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Duruflé Requiem from King's College, Cambridge

Stephen Cleobury conducts Duruflé's Requiem at King's College, Cambridge. Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms in Berlin and Edward Gardner leads John Adams's Harmonium at the BBC Proms.

The BBC Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra: Penny Gore concludes this week's celebration of the BBC's London-based performing with memorable performances recorded at the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Albert Hall. And to begin the afternoon, the late Stephen Cleobury conducts a deeply moving account of the Duruflé Requiem in the spacious acoustics of the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

Duruflé: Notre Pere
Duruflé: Requiem
BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

BBC Singers Lockdown recording;
Wayne Marshall: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Ladies of the BBC Singers, conducted and accompanied by Wayne Marshall

At approx. 2.45pm
Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

at approx. 3.45pm
John Adams: Harmonium
BBC Symphony Chorus, Proms Youth Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Gardner (conductor)

2 hours, 31 minutes

Music Played

  • Iannis Xenakis

    Rebonds B

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Notre Pere

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Wayne Marshall

    Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - The Windsor Service

    Performer: BBC Singers. Performer: Wayne Marshall.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
  • John Adams

    Harmonium

    Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: Proms Youth Choir Academy. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Jul 202014:00