成人快手

Nothing expresses the human spirit better than the human voice and the collective singing experience magnifies this a thousand times. No-one knows this better than Sofi Jeannin, Chief Conductor of 成人快手 Singers and the famous children鈥檚 choir the Maitrise de Radio France. Over her career she has worked with singers across all ages and genres and has an unparalleled knowledge of music for choruses, choirs and community singing.

In this first episode Sofi explores singing together as a vehicle for storytelling - the music which entertains us as well as telling our own human story. Her exploration ranges From Verdi's famous Va Pensiero chorus which was sung spontaneously as the composer's cortege passed through the streets of Italy to the folk music of Corsican farmers and the shanties of Cornish fishermen. She revisits Haydn's colourful story-telling in his Oratorios and sheds light on Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse; a whimsical showpiece by Peter Maxwell Davies featuring rhymes, puzzles, horticultural advice and recipes as well as an intervention by a Cat and Mouse. Sofi also highlights the importance of songs as a vehicle for social justice through the work of Gabriela Lena Frank in Mexico which encourages young Latino children to take pride in their culture.

Trad/Quartel - How Can I Keep from Singing
Trad - Uti V氓r Hage
Verdi -Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
Trad - A Pajhjella di L鈥橧mpiccati
Tormis - Curse Upon Iron
Sibelius - Finlandia
Trad - Drunken Sailor
Smythe - March of the Women
Jacquet - Tricotez les fillettes de France
Williams - World without End Cantata
Haydn - The Heavens are Telling from The Creation
Maxwell Davies - Corpus Christi with Cat & Mouse
Frank -Chicano-phobia from Jalapeno Blues
Trad. - Oshanna
Trad. -Nkolo na biso Yesu
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9

Presenter: Sofi Jeannin
Producer: Lindsay Pell