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Summer Festivals: The Proms

Penny Gore presents great BBC Prom concerts by BBC orchestras and choirs. Today, BBC Singers in A Patchwork Passion, and Gunter Wand conducts the BBC SO in Bruckner's Symphony No 8

Penny Gore presents great BBC Prom concerts from recent years by BBC orchestras and choirs. The first of today's two concerts is a Prom from 2017 given by the BBC Singers, the City of London Sinfonia and soloists under the baton of Sofi Jeannin: it's called A Patchwork Passion, and brings together five centuries of Biblical settings, including works by Schütz, J. S. Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Arvo Pärt and Sir James MacMillan.
Then, from 1995, the last of the legendary BBC Proms given by the German conductor Günter Wand with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

2.00pm
A Patchwork Passion - a retelling of the Passion story with music by various composers
Thomas Elwin,tenor
Christopher Bowen,tenor
David Shipley, bass
BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Conductor Sofi Jeannin

3.30pm
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Günter Wand

3 hours

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Tue 18 Aug 202014:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Walter

    'Höret an das Leiden unser's Herrn Jesu Christi' from German Passion after St Matthew

    Singer: Christopher Bowen. Singer: David Shipley. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Heinrich Schütz

    St Luke Passion SWV 480 (excerpt)

    Singer: Christopher Bowen. Singer: David Shipley. Singer: Tom Raskin. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (excerpt)

    Singer: Christopher Bowen. Singer: David Shipley. Singer: Thomas Elwin. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (excerpt)

    Singer: David Shipley. Singer: Helen Neeves. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    St Matthew Passion, H782 (excerpt)

    Singer: Christopher Bowen. Singer: David Shipley. Singer: Thomas Elwin. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Introduction)

    Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • John Stainer

    Processional to Calvary - Fling wide the gates! from The Crucifixion

    Orchestrator: Barry Rose. Singer: Thomas Elwin. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Carl Loewe

    Little Passion Music (excerpt)

    Singer: Helen Neeves. Singer: Rebecca Lodge. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Charles Wood

    My God, I love Thee from St Mark Passion

    Singer: Emma Tring. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Das Gebot des Glaubens [The Commandment of Faith] from St John Passion

    Singer: David Shipley. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Arvo Pärt

    The Crucifixion and the rending of the garments from Passio (St John Passion)

    Singer: Emma Tring. Singer: Rebecca Lodge. Singer: Jamie W. Hall. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit from Seven Last Words from the Cross

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein from St John Passion, BWV 245

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no. 8 in C minor

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Günter Wand.

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Aug 202014:00
    BBC Radio 3