I From St Paul 's
Church,
Knightsbridge, London.
Simon Joly bows out with a performance of two British choral symphonies: written in the early 20th century, these unaccompanied works use massed voices to create colourful and extravagant effects, which critic Ernest Newman claimed "set English choirs the stiffest task they ever had given to them".
BBC Singers/Simon Joly
Bantock Vanity of Vanities
8.10 Choral Scene and Heard
In conversation with Chris de Souza , Simon Joly reflects on 13 years of conducting the BBC
Singers, on the changing choral scene during that period, and on the contemporary choral repertoire in general.
8.30 Bantock Atalanta in Calydon