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The Joyful Company of Singers, Choir of the Year 2010

Aled Jones and conductor Peter Broadbent discuss the Joyful Company of Singers's concert at 2010's Presteigne Festival. Plus more choirs competing in the Choir of the Year finals.

Aled Jones and conductor Peter Broadbent chat about the Joyful Company of Singers' recent concert at the Presteigne Festival, which included a co-commission for a new work from Judith Bingham. Aled also continues his survey of those choirs selected to compete in the 2010 Choir of the Year Category Finals, with performances from the New Forest Children's Choir, and the Inverclyde Schools' Junior Choir.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Oct 2010 18:30

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Ensemble: The United States Air Force Band. Conductor: Col. Lowell E. Graham.

    Performers: Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonietta, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN9554.
    • 18.
  • John Rutter

    The Lord Bless You and Keep You

    Performers: New Forest Children’s Choir, Patrick Lee (piano), Alison Russell-Hayward (conductor)

    • Recording from the 2010 Choir of the Year category finals.
  • Judith Bingham/C. H. Parry

    Distant Thunder/My Soul there is a country far away

    Performers: Karen Filsell (soprano), Clare Porter (soprano), Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Tarik O’Regan

    I sleep, but my heart waketh

    Performers: Helen Morton (soprano), Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Judith Bingham/C. V. Stanford

    The Drowned Lovers/The Bluebird

    Performers: Lorna Perry (soprano), Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    For lo, I raise up op. 145

    Performers: Thomas Hopkinson (treble), Edward Gardner (tenor), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, James Vivian (organ), Stephen Cleobury (director)

    • EMI CDC5555352.
    • 3.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Deus, Deus meus (Westminster Mass)

    Performers: Clare Porter (soprano), Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Kerry Andrew

    Fall

    Performers: Karen Filsell (soprano), Debbie Alder (alto), Colin Fleming (tenor), Tim Bull (baritone), Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Gabriel Jackson

    To Music

    Performers: Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Valiant-for-truth

    Performers: Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording from the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Missa brevis in F major Hob.XXII:1

    Performers: Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN0640.
    • 15 to 20.
  • Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman - Hushabye Mountain arr. Andy Beck

    Performers: Inverclyde Schools’ Junior Choir, Mark Macdonald (piano), Gemma McLean (conductor)

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  • Sun 17 Oct 2010 18:30

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