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

[bluestateprommer]

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ebc2rz

https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/bbc-proms-2024-bbc-singers-at-100/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00224v3

[oddoneout]

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

[bluestateprommer]

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".

[LMcD]

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?

[Ein Heldenleben]

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 .