BBC Singers 2017-18 Season BBC Singers at Temple Church Winter Festival - BBC Singers

15 Dec 2017, Temple Church, London

14:00 Fri 15 Dec 2017 Next Event

BBC Singers at Temple Church Winter Festival

14:00 Fri 15 Dec 2017 Temple Church, London

The BBC Singers perform contemporary Christmas carols by leading 21st-century composers of choral music, as part of the Temple Church Winter Festival.

Programme

- - Richard Madden
  - Balulalow
- - Owain Park
  - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
- - Bernard Hughes
  - Jesus, Springing
- - Joanna Marsh
  - Evergreen(world premiere)
- - Richard Knight
  - Come rock his cradle
- - Carl Rütti
  - O little town of Bethlehem
- - Richard Causton
  - Cradle Song
- - Judith Bingham
  - Corpus Christi Carol
- - Peter Copley
  - Two carols
- - Howard Skempton
  - To Bethlehem did they go
- - Bror Samuelsson
  - Ave maris stella
- - Adrian Peacock
  - Venite, Gaudete!

Performers

BBC Singers
Owain Park
conductor
conductor
Roger Sayer
organ
organ

Composers

Concert Information

Owain Park makes his conducting debut with the BBC Singers and organist Roger Sayer, performing a programme of contemporary repertoire for the festive period. Part of the Temple Church Winter Festival and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, this concert explores Christmas carols by leading 21st-century composers of choral music, including those by Judith Bingham, Joanna Marsh, Carl Rutti, Howard Skempton and Owain Park.

Part of

BBC Singers 2017-18 Season