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The 91Èȱ¬ Singers, violinist Laura Samuel and conductor Sofi Jeannin

Live performance from the 91Èȱ¬ singers, violinist Laura Samuel and conductor Sofi Jeannin. Intimate choral works and a vocal setting of Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending.

The 91Èȱ¬ singers bring a richly varied programme to this live Queen’s Hall recital, starting with Frank Martin’s truly intimate Mass for unaccompanied double choir. It spent forty years in a drawer before being performed as Martin said he ‘considered it…as being a matter between God and myself.’ Laura Samuel, leader of the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra joins the 91Èȱ¬ Singers for two pieces; Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds’ Ancient Prairie and Paul Drayton’s arrangement of The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams, with Meredith’s poetry underpinning the soaring violin melody. In between we hear a witch's spell by Norwegian composer Cecilie Ore and late works by Harris and Mendelssohn.

Martin: Mass for double choir
Mendelssohn: Motets Op 79
Ä’riks Esenvalds: Ancient Prairie

11:45
INTERVAL - Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conducted in this recording by Hannu Lintu

12:05
Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
Vaughan Williams arr. Drayton: The Lark Ascending
Cecilie Ore: Toil & Trouble

91Èȱ¬ Singers
Laura Samuel - Violin
Sofi Jeannin - Conductor

Presenter: Donald MacLeod
Producer: Laura Metcalfe

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Motets Op.79

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Frank Martin

    Mass

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • 91Èȱ¬ Singers, Sofi Jeannin & Laura Samuel

    Ancient Prairie

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus (Concerto For Birds And Orchestra) Op.61

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us, O Lord God - Motet

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Laura Samuel. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Cecilie Ore

    Toil And Trouble

    Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • 91Èȱ¬ Singers & Sofi Jeannin

    Slängpolska Efter Byss-Kalle

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    La violetta ch'en su l'herbetta

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter sings Handel, Monteverdi & Telemann.
    • Naive.
    • 4.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Monteverdi: 'Lasciatemi morire'

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter sings Handel, Monteverdi & Telemann.
    • Naive.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Aug 2022 11:00