11 Nov 2021, St Paul's Knightsbridge, London
BBC Singers 2021-22 Before the Ending of the Day: A Sequence for Remembrancetide
Before the Ending of the Day: A Sequence for Remembrancetide
The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform a sequence of music for Remembrancetide.
The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform a sequence of music for Remembrancetide.
About This Event
The BBC Singers and their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform music from the 20th and 21st centuries based on the service of Compline, the final church service of the day. The music draws heavily on the themes of Remembrance Sunday alongside the contemporary British composer Ben Rowarth’s settings of texts from Compline.
HANNAH KENDALL Regina Caeli
JOHN TAVENER Exhortation
BEN ROWARTH Night Prayer PsalmsJOHN JOHN TAVENER Kohima
SIR JAMES MACMILLAN A Child’s Prayer
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Alma Redemptoris Mater
BEN ROWARTH For the Fallen
JOSEPHINE STEPHENSON Into thy hands
BEN ROWARTH Night Prayer - excerpts