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Greg Beardsell - Tampere Vocal Festival 2013

Greg Beardsell selects the very best a cappella talent lined up to compete at the 2013 Tampere Vocal Music Festival. Plus Estonian folksongs reimagined by composer Tonu Korvits.

Greg Beardsell picks out the very best a cappella talent lined up to compete at the 2013 Tampere Vocal Music Festival. Beatbox, spirituals, soul and folksong all feature, with entrants from across Europe and beyond.

Plus a tribute to the champion of politically charged Estonian folk melodies, Cyrillus Kreek, in music by fellow Estonian composer Tõnu °­Ãµ°ù±¹¾±³Ù²õ, newly recorded by The Choir of Royal Holloway.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Sep 2013 17:00

Music Played

  • Annika Fuhrmann

    Lemmennosto

    Choir: Ensemble Norma.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Dark-Eyed Sailor

    Choir: Blossom Street. Director: Hilary Campbell.
    • Down By the Sea: A Collection of British Folk Songs - NAXOS 8.573069.
  • William B. Bradbury

    Sweet Hour of Prayer

    Choir: Vocal Motion 6.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Percy Grainger

    Im Seventeen Come Sunday

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Director: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The Music of Percy Grainger PHILIPS 446-657-2.
  • Heino Jürisalu arr Meelis Vind

    Unelaul (lullaby)

    Choir: JazzIn Sisters.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • °­Ãµ°ù±¹¾±³Ù²õ

    Kreeks Notebook

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Kreeks Notebook: Spiritual Songs from the Baltic State - HYPERION CDA67968.
  • Anna-Mari Kähärä

    Kuka nukkuu tuutussasi

    Choir: Lauluyhte Taiga.
    • Private Recording - Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Ommm

    91Èȱ¬

    Choir: Ommm.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Bob Thiele

    What a Wonderful World

    Choir: Ommm.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Tine Fris

    Go Dont Stop

    Choir: Postyr Project.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Venla Ilona Porna

    Suven ahava

    Choir: Tuuletar.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.
  • Kaisa Vala

    Broken

    Choir: Postyr Project.
    • Private Recording: Tampere Vocal Music Festival 2013.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Sep 2013 17:00

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