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BBC Singers

From Denmark, the BBC Singers perform choral works from the 16th century as well as the present day, focusing on music evoking the sights, sounds and places of the City of London.

Recorded in the Garrison Church, Copenhagen

The BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill, in a choral concert from their Scandinavian tour

Thomas Tallis: Missa Salve Intemerata
Mogens Pederson: Motets
William Byrd: Laudibus in Sanctis
Thomas Schattenberg: Motets
Michael Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air
Henry Purcell/Sven-David Sandström: Hear my prayer, O Lord
Bob Chilcott: My Prayer
Gabriel Jackson: Choral Symphony (BBC commission; broadcast premiere)

Recorded last week on their Scandinavian tour, the BBC Singers perform choral works from the 16th century as well as our own day, with a particular focus on music evoking the sights, sounds and places of the City of London.

In part one, music by the two greatest composers of Elizabethan London - Thomas Tallis and William Byrd - is placed alongside works by two Danish contemporaries. Mogens Pederson studied with Giovanni Gabrieli and later visited London with the court of the Danish King, while Thomas Schattenberg was for many years an organist in the Danish capital.

Following that, a work by Michael Tippett celebrating the Coronation of Elizabeth II is the cue for music by a famous Londoner of the 17th century - Henry Purcell, performed in modern reworkings by Sven-David Sandström and Bob Chilcott. And the programme is completed by a piece celebrating the City itself: the new work by BBC Singers' Associate Composer Gabriel Jackson (receiving its premiere performances on this tour) is a four-movement symphony for unaccompanied voices which celebrates both London itself and its vibrant multiculturalism.

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Sun 14 Oct 201214:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • BBC Singers in Copenhagen

    • Thomas Tallis

      Missa Salve intemerata: Gloria

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Mogens Pedersøn

      Ad te levavi oculos meos [Pratum spirituale, 1620]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Mogens Pedersøn

      Laudate Dominum de coelis [from Pratum spirituale, 1620]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas Tallis

      Missa Salve intemerata; Credo

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • William Byrd

      Laudibus in sanctis [Cantiones Sacrae, vol.2]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas Tallis

      Missa Salve intemerata; Sanctus; Benedictus

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas SCHATTENBERG

      Jesu dulcedo cordium [from "Jubilus S. Bernhardi", 1620]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas SCHATTENBERG

      Jesu tua dilectio - motet [from "Jubilus S. Bernhardi", 1620]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas SCHATTENBERG

      O Jesu mi dulcissime [from "Jubilus S. Bernhardi", 1620]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Thomas Tallis

      Missa Salve intemerata; Agnus Dei

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Michael Tippett

      Dance, clarion air [no.3 in 'A Garland for the Queen', 1953]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Henry Purcell

      Hear my prayer, O Lord (Z.15), arr. Sandstrom

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Bob Chilcott

      My prayer for chorus [after Purcell's Hear my prayer]

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Gabriel JACKSON

      Choral Symphony

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

    • Jonathan Rathbone

      Vem kan segla - Swedish folksong for chorus

      Conductor: David HILL Performer: BBC Singers

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Oct 201214:00
    BBC Radio 3