BBC Singers 2017-18 Season BBC Singers: Judith Weir curates - BBC Singers

13 Oct 2017, St Paul's Knightsbridge, London

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BBC Singers: Judith Weir curates

19:30 Fri 13 Oct 2017 St Paul's Knightsbridge, London

The BBC Singers perform a programme curated by Judith Weir at St Paul's Knightsbridge.

Programme

- - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
  - Wash me throughly
- - Judith Weir
  - Holy Innocents
- - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
  - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
- - Judith Weir
  - Leaf from leaf Christ knows
- - Piers Hellawell
  - Isabella's Banquet(world premiere)
- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Hear my prayer
- - Samuel Barber
  - Let Down the Bars, O Death
- - Michael Finnissy
  - Christening
- - Elliott Carter
  - Heart Not So Heavy as Mine
- - John Furse
  - Fall, Leaves, Fall
- - Elliott Carter
  - Musicians Wrestle Everywhere
- - Judith Weir
  - I love all beauteous things
- - John Stainer
  - God so loved the world
  - I Saw the Lord

Performers

BBC Singers
Nicholas Chalmers
conductor
conductor

Composers

Concert Information

BBC Singers' Composer in Association, Judith Weir, curates a concert at St Paul's Knightsbridge pairing choral music of the 20th and 21st centuries with SS Wesley, Stainer and Mendelssohn. There is also the opportunity to hear Judith Weir's I love all beauteous things, commissioned as part of her role as Master of the Queen's Music to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday.

Part of

BBC Singers 2017-18 Season