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A Midsummer Night's Dream with the BBC Singers

The BBC Singers and their chief conductor Sofi Jeannin combine music for a midsummer's evening with Shakespeare settings, live from St Paul's Knightsbridge.

The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin sign off their 2022/23 season with a concert combining music for a midsummer’s evening with settings of Shakespeare, in the 400th anniversary year of the first folio publication. Curated by Sofi Jeannin, this programme promises an evening of music blending styles and sound worlds to reflect the versatility and splendour of the BBC Singers.

Live from St Paul's Knightsbridge, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

Jan Sandström - Biegga Luohte
Anna Karin Klockar - Limu limu Lima
Frank Martin - Five Ariel Songs
Edward Elgar - Two Part Songs Op. 71
Herbert Murrill - O mistress mine

Interval

Frederick Delius - Two Songs to be sung on a summer night on the water
Edvard Grieg - How fair is thy face, from Four Psalms, Op. 74
Amy Beach - Three Shakespeare Choruses
Kristina Arakelyan - Echo from Seascapes
Ildebrando Pizzetti - Cade la sera
Lars Johan Werle - Canzone 126 di Francesco Petrarca

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jan Sandström

    Biegga Luohte (abridged version)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Frank Martin

    Five Songs of Ariel 14

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Anna-Karin Klockar

    Limu limu Lima

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Frank Martin

    Five Songs of Ariel

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Edward Elgar

    Two part songs Op. 71

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Herbert Murrill

    O mistress mine from Two Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for chorus

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO Live.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, O take those lips away (7 Shakespeare Songs)

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Frederick Delius

    Two Songs to be sung on a summer night on the water

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Edvard Grieg

    How fair is thy face, from Four Psalms

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Amy Beach

    Three Shakespeare Choruses Op. 39

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    'Echo' from Seascapes

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Cade la sera

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Lars Johan Werle

    Canzone 126 Di Francesco Petrarca

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Nils Lindberg

    Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Luther Adams

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble.
    • Thrive on Routine.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 501.

  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Bax Tone Poems.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Is my team ploughing? (On Wenlock Edge)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson. Ensemble: The Duke Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:30
    BBC Radio 3