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BBC Singers

Singers at Six: BBC Singers at 90

Wed 24 Sep 2014 St Giles' Cripplegate, London

On their 90th birthday, the BBC Singers perform some of the works written for them

On their 90th birthday, the BBC Singers perform some of the works written for them

Performances & Interviews

BBC Singers at 90

BBC Singers at 90

A short film about the 90 years of the BBC Singers

Aug '14BBC Radio 3

Voices of the Air

Voices of the Air

Documentary telling the story of the BBC Singers from its beginnings in the 1920s.

Sep '14BBC Radio 3

Olivia Robinson describes the life of a BBC Singer

Olivia Robinson describes the life of a BBC Singer

Olivia Robinson describes the life of a BBC Singer

Giles Swayne introduces Dona nobis pacem

Giles Swayne introduces Dona nobis pacem

Giles Swayne introduces Dona nobis pacem

Roxanna Panufnik introduces Joy at the sound

Roxanna Panufnik introduces Joy at the sound

Roxanna Panufnik introduces Joy at the sound

James MacMillan introduces The Gallant Weaver

James MacMillan introduces The Gallant Weaver

James MacMillan introduces The Gallant Weaver

Happy Birthday BBC Singers

Happy Birthday BBC Singers

The BBC Performing Groups and friends wish the BBC Singers a Happy 90th Birthday

Gabriel Jackson introducing Choral Symphony

Gabriel Jackson introducing Choral Symphony

Gabriel Jackson introducing Choral Symphony

Judith Bingham introduces The Lord to Me a Shepheard is

Judith Bingham introduces The Lord to Me a Shepheard is

Judith Bingham introduces The Lord to Me a Shepheard is

Eric Whitacre introduces Sleep

Eric Whitacre introduces Sleep

Eric Whitacre introduces Sleep

John McCabe introduces Great Lord of Lords

John McCabe introduces Great Lord of Lords

John McCabe introduces Great Lord of Lords (read by Ian Skelly)

Harrison Birtwistle introduces The Moth Requiem (extract)

Harrison Birtwistle introduces The Moth Requiem (extract)

Harrison Birtwistle introduces The Moth Requiem (extract)

Edward Cowie introduces Bell Bird Motet

Edward Cowie introduces Bell Bird Motet

Edward Cowie introduces Bell Bird Motet

Bob Chilcott introduces My Prayer

Bob Chilcott introduces My Prayer

Bob Chilcott introduces My Prayer

Rebecca Lodge talk about Learning and Outreach projects

Rebecca Lodge talk about Learning and Outreach projects

Rebecca Lodge talk about Learning and Outreach projects

Edward Goater listens to Peter Pears

Edward Goater listens to Peter Pears

Edward Goater listens to Peter Pears

Andrew Murgatroyd re the Daily Service

Andrew Murgatroyd re the Daily Service

Andrew Murgatroyd re the Daily Service

Programme

- - Gabriel Jackson
  - Winter Heavens
- - Lennox Berkeley
  - There Was Neither Grass Nor Corn
- - Benjamin Britten
  - A Shepherd's Carol
- - Michael Tippett
  - The Weeping Babe
- - Edward Cowie
  - Lyre Bird Motet
- - Judith Bingham
  - Unpredictable but Providential
- - Paul Crabtree
  - FliteBBC Commission and World Premier
- - Bob Chilcott
  - Weather Report

Performers

BBC Singers
Paul Brough
conductor
conductor
Stephen Cleobury
conductor
conductor
Bob Chilcott
conductor
conductor

Composers

Singers at Six: BBC Singers at 90

The BBC Singers today mark the 90th anniversary of their formation. Later this evening they forces with the BBC SO, performing in Ives’ Symphony no 4 and giving the world premiere of a brand new work by Kevin Volans. In Singers at Six the group reflects on a 90-year commitment to the music of our own time with performances of some of the works written specially for them – from music by Britten, Tippett, Berkeley and others in the Singers’ earliest commissions through to pieces composed in more recent years by composers including Judith Bingham and Gabriel Jackson.

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