| Main Performers | Shiva Feshareki - turntables, electronics,
Liam Byrne - viola da gamba |
| Set List | 'Qui Habitat in Adiutorio Altissimi (a 24)', J des Prez,
'Le Chant des Oiseaux', Janquin,
'Birdchant', B Hughes,
'O Viridissima Virga', H Von Bingen,
'Ave Verum Corpus', Byrd,
'Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined', Roderick Williams ,
'Otche Nash', Stravinsky,
'Je Sens En Moy Uneflamme Nouvelle', Sweelinck,
'A New Flame (after Sweelinck)', N Muhly,
'Aether World', S Feshareki |
| Performance Notes | In 2021, the BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. With 52 concerts over 44 days, featuring 30 orchestras and ensembles and more than 2,000 musicians, this ambitious season promises a celebration of live music on a scale not seen since before the pandemic. From the power of a symphony orchestra to the sheer joy of a single performer on the Halls magnificent organ, this summer we look forward to coming together through music. Every Prom will be live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
Experimental composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki joins Sofi Jeannin and the BBC Singers for a choral playlist colliding the Renaissance with the present day. Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Byrd and Josquin are woven into a continuous musical sequence with pieces by Stravinsky, Feshareki, Nico Muhly and Roderick Williams. Old and new, acoustic and electronic, sacred and secular come together in this musical kaleidoscope.
BBC commissions and world premieres of 'Birdchant', B Hughes, 'A New Flame (after Sweelinck)', N Muhly, and
'Aether World', S Feshareki.
The season was shortened to six, rather than eight, weeks because of the financial risk to the BBC not knowing audience sizes due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Related Archival Material | Prospectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/27),
Digital photographs |