HALLELUJAH! – The Podcasts

Hallelujah!: Reflections on life in the London Philharmonic Choir – Past, Present and Future.
Presented by Daniel Snowman

On behalf of the London Philharmonic Choir, I would like to thank the following: William Bentall at EMI Music, Jonathan Bird at Universal Music, Irving Martin, Becky Lee at Chandos, Alexandre Païta for giving us permission to use the musical excerpts in these podcasts; Rachel Hamilton at Faber Music for giving us permission to use Julian Anderson’s music; Claudine Murphy at Boosey & Hawkes for giving us permission to use Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem; Emily Smith and Graham Wood from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Also, a big thank you to Julian Anderson, Annette Argent, Hilary Bandy, Alison Flood, Lorna Buky-Webster, Guy Hewitt, Rob Home, Sheila Lewis, Peter Sollich and Peter Taylor for taking part in the podcast recording sessions; Marcus Daniels for technical and website support; John Bandy for transcribing LP recordings; Susi Underwood for making the LPC archive recording available; Karen Currie and Marina Jacquemin for providing French translation.

Daniel Snowman (Podcast presenter) and Hin-Yan Wong (Podcast producer)

© London Philharmonic Choir 2007

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Acknowledgments and recording rights

1 Why Join?
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Verdi Requiem – Dies irae, London Philharmonic Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlos Païta. With kind permission from Carlos Païta (Lodia LO-CD 772-3).
© Carlos Païta

2 Why Stay?
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Anderson Four American Choruses – I’m a pilgrim, London Philharmonic Choir conducted by Neville Creed. With kind permission from Faber Music.
© London Philharmonic Choir

3 Memorable Maestri
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Mahler Symphony No 8, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

Britten War Requiem, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur. With kind permission from the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO – 0010) and Boosey & Hawkes.
© London Philharmonic Orchestra

4 How Does the Choir Work?
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Elgar Dream of Gerontius, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

Vaughan Williams A Cotswold Romance, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox. With kind permission from Chandos (CHAN 9646)
© Chandos

Parry Jerusalem, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Roger Norrington. With kind permission from Universal Music.
© Universal Music

5 Some Choice Unforgettabilities!
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Mahler Symphony No 5, Adagietto, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

Beethoven Symphony No 9, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. With kind permission from Universal Music.
© Universal Music

Mahler Symphony No 2, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

6 Where We’ve Been – and Where We’re Going
Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Alldis. With kind permission from Irving Martin.
© Sparrow / Irving Martin

Elgar Dream of Gerontius, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult. With kind permission from EMI Music
© EMI

Beethoven Missa Solemnis, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Gilbert Levine.
© Arthaus Musik GmbH