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Welsh Composer Paul Mealor and his music

New England Public Media | By John Nowacki
Published June 5, 2017 at 1:31 PM EDT
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John Nowacki and Paul Mealor

Welsh composer Paul Mealoris one of the most popular choral composers today. His sacred motets, songs and cycles have been performed, broadcast and recorded by artists in the UK, USA and much further afield.

Dr. Mealor stopped by the NEPR studios recently to talk about his music with John Nowacki.

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Mealor’s “Locus iste, sung by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short

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Setting of “Auld Lang Syne”, arr. By Raemond Jappy & Robert Lovie. Sung by members of the University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir

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John Nowacki
Originally from the Midwest, John Nowacki has had an interest in classical music since he was a high school student, having discovered organ music recordings by E. Power Biggs and singing in the high school’s choirs. His radio career began in 1982 at WILL-FM in Champaign-Urbana, Ilinois, where he started as a board operator for local programming, then became a classical music host. He worked for several Illinois stations before making the move to WNPR in 1990.
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