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The Exultate Singers is a
choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
based in
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, UK, made up of 40 adult singers. It has mostly specialised in
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sacred music.


History

Exultate Singers was founded in September 2002 by David Ogden to sing a live broadcast of Sunday Worship on
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
. Since its inaugural broadcast, Exultate Singers has made several further appearances on
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Radio and Television, including BBC Radio 4's ''Sunday Worship'', a live broadcast from
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on BBC Radio 4 for
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in 2005, BBC Radio 2's ''Sunday Half Hour'', BBC Radio 3's ''The Choir'', BBC Radio 3's "In Tune" and BBC One's ''
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'' The choir also performs live in concerts in Bristol, around the South West and further afield. Notable performances have included
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's ''
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'';
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's ''
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'' and ''
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Roxanna Panufnik Roxanna Panufnik (born 24 April 1968) is a British composer of Polish heritage. She is the daughter of the composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik and his second wife Camilla, née Jessel. Panufnik was born in London. She attended Bedales ...
's ''Westminster Mass'';
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's ''St Cecilia Mass'' of 1721; and
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's '' Sacred Concert''. In November 2009 the choir commissioned
Roxanna Panufnik Roxanna Panufnik (born 24 April 1968) is a British composer of Polish heritage. She is the daughter of the composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik and his second wife Camilla, née Jessel. Panufnik was born in London. She attended Bedales ...
to write a piece to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the
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. Her piece, ''All Shall be Well'', is scored for double choir and solo cello and was premiered in
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,
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on Sunday 9 November 2009. It is the title track of the choir's third CD, ''All Shall be Well'', released on the
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label in 2012. The concert also included the first UK performance of Petr Eben's work for unaccompanied choir, ''Bitter Earth'', sung in Czech. In November 2012, Exultate Singers was selected by the BBC to represent the UK in the international choir competition,
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David Ogden

David Ogden is conductor and creative director of Exultate Singers. He founded the choir in 2002. He is also the conductor of City of Bristol Choir and was conductor of the
Millennium Youth Choir The RSCM Millennium Youth Choir is a British choir for singers aged between 15 and 23. It is the RSCM's leading national choir. In 1999 the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, George Carey, suggested its formation and it gave its first perform ...
from 2005 to 2014.


Recordings

Exultate Singers has recorded five CDs: *''Visions of Peace'' (2005) *''A Time for Singing'' (recorded and produced by
John Rutter John Milford Rutter (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. Biography Born on 24 September 1945 in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutte ...
in 2008) *''All Shall Be Well'' for the
Naxos Records Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label is Naxos Records which focuses on classical music. Naxos Musical Group encompasses about 1 ...
label (2012) *''A Sense of the Divine'' (2013) *''Carols by Candlelight'' (2015)


References


External links


Exultate Singers' website
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