As part of the BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition this year, I conducted the BBC Singers for a live Afternoon Concert performance on 16 December 2020. We were joined by presenter Petroc Trelawny at Maida Vale Studios to sing the six final entries, alongside some other festive treats.
Programme
Howard Goodall Romance of the Epiphany
Michael Head Carol of the field mice
Written by the Girl choristers of Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke Carol
Jonathan Willcocks Nowell Nowell
John Rutter Mary’s Lullaby, and Epilogue
Elizabeth Poston The Lamb
Ned Rorem Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Libby Croad Silent Night
Owain Park While Shepherds Watched
Ken Burton The Virgin Mary
BBC Singers
Owain Park, conductor