Performances of Sofi Jeannin at BBC Proms

Sat 25 Jul 2026

• 16:00

  Choirs on the Concourse (Gateshead)

  The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

  A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell and Tavener’s heartrending Song for Athene

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  A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell and Tavener’s heartrending Song for Athene

  Programme

  • • • Charles Wood
      • Hail, gladdening light
    • • Hildegard von Bingen
      • Symphony of the Harmony of Heavenly Revelations – Alleluia, O virga mediatrix Details
    • • Christian Forshaw
      • My soul, there is a country
    • • Shruthi Rajasekar
      • Sat on the shore
    • • Iain Farrington
      • Like as the waves
    • • Caroline Shaw
      • and the swallow
    • • Roderick Williams
      • Never weather-beaten sailBBC commission: world premiere
    • • Alec Roth
      • Night Prayer
    • • John Tavener
      • Song for Athene
    • • Hubert Parry
      • Songs of Farewell – No. 6: Lord, let me know mine end
    • • Alfred Schnittke
      • Concerto for Choir

  Performers

  • Jess Gillam

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • BBC Singers
  • Sofi Jeannin

    conductor
    conductor
  • Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
  • Tim Burke

    chorus director
    chorus director
  • Voices of the River’s Edge
  • Simon Davies-Fidler

    choir director
    choir director

  Composers

  • Charles Wood
  • Hildegard von Bingen
  • Christian Forshaw
  • Shruthi Rajasekar
  • Iain Farrington
  • Caroline Shaw
  • Roderick Williams
  • Alec Roth
  • John Tavener
  • Hubert Parry
  • Alfred Schnittke

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  Proms 2026 Proms Across the UK Choral music and opera

  

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