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The Temple Church resounds

Live from the Temple Church, London. The Boys of the Temple Church Choir sing music ranging from Bach and Handel to Poulenc plus organ music played on the church's famous organ.

Live from the Temple Church, London. The boys of the Temple Church Choir sing music ranging from Bach and Handel to Poulenc and the famous Temple organ is heard in some classics of the repertoire. The concert concludes with the world premiere of a new work by Kenneth Hesketh with texts gathered by the choristers: 'Songs from a time of virus'

Presented by Martin Handley.

Britten: Missa Brevis in D, op.63
Alan Ridout: Sacred Songs for treble voices (Set 2)
Stanford: A Song of Wisdom
William Harris: Flourish for an occasion
Handel: O lovely peace (from Judas Maccabeus)
Bach: Ich folge dir gleichfalls (from St John Passion BWV 245)
Bach: Toccata in F, BWV 540
Poulenc: Litanies à la Vierge noire
George Thalben-Ball: Elegy
Kenneth Hesketh: Carmina tempore viri (WP)

Anne Denholm (harp)
Charles Andrews (organ)
Boys of Temple Church Choir
Roger Sayer (Director of Music)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 11 Jun 2021 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Missa Brevis in D, op.63

    Ensemble: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Alan Ridout

    Sacred Songs for treble voices (Set 2)

    Performer: Charles Andrews. Choir: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    A Song of Wisdom

    Choir: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • William Henry Harris

    Flourish for an occasion

    Performer: Charles Andrews.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O lovely peace (from Judas Maccabeus)

    Choir: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich folge dir gleichfalls (from St John Passion BWV 245)

    Choir: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in F, BWV 540

    Performer: Charles Andrews.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Litanies à la Vierge noire

    Choir: Boys of Temple Church Choir. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • George Thalben-Ball

    Elegy

    Performer: Charles Andrews.

  • Kenneth Hesketh

    Carmina tempore viri

    Choir: Kenneth Hesketh. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Trad.

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Conductor: Roger Sayer.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A major, K.201

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • LINN.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas: excerpt from Act One

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Sarah Tynan. Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Kenny. Director: Steven Devine.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Jun 2021 19:30
    BBC Radio 3