BBC Singers Documentary 2005-2006

An archived documentary about the BBC Singers from 2005-2006, Louise Fryer presents. This short film includes a brief history of the BBC Singers and a selection of recordings. Interviews with composers such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Harrison Birtwistle and John Harle, as well as conductors David Hill and Bob Chilcott.

03 April 2013

22 minutes

This clip is from

Performance on 3—Lyon, Tomlinson, Wood, Lane, Coates, Ketelbey, Patterson, Wed, 29 October - Part 1

Music—90 by 90 The Full Set
Memorable radio moments to mark 90 years of BBC radio.
BBC Singers
The BBC Singers are a full-time choir, performing and broadcasting mainly classical music.

Alasdair Malloy Interview
Duration: 08:52
Our Sound @ Imagine Watford
Duration: 12:07
Joubert's Torches, performed by BBC Singers and participants of 'Come and Sing'
Duration: 01:24
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen arr. David Willcocks, performed by BBC Singers and participants of 'Come and Sing'
Duration: 02:55

Dave Brubeck on ‘Take Five’
Duration: 01:26
Rachmaninov: Variation 18 (Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini)
Duration: 00:59
Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song
Duration: 00:58
Handel: Waft her angels, through the skies (Jephtha)
Duration: 01:12