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Joby Talbot's Piedra de sol

In his first concert as the group's new Chief Conductor, Owain Park conducts the BBC Singers in the UK premiere of Joby Talbot's Piedra de sol and motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Owain Park begins his tenure as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers with the UK premiere of a BBC co-commission by Joby Talbot, Piedra de sol. The work is a setting of excerpts from the epic poetic masterpiece by the Mexican poet and philosopher Octavio Paz and takes the listener on an emotional journey from Creation to Despair and finally to Salvation. In the words of the composer himself "Piedra de sol invites listeners and performers alike on a journey of infinite dimensions – a voyage whose course bends, advances, recedes, comes full circle and arrives forever."
The concert begins with with two glorious motets by 16th century composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, written during Spain's golden age of polyphonic music.

Recorded last month at St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, and presented by Martin Handley.

Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa 'O quam gloriosum'
Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol (BBC co-commission, UK premiere)

BBC Singers
Owain Park (conductor)

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The texts for the music performed in this concert are available here: https://indd.adobe.com/view/b7fb664f-19c3-4e0d-a0d1-5c016613118a

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Thursday 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O Quam gloriosum

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Missa: O quam gloriosum est regnum

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Gabriela Ortiz

    Altar de Bronce

    Performer: Pacho Flores. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Albares Latin American Trumpet Concertos.
    • Onyx.
    • 7.

  • Joby Talbot

    Piedra de sol

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op 40 (1st mvt, Allegro non troppo)

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Britten, Prokofiev & Shostakovich: The Cello Sonatas.
    • Orfeo.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 19:30
    BBC Radio 3