“On behalf of us all, Happy Birthday and thank you.”
This week we celebrate 100 years of making music. A few friends stopped by to share their thoughts on our Centenary Celebrations. 🎉
Do you have a favourite memory of the BBC Singers?
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The incredible moment when Queen's Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor took to the Royal Albert Hall stage for their first ever symphonic performance of Bohemian Rhapsody at the Last Night of the Proms.
The band-members were joined by tenor Sam Oladeinde, conductor Elim Chan and a host of the night's other performers and ensembles. Relive the magic now on iPlayer and BBC Sounds. #BBCProms
Join Tom Fetherstonhaugh, BBC Singers and Fantasia Orchestra for a Transatlantic-themed Relaxed Prom marking the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence 🎶
Relaxed Proms are designed for concertgoers who prefer a more informal environment, with chill-out spaces available throughout the venue.
Tickets are on sale now. Click the #BBCProms link in our bio for more information.
Still getting chills from this moment at last year’s First Night of the Proms 😨
Here we are performing Vaughan Williams’s Sancta civitas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
🎟️ Not long to go now! Proms tickets on general sale Saturday 16 May
More info via link in our bio
🌅 Join us for our next studio concert, Dusk in June, with conductor Daniel Hyde in a rich and varied programme of choral music from North America.
At the heart of the concert is Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, a jazz- and blues-inflected masterpiece and one of the most compelling American choral works of the 20th century. The programme also features works by contemporary composers Linthicum Blackhorse, Libby Larsen and Caroline Shaw, alongside Amy Beach's evocative Dusk in June.
📅 Friday 12 June, 2.30pm
📍St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
🎟️ Apply for free tickets via link in bio
🎺 The magisterial Sanctus from Bach's B Minor Mass
For our final concert of the season, we were joined by the Academy of Ancient Music for a truly special, sold-out performance at Milton Court Concert Hall. The evening marked Sofi Jeannin's final London concert with us as our Chief Conductor 😢
🎧 Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Sounds
The Music & Meditation Podcast invites some of the most exciting young composers of today to write new, immersive classical works to soundtrack each episode's guided meditation.
Our presenter Izzy Judd takes you behind the scenes.
👋 Meet Eve, the newest soprano to join the BBC Singers!
Eve studied at the University of Birmingham and has sung with leading ensembles such as The Cambridge Singers, ORA Singers, Carice Singers, Chamber Choir Ireland and contemporary music groups Shards and the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Eve is also a fiddle player with Inis Éire, a trio performing and recording Irish folk music, trad and pop covers.
✨ Congratulations Eve on your new role, we’re delighted to have you in the BBC Singers.
For the final concert of our 2025/26 season, the BBC Singers join the Academy of Ancient Music for a performance of Bach’s monumental B minor Mass, one of the supreme achievements of the classical repertoire.
Conducted by Sofi Jeannin, this concert marks her final season performance as our Chief Conductor.
🎧 Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Sounds on 6 July.
📍 Milton Court Concert Hall, London
🗓️ Sunday 10 May, 3pm
🎟️ Final tickets available via link in bio
✨ Sterne, in des Himmels Ferne! | Stars, in distant heaven!
The luminous sounds of Robert Schumann’s An die Sterne from his Vier Doppelchörige Gesänge (Four Songs for Double Choir).
Here’s our Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin leading us in rehearsals for our concert Songs of Love at St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square.
🎧 Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Sounds
📣 New concerts announced at Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican Centre for our 2026/27 season!
We’re delighted to return to Milton Court Concert Hall next season with two very different and exciting programmes.
In October, join us for A Whole New World, a celebratory concert of unforgettable songs by Alan Menken with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Owain Park. From Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, to Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act and other Broadway favourites, we’ll be bringing the magic of these shows to the stage.
Then in April, we turn to music of reflection in Voices of Lament, exploring powerful musical settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Featuring works by Thomas Tallis, Cassandra Miller and Nico Muhly, conducted by Peter Phillips.
🎟️ Tickets on sale now, more info via link in bio
💛 Kim Porter’s I want to die while you love me
Last week, Sofi Jeannin led us in her final studio concert with us as our Chief Conductor, where we gave the world premiere of Kim Porter’s beautiful new piece for the BBC Singers.
As part of our concert Songs of Love, we performed works exploring love and human relationships, with music by Palestrina, Schumann, Sven‑David Sandström, Nana Forte and Anna‑Karin Klockar.
🎧 Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
