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Aswatuna Choral Festival
Aled Jones is at Jordan's Aswatuna Festival, an event which features Middle-Eastern choirs
David Willcocks Celebration
Aled Jones presents a celebration of the work of conductor and composer David Willcocks
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With Gavin Bryars discussing his career and collaborations with the Latvian Radio Choir.
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As part of The Choir's choral tour of the British Isles, Aled Jones explores Ireland.
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Aled Jones talks to Robert Hollingworth about the 16th century genre of madrigal comedy.
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Aled Jones presents a selection of music written in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus.
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Aled Jones explores Edwards Elgar's choral legacy.
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Aled Jones explores how to be an effective member of a choir.
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Aled Jones introduces modern examples of the mass.
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Aled Jones talks to Mary King about her VoiceLab project at London's Southbank Centre.
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Aled Jones presents a selection of choral music inspired by the idea of light.
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With Monteverdi Choir founder John Eliot Gardiner on the ensemble's past and present work.
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Aled Jones introduces psalms with settings by Ives, Tavener, Bernstein and Bobby McFerrin.
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Renaissance specialist Peter Phillips explains why polyphony upset the Church authorities.
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From London's Royal Albert Hall, Aled Jones presents A World Requiem by John Foulds.
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Is the UK neglecting its older singers? Aled Jones investigates.
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Aled Jones explores the choral world of French composer Lili Boulanger.
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Aled Jones presents choral music from Australia and New Zealand.
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Aled Jones reviews 2008's musical discoveries. Plus the 2008 Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival.
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Aled Jones discusses the Royal School of Church Music and talks to director Lindsay Gray.
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Aled Jones explores Iceland's strong choral tradition with composer Haflioi Hallgrimsson.
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Aled Jones with the French chamber choir Accentus, and their founder Laurence Equilbey.
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David Fanshawe talks to Aled Jones about Tahitian and French Polynesian choral traditions.
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Jono Buchanan talks about writing and recording a piece using a computerised choir.
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A look at Vaughan Williams's contribution to choral music plus the Leith Festival.
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Aled Jones presents choral settings of WH Auden and a tribute to choirmaster Stanley Vann.
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Aled Jones with Let the Peoples Sing, an international competition for amateur choirs.
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Presented by Aled Jones. The Great Voices of Bulgaria perform traditional folksongs.
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With choral director Terry Edwards, who has worked on films and with many famous choirs.
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Aled Jones meets Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras of early music group Musica Secreta.
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Aled Jones has some seasonal music to celebrate the culmination of Sing to the Nation.
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Aled Jones presents choral settings of words by the American poet Walt Whitman.
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A selection of modern works inspired by plainsong, including Durufle's Requiem.
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Aled Jones celebrates the anniversaries of Jean Sibelius and Jean Langlais.
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Two of the country's leading beatboxers perform their vocal tricks to Aled Jones.
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Aled Jones explores the competitive world of American university a cappella singing.
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Aled Jones talks to conductor Harry Christophers.
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Aled Jones with highlights from the Exmoor Singers' Tallis Festival.
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Aled Jones celebrates the 350th anniversary of Michel-Richard de Lalande.
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Aled Jones talks to American composer Eric Whitacre. Plus a look at choirs on TV.
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Aled talks to a choir director hoping to perform large-scale Western choral music in China
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Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Italian composers Rossini, Verdi and Puccini.
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Aled Jones presents another programme of music from the world of choirs.
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Aled Jones presents a tribute programme to the late conductor Richard Hickox.
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Aled Jones spotlights the role of the choral accompanist.
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Aled Jones talks Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006 champions Chantage and their conductor.
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Aled Jones presents the Voice Project performing a work by Gwilym Simcock.
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Aled Jones explores the gospel music scene in America.
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Aled Jones looks at choral responses to the ancient poetic idea of the ode.
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Aled Jones presents a BBC Singers concert for the 60th birthday of Stephen Cleobury.
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With a report from Oxford's Bodleian library on its British choir manuscript exhibition.
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Aled Jones explores the sounds and rituals of the Buddhist chant tradition.
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Aled Jones looks at the youth and adult choirs in the 2008 Choir of the Year finals.
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Aled Jones with highlights from the remaining category finals in the Choir of the Year 08.
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Aled Jones presents highlights from Choir of the Year 2010: Youth and Adult categories.
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Aled Jones announces the Category Finalists in Choir of the Year 2010.
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Aled Jones presents the latest from Choir of the Year 2010.
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Aled Jones introduces highlights from the 2010 Category Finals of Choir of the Year.
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Aled Jones finds out about Polyphony, one of the UK's most admired professional choirs.
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Aled Jones turns his attention heavenward to find choral music with an angelic theme.
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Aled Jones presents a classic performance from the Hoffnung Music Festival.
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Aled Jones in investigates how we approach Christmas carols and introduces new ones.
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Aled Jones explores the subject of writing Christmas music for choirs.
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Aled Jones explores the idea of dance in choral music. With music by Stravinsky and Holst.
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Aled Jones is joined by celebrated choir composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.
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Aled Jones discusses Handel's Messiah at ENO and Gaelic choral music.
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Aled Jones invites choral director Simon Lole to pick some great Handel choir recordings.
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Aled Jones is joined by organist and choral composer David Bednall.
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Aled Jones investigates Handel's 11 Chandos Anthems.
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Aled Jones talks to the choir Groove for Thought, and presents Haydn's Mariazeller Messe.
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Aled Jones explores the part songs inspired by Haydn's visit to the 'glee clubs' of London
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Aled Jones presents a concert from the BBCNOW's home in Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay.
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Part two of The Choir's trip to the Aswatuna choral festival in Petra, Jordan.
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Aled Jones explores Iberian and Latin American choral music.
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Aled Jones revisits two major interviews from 2008 with Terry Edwards and Eric Whitacre.
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Aled Jones marks ten years of the John Armitage Memorial Trust.
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Aled Jones meets the vocal trio Juice, who discuss their interest in contemporary music.
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Aled Jones is joined by Karl Jenkins to discuss the composer's choral works.
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Aled Jones with music from a concert given by a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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Aled Jones and Carlos Fernandez Aransay explore the roots of Latin American choral music.
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Aled Jones with coverage of the final of the 2009 Let The Peoples Sing choir contest.
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Aled Jones introduces the BBCNOW and Chorus performing Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.
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A preview of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music 09, and vocalist Phil Minton
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Masses by maestros of the Italian grand opera stage, plus Bernstein's theatre piece, Mass.
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Aled Jones introduces a complete performance of Haydn's Missa in Honorem BVM.
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Aled Jones explores how Mendelssohn's creativity was laid bare in his choral music.
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Aled Jones considers the choral legacy of Olivier Messiaen.
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Aled Jones talks to Michael Bawtree about bringing choirs together for a performance.
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Aled Jones introduces a complete performance of Haydn's giant Missa Cellensis.
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Aled Jones talks to members of the long-established Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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Mozart in Salzburg: Aled Jones visits the city where Mozart wrote most of his choral music
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Aled Jones and composer Gabriel Jackson on our fascination with multi-part choral music.
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Aled Jones explores music written in response to warfare.
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Aled Jones explores the rich musical heritage of the English Oratories.
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Aled Jones explores choral singing in the world of musicals.
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Peter Broadbent discusses his pick of promising choral talent with Aled Jones.
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Aled Jones presents music with nonsense texts. He also talks to Roxanna Panufnik.
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Aled Jones reports on a choral and vocal showcase held in the Normandy town of Saint-Lo.
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Aled Jones is joined by music historian Bruce Wood to recreate a day in Purcell's life.
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Aled Jones talks to Kari Turunen about Einojuhani Rautavaara and choral scene in Finland.
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Aled Jones presents music from 2008's RheinVokal Festival including Gesualdo and Scarlatti
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Aled Jones and Anthony Rooley uncover the Victorian choral hero Robert Lucas Pearsall.
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Aled Jones focuses on Schumann's choral works and talks to two admirers of his music.
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Aled Jones explores music for children's choirs and talks to actress Josette Simon.
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Aled Jones and David Trendell discuss singing Russian repertoire.
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Aled Jones presents choral music from Scotland, with Susan Hamilton and Mary Ann Kennedy.
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Aled Jones champions Georgian choral music, and talks to Simon Preston.
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Aled Jones introduces a special programme celebrating the Sing Hallelujah project.
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Aled Jones previews Sing Hallelujah and Choir of the Year 2010.
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How Soviet composers turned to choral music to meet demands for patriotic pieces.
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Aled Jones celebrates the life and work of the composer SS Wesley.
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Aled Jones explores new ways of singing with choir trainer Stuart Barr.
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Aled Jones picks the best from the 2009 Tampere Vocal Festival in Finland.
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Aled Jones talks to members of the long-established London-based ensemble The Bach Choir.
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Music producer Adrian Peacock talks to Aled Jones about the challenges of recording choirs
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Aled Jones explores some of the challenges faced by the choral arranger.
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Aled Jones surveys the Joyful Company of Singers' concert at the 2010 Presteigne Festival.
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Aled Jones celebrates the life and work of Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly.
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Aled Jones profiles the Monteverdi Choir, recently hailed as the world's greatest choir.
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Aled Jones explores choral music inspired by the natural world.
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Aled Jones is joined by ensemble The Prince Consort to discuss solo vocal repertoire.
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Aled Jones talks to Anders Jalkeus, co-founder of Sweden's Real Group.
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Kaspars Putnins explains the role of music in the fall of Communism in the Baltic states.
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Aled Jones presents a rare complete performance of Arvo Part's epic work Kanon Pokajanen.
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Aled Jones meets David Hill, in his first season as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.
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Aled Jones is joined by members of the innovative Swedish group Voces Nordicae.
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Aled Jones presents a complete performance of Britten's War Requiem.
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Aled Jones explores the world of choral music for weddings.
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Aled Jones explores the revivial in West Gallery music, also known as Psalmody.
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Aled Jones discusses the choral music of William Mathias.