BBC Singers at the Proms and beyond

In a concert recorded at the BBC Proms in Gateshead last month, the North East young people’s choir Voices of the River’s Edge and the BBC Singers join forces under the baton of conductor Sofi Jeannin to perform a luminous and inspiring programme of contemporary choral music including works by James MacMillan, Elaine Hagenberg and Eriks Esenvalds.

Presented by Elizabeth Alker and recorded on 25 July 2025 at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead.

Sir James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn
Dan Forrest : Good night, dear heart
Jussi Chydenius: Deep in the night
Frank Ticheli: Earth song
Elaine Hagenberg: Alleluia
Trad. arr Elizabeth Poston: The Water of Tyne
Eriks Esenvalds: Only in sleep

Voices of the River’s Edge
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

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And following the Prom, 'Light and Loss', a special concert by the BBC Singers and curated and conducted by award-winning German conductor Alexander Lüken. At the heart of the programme are sublime sacred works by Brahms and Mahler. These are contrasted with a contemporary choral cycle by Stefan Heucke that sets texts from a range of writers from Nietzsche to the German-Swedish poet and playwright Nelly Sachs. A lush late-Romantic requiem by Sigfrid Karg-Elert and a tranquil work by Wilhelm Berger transporting us to a chapel on a beach completes this distinctive programme.

Presented by Georgia Mann and recorded at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London on 15 January 2026.

Stefan Heucke: Der Verborgene Gott
Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?
Karg-Elert: Requiem aeternam
Mahler arr. Gottwalt: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Berger: Die Capelle am Strande

BBC Singers
Alexander Lüken (conductor)