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BBC Singers

Katie Derham talks to Eleanor Minney of the BBC Singers about the latest BBC Instrumental Session, which features the alto section from the choir.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Salamone Rossi

    Psalm 112, 'Halleluyah Ashre' Ish'

    Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Sephardic Journey.
    • Avie.
    • 14.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'elisir d'amore: Udite, Udite, O rustici (Dr Dulcamara's aria - extract)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.744 [S.558 no.2]

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.5: 3rd mvt - Adagietto (extract)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Richard Rodgers

    On Your Toes: Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Orchestra: Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Dectet Op.14 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Director: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 9.
  • Claude Debussy

    Le champ de bataille (La boite a joujoux compl Caplet)

    Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-Part Invention in B flat major BWV.785

    Performer: Wendy Carlos.
    • esd.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for Jazz Band)

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Charles Mutter. Performer: Michael Gray. Performer: Timothy Welch. Performer: Ben Dawson. Performer: Benjamin Hughes. Performer: Andrew Wood.
    • RISE.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Nacqui all'affanno (La Cenerentola)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Singer: Elena Semenova. Singer: Pascale Obrecht. Singer: Nabil Suliman. Singer: Paolo Stupenengo. Orchestra: Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kazushi Ono. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon.
    • Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 'Gran Partita' (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita': Linos Ensemble.
    • Capriccio.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt, D 706

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Collins.
  • John Scott

    How Can I Keep from Singing?

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Singer: BBC Singers Women's Voices.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No 3 in A flat major, Op 47

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Aug 202017:00

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