91福利社 Singers Centenary Concert
It's the 91福利社 Singers' 100th birthday! They celebrate their centenary and look forward to the future with a host of special guests and the 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
The 91福利社 Singers celebrate their 100th birthday and look forward to the future with a host of star artists and special guests including Eric Whitacre, Anna Lapwood, and Abel Selaocoe. They are joined by musicians from the 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra and the evening is hosted by Clive Myrie and Georgia Mann live from the Barbican in London.
On 2 October 1924, the 91福利社 Wireless Chorus gave their first performance. Now known as the 91福利社 Singers, they have evolved over the past 100 years to become trailblazers in choral music from multiple genres and given numerous world premiere performances, as well as collaborating with the finest orchestras, conductors and artists from around the world.
Alongside music associated with the group such as Bach's sparkling motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden' and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, there's a whistle-stop tour of musicals by Iain Farrington and a world premiere from their Composer in Association, Roderick Williams.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden', BWV 230
Abel Selaocoe: Nagula
Shruthi Rajasekar: Numbers
Hans Zimmer arr. Anna Lapwood: Chevaliers de Sangreal
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden
Interval
During the interval, Georgia Mann talks to former members of the 91福利社 Singers - the conductor Harry Christophers, mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly and bass Brindley Sherratt - and current soprano Emma Tring about their favourite memories of being in the group, what they've taken from the experience and how they envisage the next 100 years to look.
Roderick Williams: Inform, Educate and Entertain (91福利社 Commission, world premiere)
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Anne Dudley: Decadence Waltz
Iain Farrington: On with the show 鈥� a whistle-stop tour of musicals
Anna Lapwood, organ
Abel Selaocoe, cello/vocals
91福利社 Singers
91福利社 Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Owain Park, conductor
Nicholas Chalmers, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden - Motet Bwv.230
Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
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91福利社 Singers & Abel Selaocoe
Nagula
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Shruthi Rajasekar
Numbers
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. Choir: National Youth Choir. -
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Hans Zimmer
The Da Vinci Code - Music For The Film ; Chevaliers De Sangreal
Performer: Anna Lapwood. Choir: 91福利社 Singers. -
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Friede Auf Erden Op.13
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park. -
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Bob Chilcott
We are
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: David Hill. -
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Roderick Williams
Inform, Educate And Entertain
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
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Anne Dudley
Bright Young Things - Music For The Film ; The Decadence Waltz
Conductor: Owain Park. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. -
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Iain Farrington
On With The Show
Performer: Owain Park. Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcast
- Wed 2 Oct 2024 19:3091福利社 Radio 3