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Roderick Swanston talks to six leading performers of early music. 6: Baritone Paul Hillier performs a selection of works from the earliest surviving medieval monodies to the minimalism of Steve Reich and Arvo Part. A founder member of the Hilliard Ensemble, he now directs the Theatre of Voices. Music includes:
Duparc L'Invitation au Voyage Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Comysh Ah Robin Deller Consort Tallis Lamentations (excerpt)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, director David Willcocks
Dunstaple Veni Sancte Spiritus Hilliard Ensemble
Tormis Ingrian Evenings (excerpt)
Part Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Reich The Cave (excerpt)
Anon Benedicamus Domino (Notre Dame School); Voulez Vous que Je Vous Chant Discs

Contributors

Talks:
Roderick Swanston
Baritone:
Paul Hillier
Unknown:
Steve Reich
Baritone:
Gerard Souzay
Unknown:
Robin Deller
Director:
David Willcocks
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Voulez Vous
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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