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Prom 69a: Late Night: ±«Óãtv Singers and Sofi Jeannin

±«Óãtv Proms 2023

Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: music by Joanna Marsh, Soumik Datta and Daniel-Lesur from the ±«Óãtv Singers and conductor Sofi Jeannin.

Live at the ±«Óãtv Proms: music by Joanna Marsh, Soumik Datta and Daniel-Lesur from the ±«Óãtv Singers and conductor Sofi Jeannin.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Joanna Marsh: SEEN
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Cantique des cantiques
Soumik Datta: Awaaz

Soumik Datta (sarod)
Prathap Ramachandra (mridangam)
Aref Durvesh (tabla)
Camilo Tirado (sound and effects)
Glen Scott (electronics producer)
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
±«Óãtv Singers

Two musical explorations of identity frame this special late-night performance, both of them premiered last year by the ±«Óãtv Singers. With the added layering of live electronics, Joanna Marsh’s SEEN highlights marginalised voices, especially those of women in ancient Greek theatre, whose stories were mostly told by men. Soumik Datta’s Awaaz (‘voice’ in Urdu and Hindi) was written to mark the 75th anniversary of Indian independence and partition and draws together Western and South Asian music in its celebration of the voice as the root of belonging. In between comes one of the highlights of the 20th-century French choral repertoire, the Cantique des cantiques by Daniel-Lesur – a long-time friend of Olivier Messiaen – settings from the biblical Songs of Songs that richly reflect the texts’ atmosphere of allusion and moods of love, desire and rapture.

1 hour, 44 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Sep 2023 22:15
±«Óãtv Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joanna Marsh

    SEEN

    Performer: Glen Scott. Choir: ±«Óãtv Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur

    Cantique des cantiques

    Choir: ±«Óãtv Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Soumik Datta

    Awaaz

    Performer: Soumik Datta. Performer: Aref Durvesh. Performer: Prathap Ramachandra. Choir: ±«Óãtv Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Piano concerto no. 2 & Piano Pieces.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

  • Franz Liszt

    3 Concert studies S.144: No. 3 - Un Sospiro

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 17.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in E flat major, Op 10 No 11; Study in C minor, Op 10 No 12

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Sep 2023 22:15
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3

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