When the BBC commissioned this work for the Last Night of the Proms 2018 I was given quite a detailed brief. First the work should be for the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and the two choirs should be quite independent of each other. Secondly the words should acknowledge the centenary of the end of World War I but look optimistically to the future. For …

Of Noblest Cities is intended for a choir of between 12 and about 40 voices, although it may also be given by just six singers, one to a part (SSATBB). The piece can be performed unaccompanied, if no suitable organ is available, simply by leaving approximately two crotchet beats of silence between the end of the last note of one verse and the beginning of the next. Underlying the melody is a simpl…

3 Percussion parts and 1 Piano for Higher Faster Stronger by Eric Whitacre Commissioned by BBC Radio 3. First performance 29 August 2012 at the BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall London by the BBC Singers EricWhitacre Singers ensemblebash (percussion) and Christopher Glynn (piano) conducted by the composer.Scoring: Triple chorus (SATB) including solo sopranoPercussion (3 players)PianoDuration: c…

Stars Night Music And Light was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed at the BBC Proms on 15th July 2011. A4 study score.The performance was given to open the First Night of the Proms at theRoyal Albert Hall London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Singers conducted by Ji B lohlávek.

This work was commissioned by the BBC. It was first performaed in 11 August 1995 as part of a Henry Wood Promenade Concert at teh Royal Albert Hall London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers conducted byAndrew Davies. Text by Emily Dickenson.

A Shepherd's Carol was written for a BBC feature programme, Poet's Christmas , produced by Edward Sackville-West. It was broadcast on Christmas Eve, 1944, by the BBC Home Service, sung by the BBC Singers and conducted by Leslie Woodgate. The chorus is one of the two portions set by Britten of W.H.Auden's A Christmas Oratorio , the complete text of which was later published as For the Time Being . …

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Proms. First performed by the BBC singers conducted by David Hill on 4th September 2010 at Cadogan Hall London.For SATB a cappella. Thea Musgrave - Ithaca by musicroom

The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies O! is a traditional British folk song (Roud Index No. 1) which has become popular throughout the British Isles and North America. It tells of a lady who ran away from her richhusband to join the gypsies and today it is one of the best-known folk ballads in the world. It has been arranged for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. Leslie Woodgate (1900-1961) was an Englis…

For unaccompanied chorus SSAATTBB. Text: Edmund Spenser.The Hill Of The Graces was commissioned by the BBC and was first performed on 20th October 1975 as part of a concert given by the BBC singers to mark the 50thanniversary of their first unaccompanied recital.

Song For Athene is a work by British composer John Tavener arranged by Barry Rose for Upper Voices and Organ with optional Cello. The text is taken from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' as well as from theOrthodox Funeral Service. The entire work lasts around 7 minutes. The original version of Song For Athene was commissioned by the BBC and first performed on 22nd January 1994 at St Giles'Church Crip…

Béni soit cette fille Marie a été créée et enregistrée par les BBC Singers à Cripplegate de St Giles, Londres le 29 Novembre 2012. La pièce a reçu un BBC Radio 3 a diffusé le 18 Décembre 2012.Ce travail est essentiellement un strophique chant traditionnel. Pourtant, alors que les refrains restent inchangées, à la terre ainsi toute la pièce, il existe des variantes mélodiques subtiles dans chaque v…

Thomas Simaku's The Scream for String Orchestra. Based on Edvard Munch’s iconic painting. World Premiere: BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers/dir. Stephen Cleobury King's College Cambridge 17 November 2017.

The Minstrels was commissioned and performed by the BBC Singers in their Winter Solstice concert at St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge London on 21 December 2016 which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. This lively non-religious carol a setting of the opening verses of the William Wordsworth poem of the same name paints vivid images of jocular minstrels and their followers completed with citte…

Gabriel Jackson's setting of this anonymous 16th century text was commissioned by the BBC and first performed by the BBC Singers at Canturbury Cathedral in October 2000. The music is written for a large triple chorus (SSSAAATTTBBB) with divisions.

This massive work for orchestra and four choirs was commissioned by Mario di Bonaventura for the Hopkins Centre Dartmouth College Hanover USA. It was first performed by the BBC singers and the Dutch Radio Orchestra conductedby John Poole as part of the Holland Festival 1974. This performance was recorded by the BBC an subsequently broadcast on radio and television.Ideally Ultimos Ritos shoul…