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Celebrating Judith Weir

The BBC Singers, conducted by their principal guest conductor Owain Park, perform a programme of choral music to celebrate Judith Weir's 70th birthday year.

In her 70th birthday year, Judith Weir’s colourful Missa del Cid is the crowning work of this BBC Singers’ concert, a piece which brings to life the dramatic world of the legendary war lord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, re-named by Hollywood as El Cid. Díaz de Vivar’s context is reflected in the jewel-like music of Pérotin, alongside choral works by Renaissance Spanish giants, Victoria and Guerrero. As part of the Kings Place 'Scotland Unwrapped' season, the programme contains gems by Weir’s fellow Scots composers, Sir James Macmillan and Electra Perivolaris.

Recorded on 9th February 2024 at Kings Place, London, and presented by Ian Skelly.

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa 'O quam gloriosum'
Sir James MacMillan: Miserere
Francisco Guerrero: Regina caeli (a 8)
Electra Perivolaris: Weaving Song II- If This Island...
Pérotin: Viderunt omnes, V. Notum fecit
Judith Weir: The Song Sung True

Interval

Anon: Vetus abit littera
Pérotin: Alleluia, Posui adiutorium
Judith Weir: Missa del Cid
Encore: Judith Weir: Vertue

The BBC Singers
Owain Park (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Apr 2024 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O quam gloriosum

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • James McMillan

    Miserere

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Regina caeli (a 8)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Electra Perivolaris

    Weaving Song II- If This Island...

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Pérotin

    Viderunt omnes, V. Notum fecit

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Judith Weir

    The Song Sung True

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish', I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Anon.

    Vetus abit littera

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Judith Weir

    Missa del Cid

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Judith Weir

    Vertue

    Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Federico Mompou

    Suite compostelana (Preludio)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Federico Mompou; Federico Mompou (arranger)

    Canços i danses: No. 10a, Canço. Larghetto molto cantabile (Version for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Federico Mompou

    Canços i danses: No. 10b, Dansa. Amabile (Version for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Federico Mompou

    Canços i danses: No. 6a, Canço. Cantabile esspressivo (Arr. A Díaz for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 8.

  • Federico Mompou

    Canços i danses: No. 6b, Dansa. Ritmado

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Apr 2024 19:30
    BBC Radio 3