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Brian Kay
Brian Christopher Kay is an English radio presenter, conductor and singer. He is well-known as the bass in the King's Singers during the group's formative years from 1968 to 1982, and as such is to be heard on many of their 1970s recordings. He was also the voice of Papageno in the film Amadeus and the lowest frog in the Paul McCartney song "We All Stand Together". He is noted as a choral conductor, being the former conductor of the Leith Hill Musical Festival and former director of the Huddersfield Choral Society. He is principal conductor of the Really Big Chorus. On radio, he has been a presenter of Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 and until 2006 presented 3 for All and Brian Kay's Light Programme, a weekly programme about light music on BBC Radio 3. In 1996 he won the Sony Radio Award as Music Presenter of the Year. He is a patron of Bampton Classical Opera and president of The English Arts Chorale, the Harrogate Choral Society and the Bristol Bach Choir. Kay is the vice president of the Royal School of Church Music and of the Association of British Choral Directors. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kay) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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The Essential Vaughan Williams
1985
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Three Ravens: The Folk Song Tradition of Albion
2015
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Bryd One Brere (Subtitles) Anglo-Saxon Lyre & Voice - Brian Kay
Brian Kay • 187K views
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Sir Mannelig (Herr Mannelig) Anglo Saxon Lyre & Voice - Brian Kay
Brian Kay • 151K views
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Wulf & Eadwacer - Old English song c. 9th c. - Brian Kay, Anglo Saxon Lyre & Voice
Brian Kay • 67K views
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Blow northerne wynd - Brian Kay - Anglo-Saxon Lyre, Lute, & Voice
Brian Kay • 23K views
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If I Were A Blackbird (Trad. Scottish song) Lute & Voice
Brian Kay • 44K views
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Shakespeare: Full fathom five/Tell me where is fancy bred? from The Tempest
Brian Kay • 4.4K views
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Douce Dame Jolie - Brian Kay
Brian Kay • 46K views
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Polo Margariteño - Brian Kay
Brian Kay • 19K views