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21st-century choral music: A New England Symphony

The BBC Singers and their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin perform A New England Symphony by Roderick Williams, alongside works by Betsy Jolas and Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.

Recorded in the BBC Singers' home at Maida Vale Studios, Ian Skelly joins the group and their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for a concert featuring choral works from the 21st century. Tonight's concert was to have included Concerto-Fantaisie "O Night, Oh...", the concerto for piano and choir by Betsy Jolas. Pianist Nicolas Hodges was forced to withdraw from the concert at short notice, and in its place the BBC Singers perform movements from Daniel-Lesur's setting of the biblical Song of Songs.

Daniel-Lesur: Movements from Le Cantique des Cantiques
Betsy Jolas: Chant Dormant, Dormant Chant (from Concerto-Fantaisie "O Night, Oh...")
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Roderick Williams: A New England Symphony

BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Oct 202119:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur

    Movements from Le Cantique des Cantiques

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Betsy Jolas

    Chant Dormant, Dormant Chant (from Concerto-Fantaisie "O Night, Oh...")

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Boléro

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Erato.

  • Roderick Williams

    A New England Symphony

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in B flat major K.281

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Keyboard Music Vol. 5.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6 - 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 8.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Trio no. 4 Op.90 (Dumky)

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Performer: Zhang Zuo.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Oct 202119:30
    BBC Radio 3