BBC Singers 2025-26 Events
Thu 21 May 2026
- 19:30City Halls
A glorious finale to the 90th season, where voices and orchestra soar as one.
A glorious finale to the 90th season, where voices and orchestra soar as one.
Programme
- Ave Maria (1861 setting)(4 mins)
- Magnificat - for solo soprano, chorus and orchestra(30 mins)(revised version, world premiere)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, ‘Romantic’(65 mins)
Performers
- Sophie Bevansoprano
Composers
Fri 12 Jun 2026
- 14:30St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
Daniel Hyde returns to conduct the BBC Singers in a concert showcasing a wide variety of choral music from North America.
Daniel Hyde returns to conduct the BBC Singers in a concert showcasing a wide variety of choral music from North America.
Programme
- Dusk in June
- Alleluia(5 mins)
- In the Beginning(17 mins)
- Fly Away(6 mins)
- A Dream Within A Dream(3 mins)
- Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love(3 mins)
- Western Songs(9 mins)
- My soul, tis of thee(4 mins)
Performers
- BBC Singersensemble
- Daniel Hydeconductor
Mon 22 Jun 2026
- 20:00St Giles' Cripplegate, London
Pulitzer winner Tyshawn Sorey honours Morton Feldman and the Rothko Chapel with a meditative new work exploring sound, memory, and spiritual resonance, featuring the Barbican's Artist in Residence Davóne Tines.
Pulitzer winner Tyshawn Sorey honours Morton Feldman and the Rothko Chapel with a meditative new work exploring sound, memory, and spiritual resonance, featuring the Barbican's Artist in Residence Davóne Tines.
Programme
- Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)(90 mins)
Performers
- Tyshawn Soreyconductor & composer
- Davóne Tinesbass-baritone
- Ruth Gibsonviola
- BBC Singersensemble
Composers
Sat 4 Jul 2026
- 21:00Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
The BBC Singers join Artist in Association Eric Whitacre for a beautiful concert at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. The Sacred Veil, created by Whitacre and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, explores the fragile lines between birth, love, life & loss.
The BBC Singers join Artist in Association Eric Whitacre for a beautiful concert at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. The Sacred Veil, created by Whitacre and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, explores the fragile lines between birth, love, life & loss.
Programme
- The Sacred Veil(60 mins)
Performers
- Emma Dentoncello
- Christopher Glynnpiano
- BBC Singersensemble
- Eric Whitacreconductor
Composers
Thu 9 Jul 2026
- 19:00Norwich Cathedral
The BBC Singers return to Norwich Cathedral with works themed around two women central to the history of the city – Julian of Norwich and Edith Cavell.
The BBC Singers return to Norwich Cathedral with works themed around two women central to the history of the city – Julian of Norwich and Edith Cavell.
Programme
- All Shall Be Well
- O magnum mysterium
- Standing as I do before God
- Church Bells beyond the stars
- All Shall Be Well
- A New Song
- interval
- Fantasia and Fugue in G
- Songs of Farewell
Performers
- Guy Johnstoncello
- David Dunnettorgan
- BBC Singersensemble
- Ashley Groteconductor
Sun 10 May 2026
- 15:00Milton Court Concert Hall
The BBC Singers join the Academy of Ancient Music under Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for one of the ‘greatest musical works of art of all times and nations’: Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor.
The BBC Singers join the Academy of Ancient Music under Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for one of the ‘greatest musical works of art of all times and nations’: Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
- 14:30St Peter's Eaton Square, London
In one of her final studio programmes as Chief Conductor, Sofi Jeannin joins the BBC Singers in a programme of groups of works that explore love and human relationships across musical periods, including a world premiere of a BBC Commission by Kim Porter.
In one of her final studio programmes as Chief Conductor, Sofi Jeannin joins the BBC Singers in a programme of groups of works that explore love and human relationships across musical periods, including a world premiere of a BBC Commission by Kim Porter.
Programme
- En ego campana(6 mins)
- Descendi in hortum meum(3 mins)
- A new song of Love(4 mins)
- Surge Propera Amica mea
- Four Songs of Love(9 mins)
- I want to die while you love meBBC commission, world premiere
- Because I liked you better(4 mins)
- Vier Doppelchörige Gesänge(18 mins)An die Sterne; Ungewisses Licht; Zuversicht; Talismane
Fri 10 Apr 2026
- 19:00Snape Maltings Concert Hall
The BBC Singers join forces with Aurora Orchestra and Britten Pears Chamber Choir for a glittering performance of Fauré’s Requiem.
The BBC Singers join forces with Aurora Orchestra and Britten Pears Chamber Choir for a glittering performance of Fauré’s Requiem.
Programme
- Requiem(35 mins)
- Piano Concerto for the Left Hand(20 mins)
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Boléro(16 mins)
Performers
- Ceferina Pennysoprano
- Jonathan Eyersbaritone
- Nicholas McCarthypiano
- BBC Singersensemble
- Britten-Pears Chamber Choirensemble
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
Wed 8 Apr 2026
- 16:00St Paul's Knightsbridge, London
The BBC Singers join their Artist in Association, Anna Lapwood, for the final time in her role with the group to record Choral Evensong.
The BBC Singers join their Artist in Association, Anna Lapwood, for the final time in her role with the group to record Choral Evensong.
Programme
- My heart, O God
- Preces & Responses
- Psalm 104
- St Martin’s Service
- A Hymn for St Cecilia
- Angel Voices, Ever Singing
Performers
- Molly Hordorgan
- BBC Singersensemble
- Anna Lapwoodconductor
Composers
Wed 1 Apr 2026
- 18:30King's College Cambridge
The BBC Singers join the Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music and a roster of world-class soloists for Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Cambridge.
The BBC Singers join the Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music and a roster of world-class soloists for Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Cambridge.
Programme
- St Matthew Passion(150 mins)
Performers
- Sophie Bevansoprano
- Bethany Horak-Hallettmezzo-soprano
- Gwilym Bowentenor
- Robert Murraytenor
- Neal Daviesbass
- Matthew Brookbass
- BBC Singersensemble
- Daniel Hydeconductor
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