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Friday 30 September 2022, 2.00pm
St Paul’s Knightsbridge
Gabriel Jackson Yes, I am your angel 5’
Santa Ratniece Pēc vēja … (After the wind) 6’
Gabriel Jackson Nightingale Fragments 10’
Igor Stravinsky, after Carlo Gesualdo Tres sacrae cantiones 10’
Gabriel Jackson In the half-light of dusk 10’
INTERVAL: 20 MINUTES
Gabriel Jackson Blumbergs in Venice 7’
Helena Tulve I am a river 14’
Gabriel Jackson Luce coruscas (herself a rose) 10’
Thomas Tallis Videte miraculum 10’
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Presented by Natasha Riordan
This concert is being recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3. It will be available for 30 days after broadcast via BBC Sounds, where you can also find podcasts and music mixes.
Biographies
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Sofi Jeannin studied conducting and singing at the Stockholm Royal College of Music and the Nice Conservatoire, and with Paul Spicer at the Royal College of Music in London. She is Music Director of the Maîtrise de Radio France and became Chief Conductor of the BBCSingers in 2018. She conducted her first BBCRadio3 broadcast, the UK premiere of Helmut Lachenmann’s ConsolationI, in 2006.
Recent highlights with the BBCSingers include appearances at the BBCProms, including world premieres by Shiva Feshareki and Nico Muhly last season; a collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music and South Asian dance company Akademi exploring the dances of Rameau alongside classical and contemporary Indian dance; Poulenc’s Figure humaine with jazz interpolations from BBCRadio3 New Generation Artist Misha Mullov-Abbado; and Fauré’s Requiem paired with music by Bach, Isabella Leonarda and Reena Esmail at Milton Court Concert Hall.
She also maintains a busy guest-conducting schedule, with recent and future engagements including the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony and Norrköping Symphony orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia and the Swedish Radio Chorus, Coro Casa da Música (Porto), Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland and NFMChoir Wrocław. Committed to education and outreach work, Sofi Jeannin has worked with the chorus and orchestra of Kinshasa, Congo, and has been involved in El Sistema, Greece, since 2017. She regularly gives workshops and masterclasses around the world.
Coming up at Milton Court Concert Hall
Friday 21 October 2022, 7.30pm
The Love Between Us
The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin present a programme celebrating the rich heritage of Indian classical music alongside the work of Bach.
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BBC Singers
The BBC Singers have held a unique place at the heart of the UK’s choral scene for almost 100 years and have collaborated and performed with many of the world’s leading composers, conductors and soloists.
Each season the BBC Singers promote a 50:50 gender policy for composers whose music they perform and continue to champion composers from all backgrounds. Recent concerts and recordings include music by Joanna Marsh, Cecilia McDowall, Roxanna Panufnik, Sun Keting, Errollyn Wallen and Roderick Williams. In addition the choir has collaborated with singers Laura Mvula, Clare Teal and Katie Melua, with South Asian dance company Akademi and world music fusion band Kabantu, and with choreographer Duwane Taylor and artists from East London Dance.
The choir makes annual appearances at the BBC Proms. Earlier this season it performed in a Prom celebrating the late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. Last year the BBC Singers participated in a conceptual Prom featuring experimental composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki.
The choir is based at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, where it rehearses and records regularly for BBC Radio 3. It also gives an annual series of concerts at Milton Court Concert Hall. This season includes a festive retelling of AChristmas Carol and a programme celebrating the rich heritage of Indian classical music with a world premiere from Soumik Datta. The group also gives free concerts at a number of venues across London and makes regular appearances at major festivals across the UK and abroad.
The BBC Singers also offer a wide range of innovative learning and community activities, working with schools, colleges/universities and community groups.
Chief Conductor
Sofi Jeannin
Principal Guest Conductors
Bob Chilcott
Owain Park
Artists in Association
Anna Lapwood
Abel Selacoe
Sopranos
Hannah Ely
Clare Lloyd Griffiths
Helen Neeves
Olivia Robinson
Emma Tring
Altos
Margaret Cameron
Jessica Gillingwater
Ciara Hendrick
Kathy Nicholson
Tenors
Peter Davoren
Benjamin Durrant
Stephen Jeffes
Tom Raskin
Basses
Francis Brett
Charles Gibbs
Jamie W. Hall
Edward Price
Andrew Rupp
The list of singers was correct at the time of publication
Choral Manager Rob Johnston
Producer Jonathan Manners
Assistant Choral Managers Alexander Turner, Sarah Mansfield
Assistant Producer Charlotte Parr
Tours Manager Kathryn Aldersea
Librarian Naomi Anderson
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Learning Project Managers Alison Dancer, Melanie Fryer, Laura Mitchell
Assistant Learning Project Managers Siân Bateman, Catherine Humphrey
Team Assistant Tshani Roulston-Benjamin
Learning Trainees Sharni Edmondson, Joey Williams
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