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Major works, sacred and secular, of the choral repertoire from Early Music to Contemporary works, performed by pre-eminent choral ensembles and choirs from around the world.

Ruth O’Reilly & Kit Millais


21st February

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  • Josquin Desprez: Beyond the order of this world. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.
  • Anonymous: Sarum Chant - Four Hymns. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Anna Magdalena Notebook, excerpts. Andrew Blackburn, hpschd., Bente Lancaster, sop. Aspiration in Harmony .
  • Howells, Herbert: Hymnus Paradisi. Claire Rutter, sop., James Gilchrist, ten. Bach Choir, Bournemouth SO/David Hill.
  • Mamlok, Ursula: Cantata based on the first psalm. Laudibus Choir/Michael Brewer.
  • Stanhope, Paul: Losing the Plot. Calvin Bowman, pno., Charlie Sdraulig, pno. Australian Boys' Choir, The Vocal Consort/Noel Ancell.

  • 14th February

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  • Lassus, Orlande de: Motet, Surgens Jesus. Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner.
  • Lassus, Orlande de: Motet, Christus Resurgens. Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner.
  • Lassus, Orlande de: Motet, Regina Coeli. Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner.
  • Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von: Missa Salisburgensis: Gloria. Adelaide Chorus, Adelaide CO/Patrick Thomas.
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass in G, 'Saint Nicholas', Hob.XXII:6. Lorna Anderson, sop., Mark Padmore, ten., Pamela Stephen, m-sop., Stephen Varcoe, bar. Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox.
  • Abbott, Katy: Crime Scene Investigation. Kristina Zarich, narrator MLC School Senior Chamber Choir, MLC School String Orch/Paul Stanhope.
  • Sculthorpe, Peter: Requiem. William Barton, didjeridu Adelaide Chamber Singers, Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer.

  • 7th February

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  • Hildegard von Bingen: O splendidissima gemma. Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly.
  • Lotti, Antonio: Crucifixus. The Resonants/Helen Swan.
  • Koehne, Graeme: Mass for the Middle Aged. Adelaide Chamber Singers/Carl Crossin.
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass in C 'St. Cecilia', Hob.XXll:5. Mark Padmore, ten., Pamela Stephen, m-sop., Stephen Varcoe, bar., Susan Gritton, sop. Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox.

  • 31st January

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  • Hildegard von Bingen: The fire of creation. Anonymous 4 .
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: O Sanctissima, No. 4 from 12 Miscellaneous Folk Songs. Andrea Marcon, fortepiano, Giorgio Fava, vln, Walter Vestidello, vc, Amy Lawrence, sop, Dorothee Labusch, m-sop, Marco Beasley, ten, Choir of Radio Svizzera Italiana
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: An einen Saugling WoO108. Heinrich-Schutz-Kreis Berlin
  • Schubert, Franz: Song of the Spirits above the Waters, D.714. BBC Singers, Members of City of London Sinfonia/Jane Glover.
  • Grieg, Edvard: Fire Salmer, Op.74. Hakan Hagegaerd, bar. Oslo Cathedral Choir/Terje Kvam.
  • Sibelius, Jean: The Origin of Fire, op.32. Gothenburg SO, Laulan Ystavat Male Choir/Neeme Jarvi.
  • Scriabin, Alexander: Prometheus, Le Poeme du feu, Op.60. Ambrosian Singers, London PO/Lorin Maazel.

  • 24th January

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  • Byrd, William: Mass for five voices. Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill.
  • Handel, George Frederic: Chandos Anthem No.7: My Song Shall Be Always. Ian Partridge, ten., James Bowman, alto., Michael George, bass, Patrizia Kwella, sop. Sixteen Choir, Sixteen Orch/Harry Christophers.
  • Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem in C minor. Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Elegischer gesang, Op.118. Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman.
  • Edwards, Ross: Flower songs. David Hewitt, perc., David Miller, pno., Gerard Willems, pno., Philip South, perc. The Song Company/Roland Peelman.
  • Part, Arvo: ...which was the Son of.... Polyphony/Stephen Layton.

  • 17th January

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  • Victoria, Tomas Luis de: Vidi speciosam. Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.
  • Gounod, Charles: Choral Mass in G minor. Marie-Claire Alain, org. Lausanne Vocal Ensemble/Michel Corboz.
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph: An Oxford Elegy. John Westbrook, spkr. Jacques Orch, King's College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks.
  • Holst, Gustav: Morning of the Year, H164, Op.45/2. Guildford Choral Society, Philharmonia Orch/Hilary Davan Wetton.
  • Part, Arvo: Berlin Mass. Andrew Lucas, org. Polyphony/Stephen Layton.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Final Chorus from Friedrich Treitschkes Singspiel "The Good News" for bass, chorus and orchestra, Germania WoO94. Gerald Finley, bass, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sir Andrew Davis.

  • 10th January

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  • Carver, Robert: Gaude flore virginali - motet for 5 voices. Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott.
  • Monteverdi, Claudio: Lamento d'Arianna. Collegium Vocale Cologne/Wolfgang Fromme.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio: O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!. Chicago SO, Chicago Symphony Chorus/Sir Georg Solti.
  • Berlioz, Hector: Messe solennelle. Donna Brown, sop., Gilles Cachemaille, bass, Jean-Luc Viala, ten. Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
  • Poulenc, Francis: Figure humaine. Groupe Vocal de France/John Alldis.
  • Sumner, Gordon M. (arr. Emerson, Roger): Fields of Gold. Jonathan Bradley, pno. Australian Children's Choir/Andrew Wailes.

  • 3rd January

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  • Frye, Walter: Missa Flos Regalis: Gloria. David James, alto., Gorden James, bar., John Potter, ten., Rogers Covey-Crump, ten. Hilliard Ensemble .
  • Richter, Ernst Friedrich: Motet, Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen. Richard Mauersberger, sop. St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig/Georg Christoph Biller.
  • Brahms, Johannes: Three motets, Op.110. St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig/Georg Christoph Biller.
  • Finzi, Gerald: Intimations of Immortality, Op.29. James Gilchrist, ten. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/David Hill.
  • Howells, Herbert: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing. Tenebrae/Nigel Short.
  • Tavener, John: Funeral Ikos. Tenebrae/Nigel Short.

  • 27th December

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  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Opferlied, Op.121a. Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin RSO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
  • Gabrieli, Giovanni: Shepherds whom did you see?. King's College Choir Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury.
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass in B flat, " Little Organ", Hob.XXII:7. Janice Watson, sop., Mark Padmore, ten., Pamela Stephen, m-sop., Stephen Varcoe, bar. Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox.
  • Bruckner, Anton: Mass No.1 in D minor. Alastair Miles, bass, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contr., James O'Donnell, org., Joan Rodgers, sop., Keith Lewis, ten. Corydon Orch, Corydon Singers/Matthew Best.
  • Zaimont, Judith Lang: Meditations at the Time of the New Year, I & II. Kimball Wheeler, m-sop., Martha Cowan, sop. Choral Society of Southern California/Nick Strimple.
  • Tormis, Veljo: Men's Songs, excerpts. Svanholm Singers/Sofia Soderberg Eberhard.
  • Britten, Benjamin: A New Year Carol. Anonymous 4 .


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