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The gift to sing: 60 years of Let the Peoples Sing

Sofi Jeannin and the 成人快手 Singers perform a programme celebrating the joy of singing to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the first EBU competition for choirs, Let the Peoples Sing.

Sixty years after the first Let the Peoples Sing competition for amateur choirs took place in London, the 成人快手 Singers and Chief conductor Sofi Jeannin present a concert of choral and organ music celebrating the joy of singing on St Cecilia Day 鈥� Patron Saint of Music and Musicians. Included in the programme is the 成人快手 and EBU commission by LTPS juror and 成人快手 Singers Principal Guest Conductor, Bob Chilcott, whose setting of The Gift to Sing by James Weldon Johnson is a gift to choirs everywhere, starting to make music again after the events of the last 18 months.

Francesca Massey: Improvisational Fanfare Variations on Euro Radio Theme
Arr. Sarah Quartel: How can I keep from singing? SATB Version
Mathias: Let the people praise thee, O God
James Macmillan: Cecilia Virgo
James MacMillan: Gaudeamus in loci pace
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Interval
Bob Chilcott: The gift to sing (World premiere - European Broadcasting Union and 成人快手 commission)
Cecilia McDowall: Cecilia, busy like a bee
Kenneth Leighton: Let all the world in every corner sing
Organ: Kenneth Leighton: Ite, missa est (from Missa de Gloria)
Gabriel Jackson: La musique
Thea Musgrave: Anthem 鈥� to St Cecilia
Widor, arr. David Willcocks: Sing!

成人快手 Singers
Francesca Massey - organ
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Nov 2021 19:30
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francesca Massey

    Improvisational Fanfare Variations on Euroradio Theme

    Performer: Francesca Massey.

  • Robert Lowry

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • William Mathias

    Let The People Praise Thee, O God

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • James McMillan

    Cecilia Virgo

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • James McMillan

    Gaudeamus in Loci Pace

    Performer: Francesca Massey.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Elegy Op. 22 arr. for string quartet

    Ensemble: Finzi Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Gift To Sing

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Cecilia, Busy like a Bee

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Kenneth Leighton

    Let All The World In Every Corner Sing

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Kenneth Leighton

    Ite, Missa Est, from 'Missa di Gloria'

    Performer: Francesca Massey.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    La Musique

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Anthem - To St. Cecilia

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Sing!

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Performer: Alasdair Malloy. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 3.
    • NAXOS.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Nov 2021 19:30
    成人快手 Radio 3