What with all the talk of cuts, and the Proms being a show case for the BBC house ensembles, I imagine this year’s season might be a time for each to put their best foot forward. I imagine, in fact, that there must be some talk in rooms that used to be smoke-filled of scrapping [...]
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Proms preview
Posted in BBC Singers, journalism, Uncategorized on 9 July 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BBC Singers live this Friday
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 24 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
A reminder that I shall be conducting the BBC Singers live on BBC Radio Three this Friday, February 27th. The broadcast starts at 7.00pm and runs to 9.15pm with a 20 minute interval at about 7.50pm. You can find it at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 and then by following the links to the programme being currently broadcast. I [...]
Late change for BBC Singers (February 23rd – 27th)
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 18 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quick and urgent announcement that the programme for next week with the BBC Singers has been tweaked and now is: Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis Sheppard: Laudem dicite Deo Harpsichord solo: Byrd: Miserere à 3 Byrd: Fantasia William Mundy: Vox patris caelestis – interval – Philip de Monte: Super flumina Babylonis William Byrd: Quomodo cantabimus [...]
BBC Singers, February 2009
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 10 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
23rd – 27th February 2009 I will be working with the BBC Singers again in February 2009. The performance on Friday 27 February, with Mahan Esfahani (Radio 3 New Generation Artist) on harpsichord and organ, will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Three on Performance on 3 at 1900 from St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London, UK. [...]
BBC Singers, September 2009
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 8 January 2009 |
15th – 17th September 2009 On September 15th, 16th and 17th the BBC Singers and I will make a programme for the Early Music Show exploring the musical forebears of Palestrina, especially the rare Italian ones. We will focus on the music of Costanzo Festa, but also include the Lamentations of Carpentras, which were sung in the Sistine [...]
BBC Singers, November 2008
Posted in BBC Singers, projects on 8 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3rd – 6th November 2008 The music is an all-Gombert programme: Gombert: Magnificat Sexti Toni Gombert: Musae Jovis Gombert: Missa Tempore Paschalis Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon The four days of rehearsal will culminate in a recorded Invitation Concert, at 2.00pm in St Paul’s Knightsbridge on November 6th. Please join us for 65 minutes of undiluted [...]
