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A Requiem for Michael
The first of an occasional series of choral music by 20th-century composers. Tonight Paul Guinery is joined by conductor Paul Spicer to introduce music by Herbert Howells , including a new recording of his choral masterpiece Hymnus Paradisi , composed in 1938 as a requiem for his son Michael.
A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song Joan Rodgers (soprano),
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox Requiem (extracts) Rnzi Singers, conductor Paul Spicer
Hymnus Paradisi Joan Rodgers
(soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson
(tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox
Take Him , Earth, for Cherishing Corydon Singers/Matthew Best Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Conductor:
Paul Spicer
Music By:
Herbert Howells
Unknown:
Hymnus Paradisi
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Paul Spicer
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Soprano:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Take Him
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh
Source: Radio Times

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