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Mark Radcliffe's Choral Odyssey 2

Mark Radcliffe discusses his favourite choral music, including works by Mozart, Ticheli, Barber and Eric Whitacre.

In the second programme of Mark's choral odyssey, we begin with Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque, performed by the Eric Whitacre Singers and conducted by the man himself.

We weave through Barber's Agnus Dei, Gorecki's Totus Tuus and the Dies Irae from Mozart鈥檚 Requiem, and Mark juxtaposes these with more modern uses of choral sound in music such as Talk Talk's I Believe In You, which features the choir of Chelmsford Cathedral.

He rounds off his odyssey with the beautiful piece There Will Be Rest by Frank Ticheli, performed by one of his favourite vocal ensembles, Voces8.

Presenter: Mark Radcliffe
Producers: Ben Collingwood & Elizabeth Foster

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

  • Talk Talk

    I Believe In You

    • EMI.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus Tuus, Op. 60

    Choir: Krakow Choral Society. Conductor: Malgorzata Orawska.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dies Irae (Requiem)

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Astr茅e Na茂ve.

  • electrio

    Stabat Mater

    • Fresh Ribes.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • These New Puritans

    Waiting

    • Domino Recording.

  • Frank Ticheli

    There will be Rest

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

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