Episode 2
Two-part documentary following Gareth Malone as he forms a Military Wives choir to perform at a WWI centenary prom. Performance day looms ever closer as rehearsals intensify.
Choirmaster Gareth Malone is back. He thinks the Military Wives are the perfect choice to launch the nation's centenary commemorations of the outbreak of World War I, and he pulls together a new Military Wives super-choir to stage a very special prom in association with the National Theatre's War Horse team.
It is three years since Gareth formed the first Military Wives choir, and since then the organisation has mushroomed with over 80 choirs and 2,000 members around the globe.
In this episode, Gareth works the wives harder than ever as they prepare to share the stage of the Royal Albert Hall with some of the world's top professional musicians on 3 August - the eve of the day Britain entered World War I.
The wives meet the National Theatre's War Horse team who they will perform alongside, and the planned repertoire forces the wives to confront their own vulnerability. One of the serving wives makes the momentous decision to leave the Armed Forces.
The episode culminates in Gareth and his 100-strong amateur choir giving the most professional and emotionally engaged performance at the 麻豆社 Proms.
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Gareth's grand finale
Duration: 01:55
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass - Gloria
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Adrian Sutton
First Gallop
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D Minor
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Edward Elgar
Land of Hope and Glory
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Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A Major KV 622 Adagio
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B Flat Major for Two Trumpets
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Force Of Destiny Overture
Composer: Frank Wright. Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marriage of Figaro Porgi Amor Venitea Inginocchiatevi
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Patrick Hawes
Flower of Mons 2072/4
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A Minor
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music (Hornpipe)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Marches for Military Band No.1
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Trumpets Strings and Continuo Allegro RV537
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ach, Ich Habe Sier Verloren from Orpheus and Eurydice
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Edward Elgar
5 Military Marches OP 39 Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in G Major
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Gustav Holst
Ave Maria
Performer: Lesley Garrett. Performer: Amanda Thompson. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Christ on the Mount of the Olives: Hallelujah
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Albert Edward Kelly
Arnhem
Performer: Regimental Band Of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Performer: Band of the Parachute Regiment. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2nd Movement of Clarient Concerto
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Miniature March from the Nutcracker Suite
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Gustav Holst
Ave Maria
Performer: Gareth Malone. Performer: Military Wives. -
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Gustav Holst
Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Lyricist: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Performer: Gareth Malone. Performer: Military Wives. -
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Jack Judge
It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary
Performer: John McCormack. -
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Jack Judge
It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary
Performer: Gareth Malone. Choir: Military Wives. -
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Gustav Holst
Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Performer: Peter Mitchell. -
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Edward Elgar
The Snow
Lyricist: Alice Elgar. Performer: Peter Mitchell. -
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Patrick Hawes
Christian Soldiers
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Jack Judge
It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary
Performer: Peter Mitchell. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons Summer Presto
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James Seymour Brett
Space Sentinels
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria Instrumental
Performer: Lesley Garrett. Performer: Amanda Thompson. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in Excelsis Deo RV588
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Two Marches For Military Band
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Frank Bridge
Summer
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Charles Abell. -
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Adrian Sutton
Warhorse Suite
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Charles Abell. -
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Gustav Holst
Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Choir: Military Wives. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. -
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Gustav Holst
Ave Maria
Choir: Military Wives. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. -
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Jack Judge
It聮s A Long Way To The Tipperary
Conductor: Gareth Malone. Choir: Military Wives. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. -
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Joseph Haydn
The Last Post
Performer: The Last Post Association.
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