The Choir - Sing Hallelujah/Choir of the Year 2010/Exile and Loss

Aled Jones is joined by Garth McArthur and Rebecca Lodge from the BBC Singers look forward to two major events in the choral world - Sing Hallelujah and Choir of the Year 2010. Aled also explores the musical themes of exile and loss. Playlist: Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Part 3; Va, pensiero, sull'ali (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Berlin State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 413321 2 1/9 USA Traditional: Walk together children arranged by Eurydice Osterman London Adventist Chorale conducted by Ken Burton PDSM track, 8 George Frideric Handel Messiah Pt.2, no.42; Hallelujah [chorus] City Of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, National Youth Choir of Wales, Royal School of Church Music Millennium Youth Choir, Scunthorpe Co-Op Junior Choir, and Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Nicholas McGegan Recording from the BBC Proms 6 September 2009 George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt Pt.2; The People shall hear [chorus] Bach Choir & the The English Concert, conducted by David Hill BIS SADC 1736, track 1 Arvo Part The Beatitudes King's College Cambridge Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury with treble Guy Johnston VIRGIN CLASSICS 545338 2, track 3 Franz Schubert Der Entfernten (D.350) Schubert Chorale of London conducted by Stephen Layton HYPERION CDJ 33032, track 20 Gordon, Lang, Wolfe I Lost a Sock Rias Chamber Choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars conducted by Roger Epple with soprano Claudia Barainsky Music: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe Words: Deborah Artman 8573841072, track 1 Package of clips of choirs from the final of the 2008 Choir of the Year competition, featuring the following choirs: Grosvenor Chorale The Cottontown Chorus The Voice Squad Seniors Dieci Taplow Youth Chorus Masquerade ANONYMOUS Gaudete! Gaudete! Christus est natus [Piae Cantiones, 1582, & Jistebnice Cantional, 1420] Scunthorpe Co-Op Junior Choir conducted by Susan Hollingworth BBC Recording from the Choir of the Year 2008 competition TRAD: Siul, A Ruin Anuna UCJ 0647722, track 14 segue to TRAD: During the Evening Air (Under lige aftenlufte) arr. Carl Nielsen Musica Ficta conducted by Bo Holten NAXOS 855496 5, track 12 Frederick Delius Sea drift Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox with baritone Bryn Terfel CHANDOS 921 4, track 1 Harold Arlen Get Happy King's Singers with George Shearing on piano EMI CDC 7541902, track 14