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Performances of William Walton at BBC Singers

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Tue 5 Aug 2025
- 19:00
  Great British Classics
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  Programme
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’(6 mins)arr. Tausky
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  The Lee Shore(3 mins)
  Isle of Beauty(3 mins)
  The Evening Star(3 mins)
  Avril Coleridge-Taylor
  The Shepherd(4 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending(13 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(16 mins)
  interval
  William Mathias
  Dance Overture(6 mins)
  John Rutter
  new work(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Grace Williams
  Elegy for Strings(7 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations(31 mins)
  Performers
  Liya Petrova
  violin
  violin
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Nil Venditti
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  William Walton
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Avril Coleridge-Taylor
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Benjamin Britten
  William Mathias
  John Rutter
  Grace Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Classical for starters Proms on TV
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  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
Thu 5 Dec 2024
- 19:30
  Abel Selaocoe: Christmas From Around the World
  Barbican, London
  The BBC Singers forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world.
  The BBC Singers forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world.
  Programme
  Abel Selaocoe
  Ancestral Affirmations
  Anon.
  Gaudetearr. Karl Jenkins
  Abel Selaocoe
  Emmanuele
  Ariel Ramírez
  La Peregrinaciónarr. Peter Knight
  Mateo Flecha
  Ríu Ríu Chíu
  Vasyl Barvinsky
  Szczo to za prediwo
  Abel Selaocoe
  Tsohle Tsohle
  Anon.
  There is no rose
  William Walton
  Make we joy now in this fest
  Abel Selaocoe
  Tshepo
  Johannes Eccard
  Vom Himmel hoch
  Anon.
  Nowell sing weed. Stephen Cleobury
  Francis Grier
  Alleluia! I bring you news of great joy
  Abel Selaocoe
  Lerato/Love
  Hieronymus Praetorius
  Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
  Michael Praetorius
  Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem
  Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
  Abel Selaocoe
  iBuyile iAfrika
  Jacobus Gallus
  Canite tuba
  Hans Leo Hassler
  Hodie Christus natus est a 8
  Christian Onyeji
  Amuworo ayi otu nwa
  Performers
  Abel Selaocoe
  cello
  cello
  Sidiki Dembélé
  African Percussion
  African Percussion
  Fred Thomas
  Piano
  Piano
  Alan Keary
  Electric Bass
  Electric Bass
  BBC Singers
  Grace Rossiter
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Abel Selaocoe
  Anon.
  Ariel Ramírez
  Mateo Flecha
  Vasyl Barvinsky
  William Walton
  Johannes Eccard
  Francis Grier
  Hieronymus Praetorius
  Michael Praetorius
  Jacobus Gallus
  Hans Leo Hassler
  Christian Onyeji
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2024-25