Let The Peoples Sing 2011

Live from the brand new studios of Media City, in Salford,
BBC Radio 3 hosts the Grand Final of Let the Peoples Sing, 2011, the international competition for amateur choirs. Nine competing vocal groups from across Europe and the USA battle it out in music from Palestrina to Poulenc, Gy怀rgy Ligeti to Joni Mitchell, and from Bulgarian folksong to Sami yoiking. And the evening culminates with a guest appearance by the Slovenian choir who were overall winners at the last competition.

Louise Fryer presents this feast of vocal virtuosity, broadcast live to the UK, across Europe and to North America.

Adolf Fredrik's Girls' Choir, Sweden;
Karin B䀀ckstr怀m (conductor).

San Francisco Girls Chorus, USA;
Susan McMane (conductor).

Youth Choir of Tallinn Music High School, Estonia;
Ingrid K倀rvits (conductor).

Dragostin Folk, Bulgaria;
Stefan Dragostinov (conductor).

Vocal Line, Denmark;
Jens Johansen (conductor).

Louise Fryer introduces the grand final of 2011's Let the Peoples Sing choir competition.

Louise Fryer presents the grand final of Let the Peoples Sing 2011

Live from the brand new studios of Media City, in Salford,
BBC Radio 3 hosts the Grand Final of Let the Peoples Sing, 2011, the international competition for amateur choirs. Nine competing vocal groups from across Europe and the USA battle it out in music from Palestrina to Poulenc, Gy怀rgy Ligeti to Joni Mitchell, and from Bulgarian folksong to Sami yoiking. And the evening culminates with a guest appearance by the Slovenian choir who were overall winners at the last competition.

Louise Fryer presents this feast of vocal virtuosity, broadcast live to the UK, across Europe and to North America.

Finnish Vocal Ensemble, Finland;
Eric-Olof S怀derstr怀m (conductor).

Consono Chamber Choir, Germany;
Harald Jers (conductor).

Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening, Norway;
Marit Tøndel Bodsberg (conductor).

Swedish Chamber Choir, Sweden;
Simon Phipps (conductor).

St. Stanislav's Girls' Choir, Ljubljana, Slovenia;
Helena Fojkar Zupancic; (conductor).

The conclusion of the Grand Final of Let the Peoples Sing 2011.

Louise Fryer presents the grand final of Let the Peoples Sing 2011