BBC Singers 2019-20 Sofi Jeannin conducts the world premiere of Rachel Portman’s Earth Song

The BBC Singers and their Chief Conductor, Sofi Jeannin, present the world premiere of Rachel Portman’s Earth Song. Written for 32 voices, Earth Song is a setting of a new poem by Nick Drake, which takes the form of a conversation within the human mind and body as it breaths. Alongside Portman’s work is Anders Hillborg's Endless Sky - the theme of which is light; light in both a physical and spiritual sense - to strive toward the light, and to rebel against the darkness and decay.

Anders Hillborg
Endless Sky

Gerald Finzi
Clear and gentle stream

Judith Bingham
Drowned Lovers

Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird

Rachel Portman
Earth Song