The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin celebrate the 60th anniversary of 'Let The Peoples Sing', the EBU’s competition for amateur choirs from around Europe. With the pandemic forcing this year’s competition to be cancelled, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers present a programme focusing on the joy of singing, and including Bob Chilcott’s new anthem commissioned for the competition, ‘The Gift to Sing’.
FRANCESCA MASSEY Improvisational Fanfare Variations on Euro Radio Theme
Arr. SARAH QUARTEL How can I Keep From Singing?
WILLIAM MATHIAS Let the people praise thee, O God
SIR JAMES MACMILLAN Cecilia Virgo; Gaudeamus in loci pace
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Rejoice in the Lamb
BOB CHILCOTT The Gift to Sing (´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
CECILIA MCDOWALL Cecilia, Busy Like a Bee
KENNETH LEIGHTON Let all the World in Every Corner Sing; Ite, missa est (from Missa de Gloria)
GABRIEL JACKSON La musique
THEA MUSGRAVE Anthem – to St Cecilia
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR/DAVID WILLCOCKS Sing!, on Widor’s Toccata