Sofi Jeannin - Singing Together

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Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores music written for the collective singing experience.

Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores music written for the collective singing experience, revealing how it embodies the very spirit of what it means to be human.

Nothing expresses the human spirit better than the human voice and the collective singing experience magnifies this a thousand times.  No-one knows this better than Sofi Jeannin, Chief Conductor of BBC Singers and the famous children's choir the Maitrise de Radio France. Over her career she has worked with singers across all ages and genres and has an unparalleled knowledge of music for choruses, choirs and community singing.

Sofi Jeannin - Singing Together: Young Voices

Young Voices

BBC Radio 3 - Sofi Jeannin - Singing Together, Young Voices

Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores the magic of young voices in compositions.

Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores the fascination for composers of children's voices in music as they evolve from expressing innocence and good to a broader palette.

Conductor Sofi Jeannin has a passion for Singing Together and in this episode, she explores the collective singing experience for young people and its impact on composers, audiences and themselves.

Sofi looks at the power of the young voice in music from the opera stages to the concert platform which inspired so many composers from Britten and Messiaen to Errolyn Wallen and Joseph Horowitz. Drawing on her experience of the Maitrîse de Radio France and her work with underprivileged immigrant children in Greece and Paris, Sofi brings a new perspective to the power of song.

Deazley: The Circus
Mahler: 5th mvt of Symphony No 3
Bach: Kommt, Ihr Tochter from St Magghew Passion
Britten: The Cuckoo from Songs from Friday Afternoons
Britten: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys from St Nicolas
Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine
Ravel: Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!
Bernstein: 2nd mvt of Chichester Psalms
Rautavaara: Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden
Soh: Tu est Magique
Horowitz: Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo
Wallen: Peace on Earth
Poulenc: Le Chien Perdu from Petites voix

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