Choir of the Year 2012 Grand Final
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, Aled Jones introduces highlights of performance by the six choirs who competed in the Grand Final of the Choir of the Year 2012 competition.
Aled Jones introduces highlights from the Grand Final of Choir of the Year 2012 which took place recently at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Over the past few months more than 5,000 singers from 138 singing groups have taken part in this prestigious amateur competition, performing in venues up and down the country. In the final stage of the competition, that number is whittled down to just six choirs, the winners of the four categories - Children, Youth, Adult and Open along with two wildcards. Hear how they sang their hearts out in repertoire ranging from jazz to classical favourites in a bid to win the coveted title.
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Music Played
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Libby Larsen
Jack's Valentine
Performers: Methodist College Girls' Choir - Belfast
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Trad Arr PWJ Stopford
Irish Blessing
Performers: Methodist College Girls' Choir - Belfast
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Stephen Paulus
I Cannot Dance O Lord
Performers: Methodist College Girls' Choir - Belfast
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Ivan Hrusovsky
Rytmus
Performers: Surrey Hills Chamber Choir
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Jaakko M盲ntyj盲rvi
Double Double Toil and Trouble
Performers: Surrey Hills Chamber Choir
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Robert Latham
Oh Soldier Soldier
Performers: Les Sirenes
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Billy Joel & Michael Neum
And So It Goes
Performers: Les Sirenes
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DUKE ELLINGTON & Anders Edenroth
It Don't Mean A Thing
Performers: The Oxford Gargoyles
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Sherman Kelly & The Oxford Gargoyles
Dancing In The Moonlight
Performers: The Oxford Gargoyles
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Bob Chilcott
'Riddle' from Swansongs
Performers: Lindley Junior School Choir
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Larysa Kuzmenko
Winds
Performers: Lindley Junior School Choir
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Michael Tippett
Steal Away
Performers: Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir
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Geraint Cynan & Cefin Roberts
Blodeuwedd
Performers: Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir
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Trad Arr Einion Dafydd
Yr Hedydd
Performers: Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir
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John Lennon, PAUL MCCARTNEY & The Swingle Singers
Lady Madonna
Performers: The Swingle Singers
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Billy Joel & Michael Neaum
And So It Goes
Performers: Les Sirenes
Broadcast
- Sun 11 Nov 2012 17:00成人论坛 Radio 3
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