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Peace Day

Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out how choirs are marking Peace Day in a new choral initiative, One Day One Choir. Plus Meet My Choir and another choral classic.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out how singers are coming together today to mark Peace Day in a new choral initiative, One Day One Choir, which aims to use the power of choral singing to promote peace and unity. Plus the chance to catch up with one of the UK's amateur choirs in "Meet my choir" and Sara's introduction to another choral classic.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Sep 2014 16:00

Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat anima mea from Magnificat in D major Wq.215

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMC-902167.
    • 1.
  • Paul Mealor

    Peace

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • DECCA : 4810494.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.
  • J. Shabalala

    Abezizwe (Uniting Nations Together)

    Performer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 13.
  • Luca Marenzio

    In quel ben nato

    Choir: La Compagnia del Madrigale.
    • glossa gcd 922802.
    • Glossa.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bundeslied Op.122

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 453-794-1.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 3.
  • Anon.

    O Maria

    Director: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.
    • ECM : 476-4499.
    • ECM.
    • 13.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Never Weather-Beaten Saile

    Conductor: Paul Brough. Choir: 成人快手 Singers.
    • Signum:Sugcd293.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem aeternam, Kyrie, Dies irae - Requiem

    Choir: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn : CKD-449.
    • Linn.
    • 1-3.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Better is Peace - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

    Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: National Youth Choir.
    • VIRGIN : CDVE-956.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 13.
  • George Frideric Handel

    United nations shall combine - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV74

    Choir: Clare College Cambridge Choir. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Singer: Alex Potter.
    • Obsidian CD 711.
    • Obsidian.
    • 22.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dona nobis pacem - Mass in B minor BWV.232

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV : 4155142.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 15.

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  • Sun 21 Sep 2014 16:00

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