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BBC Singers Centenary Concert

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A composite image featuring Eric Whitacre, Anna Lapwood, Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Singers

The BBC 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. 

On 2 October 1924, the BBC Wireless Chorus gave their first performance. Now known as the BBC 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, the night's audience will enjoy repertoire from the lighter side of their work including a whistlestop tour of musicals by Iain Farrington and a world premiere from their Composer in Association, Roderick Williams. They are joined by musicians from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the evening is hosted by Clive Myrie and Georgia Mann. 

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This performance will finish at approximately 9.15pm, including a 20-minute interval

Promoted by BBC Singers

Programme

  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
  • Abel Selaocoe   Improvisation
  • Shruthi Rajasekar   Numbers
  • Hans Zimmer (arr Anna Lapwood)   Chevaliers de Sangreal
  • Eric Whitacre   Lux Aurumque
  • Arnold Schoenberg   Friede auf Erden
  • Roderick Williams   Inform, Educate and Entertain (BBC commission, world premiere)
  • Leonard Bernstein   Chichester Psalms
  • Anne Dudley   The Decadence Waltz
  • Iain Farrington   On with the show – a whistlestop tour of musicals

Performers

  • BBC Singers  
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Sofi Jeannin   conductor
  • Owain Park   conductor
  • Nicholas Chalmers   conductor
  • Eric Whitacre   conductor
  • Abel Selaocoe   cello
  • Anna Lapwood   organ
  • National Youth Voices  

Hall

Location
The Barbican Hall is located within the main Barbican building. Head to Level G and follow the signs to find your seating level. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
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