Performance on 3 - BBC Choir of the Year Competition Final 2008

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In an event recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall in December, Aled Jones hosts the final of the BBC Choir of the Year Competition, the culmination of the competition in 2008, which has attracted more than 5,000 singers from communities all over the country. Featuring the four category finalists plus two wildcard choirs battling it out to be crowned BBC Choir of the Year 2008. Playlist: Julie Styne & Bob Merrill, arr Jeffrey Howard: Don’t Rain On My Parade Only Men Aloud Tim Rhys-Evans (musical director) What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor Only Men Aloud Tim Rhys-Evans (musical director) Published by Warner Bros. Publications Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino Taplow Youth Choir Gillian Dibden (musical director) Published by Oxford University Press John Ireland: The Hills Taplow Youth Choir Gillian Dibden (musical director) Published by Stainer & Bell Publishers Eric Whitacre: With a Lily in Your Hand Taplow Youth Choir Gillian Dibden (musical director) Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing Felix Mendelssohn: 6 Anthems (Op.79) no.1; Rejoice, O ye people (Frohlocket Ich Völker auf Erden) Dieci Christopher Hann (musical director) Published by Breitkopf & Hartel Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 8 Dieci Christopher Hann (musical director) Published by Choral Public Library Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood (words) arr. Peter Knight: I’m a Train Dieci Christopher Hann (musical director) Published by Shaftesbury Music Company Ltd Thomas Ravenscroft: Hey Ho! Nobody at Home Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir Susan Hollingworth (musical director) Thomas Weelkes: Strike It Up, Tabor Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir Susan Hollingworth (musical director) Tylman Susato: Cum Decore Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir Susan Hollingworth (musical director) William Cornyshe: Ah Robyn Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir Susan Hollingworth (musical director) Piae Cantiones: Gaudete! Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir Susan Hollingworth (musical director) Piae Cantiones arr. Edward J Craig: Gaudete Grosvenor Chorale Edward Craig (musical director) Eric Whitacre: Water Night Grosvenor Chorale Edward Craig (musical director) Eleanor Daley: The Lake Isle of Innisfree Masquerade Barry Clark (musical director) Published by Oxford University Press Brendan Graham arr. Roger Emerson: The Voice Masquerade Barry Clark (musical director) Published by Peermusic Kirby Shaw: Too Hot to Samba Masquerade Barry Clark (musical director) Published by Kirby Shaw Music Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood (words) arr. Peter Knight: I'm a Train Voice Squad Seniors Birgitta Kenyon (musical director) Published by Leeds Music Sydney Carter arr. Birgitta Kenyon: Carol of the Universe Voice Squad Seniors Birgitta Kenyon (musical director) Published by Steiner & Bell Ltd Jorge Ben arr. Birgitta Kenyon: Mas Que Nada Voice Squad Seniors Birgitta Kenyon (musical director) Cindy Walker & Eddie Arnold, arr. Jim Clancy: You Don’t Know Me Cottontown Chorus Neil Firth (musical director) Michael Dargan (musical director) Published by Warner Bros. Publications Steve Allen, Ray Bauduc & Bob Haggart, arr.David Wright: South Rampart Street Parade Cottontown Chorus Neil Firth (musical director) Michael Dargan (musical director)