Robin Ray introduces the Te Deum by BERLIOZ
When it was first shown last year in a live relay from the Whitworth Hall of Manchester University, this production of Berlioz's resounding Te Deum was hailed as ' a spectacular success ... a visual as well as aural triumph.'
Written, as so often with Berlioz, for huge forces - tenor soloist, three choirs, organ and orchestra - the Te Deum is being repeated as part of the Jubilee celebrations, to mark the outstanding contribution of the choral tradition to British music-making. John Elwes (tenor)
Keith Rhodes (organ)
Huddersfield Choral Society
Chetham's Hospital School of Music Choir
Colne Valley Male Voice Choir, Yorkshire
BBC Northern Symphony
Orchestra, leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conductor Raymond Leppard
Sound PIP SHEPHERD
Lighting JOHN CROWTHER
Producer RODNEY GREENBERG