In the unique setting of England’s most famous cathedral famous English singer-songwriter Sting and guest musicians give us their interpretations of some moving folk-based melodies including The Snow it Melts the Soonest, Soul Cake, Christmas at Sea, Gabriel’s Message, Balulalow and Now Winter Comes Slowly. In addition, the programme features an arrangement of the Coventry Carol joined by the Durham Cathedral Boys’ Choir, as well as Peter Warlock’s haunting Bethlehem Down, a lively arrangement of the traditional song I Saw Three Ships and Sting’s own Ghost Story. Also available: Documentary (52′)
Pavarotti: The duets – The Best of Pavarotti and Friends
PAVAROTTI annually hosted the ‘Pavarotti and Friends’ charity concerts in his home town of Modena in Italy, joining with singers from all parts of the music industry, including Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sting, Bono, Andrea Bocelli, Sheryl Crow, Celine Dion and Jon Bon Jovi, to raise money for several UN causes. Concerts were held for War Child, and victims of war and civil unrest in Bosnia, Guatemala, Kosovo, and Iraq. This 70 min. special ‘The Duets’ presents the most emotional and world-famous pieces of the entire ‘Pavarotti and Friends’ series: BRYAN ADAMS ‘O Sole Mio, ANDREA BOCELLI Notte ‘e piscatore, BON JOVI Let It Rain, BONO/THE EDGE/BRIAN ENO Miss Sarajevo, JAMES BROWN It’s A Man’s World, MARIAH CAREY Hero, ERIC CLAPTON Holy Mother, SHERYL CROW Là ci darem la mano, CELINE DION I Hate You When I Love You, EURYTHMICS There Must Be An Angel, ELTON JOHN Live Like Horses, LIONEL RICHIE The Magic Of Love, STING Paris Angelicus, ZUCCHERO Miserere.
Pavarotti – A Voice for the Ages
This program celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of the international phenomenon. In 1963 he debuted in Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich and finally London where he substituted for the ailing Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Today it is still his powerful sound with its natural grace and brilliant colour which is considered by many the world’s greatest voice. This one hour program includes that hit and other beloved arias from La Bohème, Rigoletto and Aida; Neapolitan songs in arrangements by Henry Mancini including ‘Mamma’ and ‘O Sole Mio’; favourite sacred songs like ‘Panis Angelicus’; as well as popular duets with Bono, Sting and Eric Clapton.