenc

Chanson à boire

Akademiska Sångföreningen

Tellu Turkka

Enkelit (excerpt)

Enkelit, Richard Pomfret (conductor)

ENKELIT CD, track 6

Jo meistä ero tulevi

Slavonic Tractor

Richard Rogers

I ??m gonna wash that man right out my hair

MiLadies ?? Chorus

Ulf Långbacka

Tre erotiska sånger

Brahe Djäknar, Ulf Långbacka (conductor)

Matthew Whittall

Sora/Mizu (Sky/Water)

Hämäläisen Osakunnan Laulajat

Anders Edenroth

Big Bad World

Shiva Knows

Vladimir Dashkevich

The Horses

Novy Vek

Céspedes

Convidando está la noche

Voz en punto

Desmond

Take 5

Aled Jones picks the best from the 2009 Tampere Vocal Festival in Finland.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also this week, some more authentic American sounds with highlights of a concert of sprituals given by the group Chicago A Cappella in Naperville, Illinois.

Aled Jones meets four Americans with a passion for the vocal music of Sardinia.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Swingle Singer Clare Wheeler with a pick of the best in contemporary a cappella.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Playlist:

Johann Sebastian Bach

St Matthew Passion

1) Come, ye daughters, share my mourning

The Bach Choir, The Boys of St Paul ??s Cathedral Choir andThames Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir David Willcocks

DECCA 475 7987, track 1

Benjamin Britten

War Requiem - Libera Me

Soloists Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), The Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten

DECCA 00289 475 7511

Herbert Howells

Sir Patrick Spens

Katy Butler (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) with The Bach Choir and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Hill

NAXOS 8.570352, track 1

Harry Gregson-Williams

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - The Wardrobe

The Bach Choir conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams

DISNEY 0946-3-47667-2-2, track 3

Carl Rutti: Requiem - In Paradisum

Olivia Robinson (soprano) and Edward Price (baritone). The Bach Choir and Southern Sinfonia conducted by David Hill with Jane Watts on organ

NAXOS 8.572317, track 7

Aled Jones talks to members of the long-established London-based ensemble The Bach Choir.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme also catches up with some of the groups who took part in Radio 3's Wings project.

Playlist:

Feature of the Lochranza Choir from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. They took part in the BBC Radio 3 ??s  ??Wings ?? project  ?? where choirs from all over the country performed Mendelssohn ??s  ??Wings of a Dove ?? on the same weekend earlier this month.

Richard Strauss

Traumlicht

The King ??s Singers

Signum SIGCD147 (from their new  ??Romance du Soir ?? album), track 13

Jonathan Dove

Seek him that maketh the Seven Stars

Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short, Jeremy Filsell (organ)

Signum SIGCD501, track 1

John Tavener

Song for Athene

King ??s College Cambridge, dir. Stephen Cleobury

New release from EMI

A selection of choirs own recordings of their performances for the Radio 3  ??Wings ?? project:

The Carol Andrew Singers from Darlington, County Durham, Spalding Parish Church Choir, Worthing Voices and Hambledon Valley Group Choir

Radio 3 ??s  ??Wings ?? project feature: the Choir of West Derby Parish Church, Liverpool

Scott Joplin

Heliotrope Bouquet

Swingle 2

CBS 80947 (from the album  ??Rags and all the Jazz ??), track 7

Johann Pachelbel arr. Alexander L ??Estrange

Canon

Signum SIGCD050, track 5

Veljo Tormis

Autumn landscapes No.1, 2 & 5

Holst Singers, conducted by Stephen Layton

Hyperion, CDA67601, tracks 15, 16 & 19

Pawel ŀ?ukascewski

Beatus Vir Sanctus Paulus

Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

Radio 3 ??s  ??Wings ?? project feature: Colmore Junior School choir, Birmingham

Gabriel Jackson

Cecilia Virgo

Salve Regina 2

Polyphony, directed by Stephen Layton

Hyperion CDA67708, tracks 3 & 11

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietch marks the centenary of Parry's Jerusalem with Blossom Street.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Blossom Street for more of the best of choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discovers the celebratory world of Ghanaian borborbor.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones surveys the Joyful Company of Singers' concert at the 2010 Presteigne Festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Composer, philosopher, teacher and Hungarian national icon, Zoltan Kodaly was one of the most important figures in the history of 20th-century choral music.

Including a special feature on the composer's groundbreaking Kodaly Method of music education.

Playlist:

Este (Evening)

Danish National Radio Choir conducted by Stefan Parkman

CHANDOS CHAN9754, track 10

Too Late

Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, conducted by János Ferencsik

HUNGAROTON HCD12352, track 5

Norwegian Girls

HUNGAROTON HCD12352, track 4

Psalmus Hungaricus  ?? Finale: You, My Lord, Are True In Your Judgment

Hungarian Radio Choir and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arpád Jóo

ARTS MUSIC, track 3

Jesus And The Traders

Debrecen Kodály Chorus conducted by Péter Erdei

HUNGAROTON HCD32364, track 9

Hary Janos  ?? Act 2: Soldier ??s Chorus

Edinburgh Festival Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Istvan Kertesz

DECCA 4434882, CD 1, track 16

Missa Brevis: Credo

Maria Steijffert (alto); Lars Pedersen (tenor); Michael W Hansen (bass)

Niels Henrik Nielsen (organ)

Danish National Radio Choir, conducted by Stefan Parkman

CHANDOS CHAN9754, track 4

 ??Hippity Hoppity ?? (extract - part of package)

Aurin Girls ?? Choir directed by Laszlo Duranyik

King Laszló ??s Men

HUNGAROTON HCD31291, track 20

See the Gypsies

Cantemus / Dénes Szabo

HUNGAROTON HCD31291, track 1

Hymn of Zrinyi

Lajos Miller (baritone) with the Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus conducted by János Ferencsik

HUNGAROTON HCD12352, track 1

Aled Jones celebrates the life and work of Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones celebrates of the life and work of Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones discusses the upcoming People's Passion.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including motets by Durufle and a band of pirates from West Wales.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also in the programme, new Vaughan Williams interpretations from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge, and a look at how the poetry of Spaniard Federico García Lorca has captured the imagination of countless choral composers.

Aled Jones talks to Anders Jalkeus, co-founder of Sweden's Real Group.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With Aled Jones. With singing from The Songmen plus a focus on jubilee celebrations.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Thea Musgrave. Plus Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

He also talks to Concanenda, a chamber choir with an innovative approach to branding and collaboration. We'll hear the exclusive broadcast premiere of the group's new track 'Bright Shadows', for which the ensemble have created a unique cross-genre competition; they've asked DJs to remix their recording, for a chance of being included on the single release.

Stravinsky: Credo

Stravinsky: The King of the Stars

Stravinsky: Mass - Kyrie and Gloria

Kerll: Missa in Fletu... - Agnus Dei

Orphei Dranger

Alex Patterson: Dulce et Decorum Est

Alexander Campkin: Bright Shadows (broadcast premiere)

Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles

Rossini: Preghiera

Cantus C怀lln

Stravinsky: Cantata on Old English Texts - A Lyke Wake Dirge (Versus 4)

Stravinsky: Anthem (The Dove Descending Breaks the Air)

Stravinsky: Les Noces.

Tim Rhys-Evans explores rarities by Stravinsky. Plus a full performance of Les Noces.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones introduces choirs recently picked as the world's top ten.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus, Aled Jones explores the phenomenon of TV choral stand-offs: the NBC network is about to follow in the BBC's wake with a $100,000 hunt for America's top vocal group. We hear from one of the entrants, and also the makers of another X-Factor-style show already aired in Finland.

Aled Jones presents a rare complete performance of Arvo Part's epic work Kanon Pokajanen.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Roderick Williams presents choral favourites and new discoveries for Sunday afternoon.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses the National Youth Choir of Scotland's Prom and US tour.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Plus a new disc of Nordic folk melodies given a modern twist and a performance of Snofrid by one of Sweden's key musical figures, Wilhelm Stenhammar.

Guests:

Lone Larsen

Mads Korsgaard

Playlist:

Jan Sandström

Biegga Luothe

Allmänna Sången, Erik À

From the Roundhouse, London, Aled Jones presents part of the Voices Now celebration.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

With 15 choirs meeting for the first time to prepare for the 2015 Voices Now festival.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is live at Sage Gateshead for the Free Thinking Festival 2017.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Britten's War Requiem was composed to mark the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, after the original building had been destroyed in the air-raids of the Second World War. Britten made a deliberate effort in this work to create something universal, something that would speak to as wide an audience as possible - and it seems he succeeded. It has become one of his best loved works, and is frequently heard marking Armistice Day around the world.

At first glance it might seem an odd choice of work for Remembrance Sunday - given it's obvious anti-war themes. War is wrong and fighting is wrong - Britten was unequivocal about these things. But alongside his pacifist message, Britten succeeded in creating a work that also paid genuine tribute to those who died, and one which brought, and still brings solace to a society wounded by warfare.

The premiere recording of the work features soloists from three of the countries that were once at war - Britain, Germany and Russia. It remains one of the definitive performances and is presented here in a digitally re-mastered edition, released by Decca in 2006.

BRITTEN, Benjamin: War requiem (Op.66)

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, The Bach Choir, Highgate School Boys' Choir, and Melos Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Britten, with Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Simon Preston (organ)

DECCA 475 7511 5 DOR 2.

Aled Jones presents a complete performance of Britten's War Requiem.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores the world of choral music for weddings.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The programme's mix of music from British choirs and beyond proves that the tradition is now once again thriving.

Playlist:

Att. Anthony Greatorex

This is the day the Lord hath made

Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (director)

Hyperion CDA 67020, track 1

Anon:

An Hymn for Easter Day (edited by Dave Townsend)

Christminster Singers, Dave Townsend (director)

Let the Echo Fly XMS002, track 3

William Knapp:

Durweston Tune (extract)

The Christminster Singers, Dave Townsend (director)

William Knapp: West Gallery Anthems and Psalms XMS001, track 8

‘Otford' (verse 1) transcribed from Michael Beesly's 1746 collection by Sally Drage

Members of the West Gallery Music Association

WGMA-002-CD, track 23

‘Ipplepen' (verse 2) Psalm 49 from the Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts

The Gladly Solemn Sound, Paul Guppy (director)

Repeat their sounding joy track 19

The beauty of Isr'el is slain

His Majestie's Clerkes, Paul Hillier (director)

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907128, track 8

‘Spanking Roger' (words by Isaac Watts)

The Madding Crowd, Mike Bailey (director)

Recorded by the BBC in June 2007

Vital Spark (setting by Edward Harwood to the words of Alexander Pope, transcribed by Sally Drage and Gordon Ashman)

WGMA-002-CD, track 19

‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing' Medley

1. ‘Newton's' (verse 1)

Let the Echo Fly XMS 002, track 13

2. Tune by Charles Burney, trans. Mike Bailey (one verse)

Hark, shepherds, hark TMC-002-CD, track 6

3. Tune: Handel / Edward Miller (extract)

Hyperion CDA 66924, track 10

O for a thousand tongues to sing (words by Charles Wesley to the tune of ‘Lyngham' by Thomas Jarman)

Maddy Prior with the Carnival Band

Saydisc CD-SDL 383, track 6

John Beaumont

The Fall of Babylon

Caarjn Cooidjagh, Anne Kissack (director)

The Promised Land: West Gallery Music from the Isle of Man MHF CD3

Joseph Haydn

Long life shall Israel's king behold; The Lord, th'almighty monarch, spake

Hyperion CDA 67150, tracks 14 &16

The Choirmaster's burial (Thomas Hardy) / Winterbourne tune (William Knapp)

Charles Spicer (speaker), The Mellstock Band

The Dance at the Phoenix BEJOCD-28, track 17

George Frideric Handel

Israel in Egypt (extract from Moses' Song)

Nancy Argenta (soprano 1), Emily Van Evera (soprano 2), David Thomas (bass 1), Jeremy White (bass 2), Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)

Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61350 2 4, CD2 tracks 8-15

Aled Jones explores the revivial in West Gallery music, also known as Psalmody.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Part of Why Music? The Key to Memory, a weekend of live events, concerts and discussions exploring the implications of music's unique capacity to be remembered, produced by Radio 3 in partnership with Wellcome Collection.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents four new choral works inspired by people living with dementias.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores music for choir and cello. Plus Byrd's Mass for four voices.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Also, another chance to sample two more of the category finalists in the run up to this year's Choir of the Year.

Aled Jones discusses the choral music of William Mathias.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

In our regular Meet My Choir feature at 4.30pm we spotlight the Lucy Cavendish Singers, and at 5pm Sara's Choral Classic is Berio's Sinfonia.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the latest in the world of choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

In our regular Meet My Choir feature at 4.30pm we spotlight the British Humanist Choir, and at 5pm Sara's Choral Classic is Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.

To get in touch with the programme, email thechoir@bbc.co.uk or send a tweet to @bbcradio3.

First broadcast 29/06/2014.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites composer Kerry Andrew to share her choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores the story behind the Yellow River Cantata.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The TCF Youth Choir was introduced last year by the Three Choirs' Artistic Director, Adrian Partington with the aim of giving young singers the chance to get together to sing traditional choral music to a high standard, without the commitment needed for an adult choir. It seems to have hit the right note, bringing together members from the cathedral's existing youth choir, former choristers from the Three Choirs cathedrals and other young singers located in the areas between Bristol and Birmingham.

Music includes an excerpt from Beethoven's Mass in C, an unusual Shakespeare setting by Berlioz and a selection of music written with Easter in mind.

Aled Jones looks at some new ways being used to encourage young people to join choirs.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

Aled Jones explores the choral music of Alexander Zemlinsky.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.