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Choir Works

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Brian Wright presents one of the most massive of choral works - Mahler's so-called "Symphony of a Thousand" - and talks to
Mark Elder about the difficulties of conducting such vast forces.
Mahler Symphony No 8 Deborah Riedel ,
Amanda Roocroft and Susan Chilcott
(sopranos)
Anne Marie Owens and Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzos)
John Mitchinson (tenor) Jason Howard (baritone)
Michael Druiett (bass bar) Choir of Shrewsbury School Choir of St Mary and St Anne, Abbots Bromley
City of Birmingham Choir CBSO and Chorus, conductor Mark Elder
Producer Gautam Rangarajan

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Wright
Unknown:
Mark Elder
Unknown:
Deborah Riedel
Unknown:
Amanda Roocroft
Sopranos:
Susan Chilcott
Sopranos:
Anne Marie Owens
Sopranos:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Baritone:
Jason Howard
Bass:
Michael Druiett
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Producer:
Gautam Rangarajan
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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