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A Midsummer Night's Dream with the 大象传媒 Singers

The 大象传媒 Singers and their chief conductor Sofi Jeannin combine music for a midsummer's evening with Shakespeare settings, live from St Paul's Knightsbridge.

The 大象传媒 Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin sign off their 2022/23 season with a concert combining music for a midsummer鈥檚 evening with settings of Shakespeare, in the 400th anniversary year of the first folio publication. Curated by Sofi Jeannin, this programme promises an evening of music blending styles and sound worlds to reflect the versatility and splendour of the 大象传媒 Singers.

Live from St Paul's Knightsbridge, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

大象传媒 Singers
Sofi Jeannin - conductor

Jan Sandstr枚m - Biegga Luohte
Anna Karin Klockar - Limu limu Lima
Frank Martin - Five Ariel Songs
Edward Elgar - Two Part Songs Op. 71
Herbert Murrill - O mistress mine

Interval

Frederick Delius - Two Songs to be sung on a summer night on the water
Edvard Grieg - How fair is thy face, from Four Psalms, Op. 74
Amy Beach - Three Shakespeare Choruses
Kristina Arakelyan - Echo from Seascapes
Ildebrando Pizzetti - Cade la sera
Lars Johan Werle - Canzone 126 di Francesco Petrarca

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Jan Sandstr枚m

    Biegga Luohte (abridged version)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Frank Martin

    Five Songs of Ariel 14

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Anna-Karin Klockar

    Limu limu Lima

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Frank Martin

    Five Songs of Ariel

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Edward Elgar

    Two part songs Op. 71

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Herbert Murrill

    O mistress mine from Two Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for chorus

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO Live.
  • Madeleine Dring

    7 Shakespeare Songs: Take, O take those lips away

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Frederick Delius

    Two Songs to be sung on a summer night on the water

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Edvard Grieg

    How fair is thy face, from Four Psalms

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Amy Beach

    Three Shakespeare Choruses Op. 39

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    'Echo' from Seascapes

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Cade la sera

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Lars Johan Werle

    Canzone 126 Di Francesco Petrarca

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Nils Lindberg

    Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • John Luther Adams

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble.
    • Thrive on Routine.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 501.
  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Bax Tone Poems.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Is my team ploughing? (On Wenlock Edge)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson. Ensemble: The Duke Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:30