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James MacMillan and the BBC Singers

Sir James MacMillan directs the BBC Singers in music by Palestrina, John Tavener and a some of his own works in a concert recorded at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Sir James MacMillan directs the BBC Singers in a programme ranging from Palestrina's epoch-defining Missa Papae Marcelli to some of his own choral compositions. And, to start with, two choral classics of the twentieth century: a gem in praise of the Virgin by the nineteen-year-old Benjamin Britten and Sir John Tavener's apocalyptic Hymn to the Mother of God. The voices of the award-winning BBC Singers resound in the spacious acoustics of Norwich's Cathedral of St John the Baptist, one of the most splendid Victorian Gothic Revival buildings in the country.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
John Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God
Judith Weir: Ave Regina Caelorum
MacMillan: The Culham Motets
c. 8.15pm Interval
MacMillan: O Virgo Prudentissima
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli

Recorded 23 May at Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 29 May 202519:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to the Virgin

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • John Tavener

    Hymn to the Mother of God

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • Dame Judith Weir

    Ave Regina Caelorum

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    The Culham Motets

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No 2

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    O Virgo Prudentissima

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli

    Conductor: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Cello Sonata no. 2

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 May 202519:30
    BBC Radio 3