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In awe of nature

Recorded live at Milton Court in London, the BBC Singers and their chief conductor, Sofi Jeannin, give the world premiere of Judith Weir's blue hills beyond blue hills.

The BBC Singers travel from the foothills of Peru to the open skies of Estonia and the unspecified blue hills of a significant world premiere in this concert under Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin, which pivots on Messiaen’s songs of love Cinq Rechants. The French composer was inspired by the vocalisations of the Peruvian Harawi in writing his piece, which alternates urgent calls with sensuous contemplation realized in a harmonic wash of sound.

It is surrounded here by the natural world: Estonian Erkki-Sven Tüür’s humbling song in awe of nature and Judith Weir’s major new work for mixed choir and string quartet, blue hills beyond blue hills.

Tüür: The Wanderer's Evening Song
Messiaen: Cinq Rechants

Interval

Judith Weir: Blue hills beyond blue hills (BBC commission, world premiere)

BBC Singers
Ligeti String Quartet
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Tue 12 Nov 201919:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür

    The Wanderer's Evening Song For Chorus

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    In Nature's Realm

  • Anton Bruckner

    String Quintet in F major

    Performer: Hartmut Rohde. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Nov 201919:30
    BBC Radio 3

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