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Bristol Beacon 3: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers at 100

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2024

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: to mark their centenary year, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers perform a selection of works including John Pickard's Mass in Troubled Times with Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin.

Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: to mark their centenary year, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers perform a selection of works including John Pickard's Mass in Troubled Times with Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin.

Presented by Sarah Walker, live from Bristol Beacon.

Judith Bingham: Unpredictable but Providential (4 mins)
Edward Cowie: Lyrebirds – Dusk – Nocturne (8 mins)
Judith Weir: Madrigal (3 mins)
John Rutter: I my Best-Beloved’s am (7 mins)
Lucy Walker: There Will Be Stars (6 mins)
Benjamin Britten: A Shepherd's Carol (4 mins)
Ben Nobuto: BLIP (8 mins)
Asteryth Sloane: Losing the Lark (5 mins), Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission: world premiere
John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times (26 mins)
John Tavener: Song for Athene (6 mins)

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers
Sofi Jeannin, conductor

Over its 100-year history the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers – Britain’s only full-time professional chamber choir – has performed a vast array of repertoire, in concert and over the airwaves, giving the premieres of countless works. Under Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin, today’s virtuosic line-up revives some of these milestones. Song for Athene was written after John Tavener attended the funeral of Athene Hariades, the daughter of a family friend; the piece won a huge international audience when performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Britten’s A Shepherd’s Carol is a setting of W. H. Auden, first heard in a 1944 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio programme of new poetry written specially for Christmas Eve. Premiered in 2018, John Pickard’s Mass in Troubled Times interweaves words from the Latin Mass with texts from four other languages to piece together the story of a refugee father and daughter fleeing their war-torn country by sea.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Aug 2024 15:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Judith Bingham

    Unpredictable But Providential

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Edward Cowie

    Lyrebirds - Dusk - Nocturne

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Edward Cowie

    Lyrebirds - Dusk - Nocturne

  • Judith Weir

    Madrigal

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Rutter

    I My Best Beloved's Am

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Lucy Walker

    There will be stars

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Shepherd'S Carol

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ben Nobuto

    Blip

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Asteryth Sloane

    Losing The Lark

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Pickard

    Mass In Troubled Times

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Pickard

    Mass in Troubled Times

  • John Tavener

    Song For Athene

    Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Dowland

    Lady Hunsdon's Puffe

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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