National Youth Choir of Scotland at 30

The National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS) marks its 30th anniversary with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its founder and Artistic Director Christopher Bell.

Their celebration concert from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh features Carl Orff’s highly dramatic twentieth century cantata, 'Carmina Burana', whose opening and closing chorus 'O Fortuna' is one of the best known moments in classical music. In the first half, NYCOS perform the broadcast premiere of Jay Capperauld’s 'The World' for unaccompanied choir, a setting of texts by Robert Louis Stevenson and Niall Campbell, followed by Jonathan Dove’s song cycle 'The Passing of the Year', a hommage to nature in a specially orchestrated version.

Recorded last month at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, and presented by Stephen Broad.

Jay Capperauld: The World
Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

National Youth Choir of Scotland
National Girls Choir
National Boys Choir
Emma Morwood (soprano)
Joseph Doody (tenor)
Paul Grant (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Bell (conductor)

To listen on most smart speakers, just say "ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 in Concert."