Proms at Bristol Beacon 3: 'BBC Singers at 100', BBC Singers, Jeannin

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  • bluestateprommer
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    • Nov 2010
    • 3007

    Proms at Bristol Beacon 3: 'BBC Singers at 100', BBC Singers, Jeannin

    Sunday 25 August 2024
    15:00
    Bristol Beacon
    Trenchard Street
    Bristol, BS1 5AR


    Judith Bingham: Unpredictable but Providential (first performance at The Proms)

    Edward Cowie: Lyrebirds – Dusk – Nocturne (first performance at The Proms)

    Judith Weir: Madrigal

    John Rutter: "I my Best-Beloved’s am" (first performance at The Proms)

    Lucy Walker: "There Will Be Stars" (first performance at The Proms)

    Benjamin Britten: A Shepherd's Carol

    Ben Nobuto: BLIP (first performance at The Proms)

    Xia Leon Sloane (Asteryth Sloane): Losing the Lark (BBC commission: world premiere)

    John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times (first performance at The Proms)

    John Tavener: Song for Athene


    BBC Singers
    Sofi Jeannin, conductor


    Celebrating 100 years since its formation, the BBC Singers performs a selection of a cappella masterpieces including Tavener’s Song for Athene and Britten’s A Shepherd’s Carol, led by Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin.


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    Starts
    25-08-24 15:00
    Ends
    25-08-24 16:30
    Location
    Bristol Beacon
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 25-08-24, 15:42. Reason: added links to pages with texts where possible
  • oddoneout
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    • Nov 2015
    • 9139

    #2
    First they try and get rid of them, then they put on a celebratory Prom...

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    • bluestateprommer
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 3007

      #3
      For 6 of the selections, I've added links to webpages for the texts, for anyone who wants to catch up later and follow at least some of the texts, since no digital program was available, AFAICT. In the case of the Lucy Walker setting of the Sara Teasdale text, the online text doesn't look to be a perfect match, based on one real-time hearing. However, it's close enough, at least.

      Good and fairly well jam-packed concert by the BBC Singers from Bristol. Interesting to note that the oldest work on the program is Britten's, from 1944. To paraphrase a remark once uttered at a Cadogan Hall choral PCM back in the day: "10 composers, 8 of them living, 2 of them here".

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      • LMcD
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        • Sep 2017
        • 8396

        #4
        Full marks to the BBC for arranging these 'residencies' for people who can't attend concerts at the RAH. If the Proms are to expand and attract new audiences, surely this is the way to do it?

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        • Ein Heldenleben
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          • Apr 2014
          • 6734

          #5
          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
          Full marks to the BBC for arranging these 'residencies' for people who can't attend concerts at the RAH. If the Proms are to expand and attract new audiences, surely this is the way to do it?
          Agreed . I was also impressed with the ParaOrchestra concert yesterday and the BSO today .

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