BBC Singers: Light and Loss with Alexander Lüken

Available for booking

The BBC Singers are delighted to welcome Alexander Lüken, making his debut conducting the group in a programme of Germanic choral music including Brahms and Mahler to begin 2026. Lüken is the winner of the 2024 Eric Ericson Award, the world’s leading conducting competition.

Movements of Stefan Hecke’s Der verborgene Gott will be interspersed throughout the programme.

Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. Presented by Georgia Mann. The recording will last one hour and there will be no interval.

Programme:
Stefan Heucke Der verborgene Gott 
Johannes Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben
Sigfrid Karg-Elert Requiem Aeternam
Gustav Mahler (arr. Gottwald) Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Wilhelm Berger Die Capelle am Strande

BBC Singers
Alexander Lüken conductor
 

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How to be in the audience

Step 1: Apply for tickets

Tickets for this show are being allocated on a first-come first-served basis, so when we receive your ticket request your details are added to the list of applicants. Tickets are usually dispatched from approximately three weeks ahead of the recording date.

Step 2: Receive a message

All eligible requests are allocated tickets in the order they are received, up to the maximum number of available tickets. If successful, we notify you by text message and send your e-ticket(s) to your email address. If unsuccessful you will be kept on the waiting list in case anyone cancels their tickets.

Step 3: Bring your tickets and ID

We do our best to get the numbers right, but unfortunately we occasionally have to disappoint people. Remember that every guest must bring original approved photo ID.

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