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The Choir - Choir of the Year - Category Final 2

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Aled Jones presents his second selection of highlights from last weekend’s BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Category Finals with choral conductor, Deborah Catterall. Today, they focus on the remaining choirs in the Open and Children’s categories, and reveal the six choirs from across the competition who have won a place in next month’s Grand Final. Choir of the Year Category finals Children's Choir & Open Choir categories Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 9 November 2008 Music: BERLIN, Irving: Blue Skies, arranged by Clay Hive (excerpt) National Barbershop Youth Chorus directed by Roy Barber Trad arr. COPLAND, Aaron: Chin a Ring Chaw Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer Trad arr SPENCER, Roderick: Cockles and Mussels Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer Arr. GUZMAN, Juan Tony: Cantemos A Maria (excerpt) Kent College Choristers, directed by Jackie Spencer Trad arr LEE, Ken: Eriskay Love Lilt (excerpt) Inverclyde Schools’ Training Choir conducted by Gemma McLean PAGE, Nick: A little Curl Inverclyde Schools’ Training Choir conducted by Gemma McLean RACHMANINOV, Sergey: Bogoroditsye Dyevo Dieci, directed by Christopher Hann HAMMOND & HAZELWOOD, arr. KNIGHT: I’m a Train Dieci, directed by Christopher Hann HATFIELD, Stephen: Bonny Wood Green John Fisher RC Comprehensive School Boys’ Choir directed by Samuel Murdock BARTOK: The Wooing of a Girl Taplow Girls’ Choir directed by Gillian Dibden SPRINGFIELD, Tom & LAMPERT, Diane arr. ARCH, Gwyn: The Olive Tree Taplow Girls’ Choir directed by Gillian Dibden Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Elegua (excerpt) Trad, arr. ROSSELSON, Daniela: Sequence for Yemaya London Lucumi Choir directed by Daniela Rosselson DENNIS/DAVIS arr. WILLIAMS, J: Can’t get you out of my head Who dares sings, directed by Kaytie Harding FRANKLIN/WHITE, arr. HARDING, Kaytie: Think Who dares sings, directed by Kaytie Harding Trad. Verbum Caro Factus Est Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir directed by Susan Hollingworth Trad. Gaudete Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir directed by Susan Hollingworth RUTTER, John: Agnus Dei Masquerade, cond. Barry Clark HAHN, Volker: Die fische Masquerade, cond. Barry Clark Trad. Arr HAZELL, Chris: Danny Boy (excerpt) Westminster Boys’ Choir, directed by Jeremy Walker GARDNER, John: End of Term Westminster Boys’ Choir, directed by Jeremy Walker HANDEL, arr. by WARREN, Mervyn: Hallelujah London Singology Gospel Choir, conducted by Mark de Lisser YOUMANS, Vincent arr. LATZKO, Walter: Without a Song National Barbershop Youth Chorus, directed by Rob Barber