BBC Singers: International Women's Day

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The BBC Singers and guest conductor Ellie Slorach celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 with a second collaboration with acclaimed sitar player Debipriya Das.

Join us in the splendours of St Martin-in-the-Fields, with an all-female programme interspersing traditional Indian music alongside works combining choir and sitar. At the heart of the concert is a BBC commission, the world premiere of Reena Esmail’s Sun Sandar Sargam.

Join us on a choral journey of music marking the passing of night through to the anticipation and joy of the new day.

Image: Ellie Slorach (left) and Reena Esmail (right)

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Programme

• Hildegard von Bingen O pastor animarum Kerry Andrew Salve regina Judith Bingham The darkness is no darkness Dobrinka Tabakova Alma Redemptoris Mater Annabel Rooney Round me falls the night Eleanor Daley Grandmother moon Cecilia McDowall Regina Caeli Sun Keting A Cave of one's own INTERVAL Amy Beach Peace I leave with you Josephine Stephenson In Manus Tuas Electra Perivolaris Daybreak Joan Szymko Wake, Love, Wake! Reena Esmail Sun Sundar SargamBBC Commission, world premiere. Hildegard von Bingen Ave generosa

Performers

• Debipriya Das sitar
• BBC Singers
• Ellie Slorach conductorComposers Hildegard von Bingen Kerry Andrew Judith Bingham Dobrinka Tabakova Annabel Rooney Eleanor Daley Cecilia McDowall Sun Keting Amy Beach Josephine Stephenson Electra Perivolaris Joan Szymko Reena Esmail