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Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores the fascination for composers of children's voices in music as they evolve from expressing innocence and good to a broader palette.

Conductor Sofi Jeannin has a passion for Singing Together and in this episode, she explores the collective singing experience for young people and its impact on composers, audiences and themselves.

Sofi looks at the power of the young voice in music from the opera stages to the concert platform which inspired so many composers from Britten and Messiaen to Errolyn Wallen and Joseph Horowitz. Drawing on her experience of the Maitrîse de Radio France and her work with underprivileged immigrant children in Greece and Paris, Sofi brings a new perspective to the power of song.

Deazley: The Circus
Mahler: 5th mvt of Symphony No 3
Bach: Kommt, Ihr Tochter from St Magghew Passion
Britten: The Cuckoo from Songs from Friday Afternoons
Britten: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys from St Nicolas
Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine
Ravel: Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!
Bernstein: 2nd mvt of Chichester Psalms
Rautavaara: Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden
Soh: Tu est Magique
Horowitz: Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo
Wallen: Peace on Earth
Poulenc: Le Chien Perdu from Petites voix

Produced by Lindsay Pell

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Mar 2024 23:00

Music Played

  • Stephen Deazley

    The Circus

    Performer: Philip Moore. Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3, V: What the Angels Tell me

    Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, Ihr Tochte (From St. Matthew's Passion)

    Choir: Staats‐ und Domchor Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: René Jacobs.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Cuckoo (Songs from Friday Afternoons)

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Nicolas and the Pickled Boys

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Choir: Sawston Village College Choir. Ensemble: Cambridge University Musical Society. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine

    Performer: Yvonne Loriod. Choir: Maîtrise de Radio France. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!

    Choir: CHILDREN'S CHOIR OF THE NATIONAL OPERA OF LYON. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms, 2nd Mvt

    Choir: Vienna Youth Choir. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden

    Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Conductor: Pasi Hyökki.
  • Diana Soh

    Tu est Magique

    Choir: Children's Choir of Radio France.
  • Joseph Horowitz

    Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo

    Orchestra: New London Children's Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Catrin Meek. Choir: The Girl Choristers of Merton College. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Le Chien Perdu (from Petites voix)

    Choir: Choeurs d'enfants de l'Opéra de Paris. Choir: Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine. Conductor: David Levi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Mar 2024 23:00