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Music for Holy Week

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The European Broadcasting Union's annual day of Holy Week music

EBU Day: Music for Holy Week: 2015

Music for Holy Week: 2015: Episode 2: Czech Republic, London, Poland, France, New York

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Ian Skelly

Episode 2

Episode 2: Czech Republic, London, Poland, France, New York

2015

Czech Republic, London, Poland, France, New York

BBC Radio 3 - Music for Holy Week, 2015, Czech Republic, London, Poland, France, New York

Holy Week concerts from the Czech Republic, London, Poland, France and New York.

Radio 3's annual celebration of Holy Week continues, with concerts from the Czech Republic, London, Poland, France and New York.

We go live to the Great Hall in Plzen for a performance of Jan Jakub Ryba's Stabat Mater before heading back home for Gabriel Jackson's Passion, performed by the BBC Singers under David Hill. Then at 7.30 it's live to Warsaw for a programme of Passion music from 13th and 14th century Paris and Stary Sacz sources, performed by Ensemble Peregrina. As associate members of the EBU, this year the USA take part with highlights from a Bach programme given by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

5pm - CZECH REPUBLIC: Great Hall, Clubhouse, Plzen - LIVE
Jan Jakub RYBA Stabat mater
Christina Johnston (soprano)
Jana Horakova Levicova (mezzo-soprano)
Jaroslav Brezina (tenor)
Roman Hoza (baritone)
Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno
Pilsen Philharmonic
Vojtech Spurny (conductor)

6.15 - UNITED KINGDOM: St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London 
Gabriel JACKSON The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
Emma Tring (soprano)
Edward Goater (tenor)
BBC Singers
Endymion
David Hill (conductor)

7.30pm - POLAND: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Polish Radio, Warsaw - LIVE
ANONYMOUS
Breves dies hominis - Rondellus (Paris, 13th century)
Christus factus est. V. Propter quod et Deus - Graduale
Quis tibi Christe meritas - Conductus (Paris, 13th century)

Filip KANCLERZ Homo, vide - Conductus (Paris, 13th century)

ANONYMOUS
Benedicamus Domino (Stary Sacz, 13th century)
Manere/Manere - Motet (Stary Sacz, 13th century)
Serena virginum/Manere - Motet (Paris, 13th century)
O felix hec novitas - Sequence (Cracow, 13th century)
Stella naufragantium Benedicamus - Conductus (Stary Sacz,
Omnia beneficia - Conductus (Stary Sacz, 13th century)
Estampie [instrumental]
Ave nobilis - Conductus (Paris, 13th century)
Benedicamus Domino (, 13th century)
Ensemble Peregrina

8.25pm - USA: Lincoln Center, New York.
BACH Cantata: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (1714)
Erin Morley (soprano)
Phyllis Pancella (mezzo-soprano)
John Tessier (tenor)
Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
Michael Beattie (harpischord/organ)
Yura Lee, Cho-Liang Lin (violins)
Beth Guterman, Mark Holloway (violas)
Fred Sherry (cello)
Timothy Cobb (double bass)
Stephen Taylor (oboe)
Peter Kolkay (bassoon)
Ethan Bensdorf (trumpet)


Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music to mark Holy Week, with live and pre-recorded concerts from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Britain, Poland, the USA and Germany.

Music for Holy Week: 2015

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Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music for Holy Week

Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music to mark Holy Week, with live and pre-recorded concerts from Europe and the USA

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