Episode 2
Presented by Katie Derham. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers in music by Cowie, Josquin, Purcell, Tippett, Stanford and Messiaen. Plus Strauss, Prokofiev and Lutoslawski.
Katie Derham continues her week-long celebration of the human voice in performances by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's orchestras and choirs. Today, Louise Fryer and composer Edward Cowie present a special concert marking his 70th birthday. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra contribute a suite from Richard Strauss's waltz-filled opera Der Rosenkavalier, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Chorus and Orchestra perform highlights from Prokofiev's score for the film Alexander Nevsky, and there's Christmas music from Poland and another anniversary composer, Witold Lutoslawski (born in 1913)
Edward Cowie 70th Birthday Concert
Cowie: Bell bird motet
Josquin Desprez: Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria
Purcell: Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50
Cowie: The Stillness Between Two Waves
Tippett: The Weeping babe
Stanford: Beati quorum via
Cowie: National Portraits: Fiona Shaw
Maxwell Davies: Lullabye for Lucy
Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!
Cowie: Lyre bird motet
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers,
Nicholas Kok (conductor).
3.05pm
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - suite, arr. Mackerras
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra,
Johannes Wildner (conductor).
3.15pm
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (selections from the film music)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano),
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).
3.45pm
Lutoslawski: Polish Christmas Carols (selection)
Julia Doyle (soprano),
Philharmonia Chorus (women's voices),
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra,
David Zinman (conductor).
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Music Played
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers: Edward Cowie 70th Birthday Concert
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Edward Cowie
Bell bird motet for chorus
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers
Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria for 12 voices [doubtful on stylistic grounds]
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Henry Purcell
Remember not, Lord, our offences Z.50
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Edward Cowie
The Stillness Between Two Waves for 16 solo voices
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Michael Tippett
The Weeping babe - motet for soprano and chorus
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Charles Villiers Stanford
3 Motets Op.38
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Edward Cowie
National portraits - 9 motets in the form of sonic portraits for chorus
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Peter Maxwell Davies
Lullabye for Lucy for chorus [1982]
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium! for chorus SATB (or soprano & organ)
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers. -
Edward Cowie
Lyre bird motet for chorus
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier - suite, arr. Mackerras
Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky - music for the film
Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ S O.. Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Chorus. -
Witold Lutosławski
20 Polish Christmas carols vers. sop, fem chor, orch
Performer: Julie Doyle. Performer: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ S O.. Performer: Philharmonia Chorus.
Broadcast
- Tue 17 Dec 2013 14:00Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3