BBC Singers : a 70th anniversary celebration : works / by Bach, Birtwistle, Bond, Delius, Holst, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Reger, Stanford.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

BBC Singers, performer.

Contributor:

Glover, Jane, conductor.

Joly, Simon, conductor.

Holten, Bo, conductor.

Language:

English

French

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Motets.

Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

70th anniversary celebration

Seventieth anniversary celebration

Place of Publication:

[London] : BBC Music Magazine, [1994]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Der Geist hilft : BWV 226 / J.S. Bach (7:48)

O Tod, wie bitter bist du : op. 110 / Reger (9:39)

Three songs from Im Grunen : op. 59. Ruhetal ; Die Nachtigall ; Jaglied / Mendelssohn (7:20)

Two songs to be sung of a summer night on the water / Delius (4:20)

Midsummer song / Delius (2:24)

The blue bird, op. 119, no. 3 / Stanford (4:02)

Trois chansons. Nicolette ; Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis ; Ronde / Ravel (6:13)

Fremuit spiritu Jesus / Lassus (6:24)

Narration : a description of the passing of a year / Birtwistle (9:23)

This have I done for my true love / Holst (5:25)

Ye shall have a song : from A Night for holy Joe / Bond (4:14).

Participant:

BBC Singers ; Jane Glover (1st work), Bo Holten (13th work), or Simon Joly, conductors.

Notes:

Exclusive CD only available with BBC Music Magazine. Issued with vol. 3, no. 1, where detailed program notes may be found.

Recorded in St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, Apr. 20, 1994 (1st work), June 8, 1993 (2nd work), May 20, 1993 (13th work); remaining works recorded in Maida Vale Studios, London, June 29-30, 1994.

Compact disc.

Digital recording.

Local Notes:

U. of P. copy has program notes from BBC music magazine (v. 3, no. 1, p. 6-10) inserted.

Contains:

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf.

Reger, Max, 1873-1916. Geistliche Gesänge, op. 110. O Tod, wie bitter bist du

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder im Freien zu singen, op. 59. Selections

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. To be sung of a summer night on the water.

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Midsummer song.

Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924. Partsongs, op. 119. Blue bird

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Chansons, mixed voices

Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594. Motets, voices (6), book 1. Fremuit spiritus Jesu.

Birtwistle, Harrison. Narration.

Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Part-songs, mixed voices, op. 34. This have I done for my true love

Bond, Julian, 1970- Night for holy Joe. Ye shall have a song

OCLC:

31176828

Publisher Number:

BBC MM125 BBC Music Magazine