The Choir - Music Related to War

Aled Jones explores music written in response to warfare, and invites Jonathan Willcocks to introduce his cantata A Great and Glorious Victory, written to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar. Playlist Kurt Weill Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Stephen Jackson Largo 5130 CD2, track 5 George Frideric Handel Judas Maccabaeus Opening of Act II: “Fall’n is the foe” + “See, the conqu’ring hero come” + part of march Choir of New College, Oxford, The King’s Consort, conducted by Robert King. Hyperion, CDA666412, CD1, track 26, CD2 tracks 19-20 Ralph Vaughan Williams Six Choral Songs – to be sung in Time of War London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox Chandos, CHAN9984, track 11-16 Joseph Haydn Missa in tempore belli Agnus Dei & Dona Nobis Pacem Monterverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner Philips 4708192, track 21 & 22 Jonathan Willcocks A Great and Glorious Victory Allan Clayton (tenor), Portsmouth Choral Union, English Cathedral Singers, Southern Pro Musica, conducted by Jonathan Willcocks Priory PRCD 877, tracks 1-4 William Byrd Civitas sancti tui The King’s Singers Signum SIGCD061, track 6 Veljo Tormis Curse Upon Iron Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste ECM 4652232, track 3