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Jeffrey Skidmore

Jeffrey Skidmore, the artistic director of Birmingham-based ensemble Ex Cathedra, talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about how his group has grown since it was founded in 1969.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Jeffrey Skidmore, artistic director of Birmingham based ensemble, Ex Cathedra, about how his group as grown over the last 48 years into a thriving chamber choir, vocal consort and period-instrument orchestra. They discuss his long established partnership with composer Alec Roth, and his many expeditions to discover new choral repertoire in South America.

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Sun 28 May 2017 16:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas Tallis

    O Nata Lux de lumine

    Choir: The Clerkes of Oxenford. Conductor: David Wulstan.
    • CLASSICS : CDCFP-4638.
    • CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Shakespeare Songs

    Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Argo 478 9540.
    • Argo.
    • 11.

  • Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande

    De Profundis, S23

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Orchestra: Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra.
    • ALTO ALC 1216.
    • ALTO.
    • 5.

  • Juan de Araujo

    Aqui, Valentones

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Orchestra: Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67524.
    • HYPERION.
    • 8.

  • Alec Roth

    Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Hatfield Service)

    Performer: Tim Harper. Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir.
    • Hyperion CDA68144.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.

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  • Sun 28 May 2017 16:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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