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class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">Choir</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:BBC_Singers_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/BBC_Singers_logo.jpg/220px-BBC_Singers_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/BBC_Singers_logo.jpg/330px-BBC_Singers_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/BBC_Singers_logo.jpg/440px-BBC_Singers_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">BBC Singers logo (2009)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>The Wireless Chorus (1924)</li><li>The Wireless Singers (1927)</li><li>BBC Chorus (1961)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1924 (100 years ago)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">Classical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief conductor</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Sofi_Jeannin" title="Sofi Jeannin">Sofi Jeannin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Jonathan Manners</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios" title="Maida Vale Studios">Maida Vale Studios</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Concert hall</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios" title="Maida Vale Studios">Maida Vale Studios</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Proms" title="BBC Proms">BBC Proms</a><br /><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Associated groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Performing_Groups" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Performing Groups">BBC Performing Groups</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/singers/">www<wbr />.bbc<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk<wbr />/singers<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>BBC Singers</b> is a professional British <a href="/wiki/Chamber_choir" title="Chamber choir">chamber choir</a>, employed by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. Its origins can be traced to 1924. One of the six <a href="/wiki/BBC_Performing_Groups" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Performing Groups">BBC Performing Groups</a>, the BBC Singers are based at the BBC <a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios" title="Maida Vale Studios">Maida Vale Studios</a> in London. The only full-time professional British choir,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the BBC Singers feature in live concerts, radio transmissions, recordings and education workshops. The choir often performs alongside other BBC Performing Groups, such as the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra" title="BBC Symphony Orchestra">BBC Symphony Orchestra</a>, and is a regular guest at the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Proms" title="BBC Proms">BBC Proms</a>. Broadcasts are made from locations around the country: London venues have included <a href="/wiki/St_Giles-without-Cripplegate" title="St Giles-without-Cripplegate">St Giles-without-Cripplegate</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s,_Smith_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="St John's, Smith Square">St John's, Smith Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Knightsbridge" title="St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge">St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge</a>. </p><p>The BBC Singers perform with leading international orchestras and conductors. The choir has appeared by invitation at national events such as the <a href="/wiki/Funeral_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales">funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales</a> in Westminster Abbey. Former members of the group include <a href="/wiki/Sir_Peter_Pears" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Peter Pears">Sir Peter Pears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Connolly" title="Sarah Connolly">Sarah Connolly</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Judith_Bingham" title="Judith Bingham">Judith Bingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Christophers" title="Harry Christophers">Harry Christophers</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1924, the BBC engaged <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Robinson" title="Stanford Robinson">Stanford Robinson</a> as Chorus Master. He formed a choir for a performance of <a href="/wiki/Rutland_Boughton" title="Rutland Boughton">Rutland Boughton</a>'s <i>Immortal Hour</i>. This choir, known as 'The Wireless Chorus', was thereafter established as a full-time professional choir. In 1927, the BBC created an octet named 'The Wireless Singers', drawn from members of the Wireless Chorus, for performances where fewer singers were required. Guest conductors of both groups during these early years included <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Elgar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edward Elgar">Sir Edward Elgar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg" title="Arnold Schoenberg">Arnold Schoenberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Barbirolli" title="John Barbirolli">John Barbirolli</a>. </p><p>In 1931, the Wireless Chorus was invited to perform at the Festival of the <a href="/wiki/International_Society_for_Contemporary_Music" title="International Society for Contemporary Music">International Society for Contemporary Music</a>, the first time this event had been held in Britain. </p><p>On appointment of <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Woodgate" title="Leslie Woodgate">Leslie Woodgate</a> as general chorus master in 1934, the group was renamed the BBC Singers, and divided into two octets, known as Singers A and Singers B, one specialising in less standard repertoire including Renaissance polyphony and madrigals, the other in light music and revue numbers. Singers A were typically paid £1 per week more than Singers B. In 1939, Woodgate described the operation and function of the various BBC choirs, including the professional choir, in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Musical_Times" title="The Musical Times">The Musical Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Second World War, the choir was forced to relocate several times from its base in Maida Vale, briefly taking up residence in Bristol, Bangor and Bedford. In 1945, the choir gave the premiere of <a href="/wiki/Francis_Poulenc" title="Francis Poulenc">Francis Poulenc</a>'s wartime cantata <i><a href="/wiki/Figure_humaine" title="Figure humaine">Figure humaine</a></i> from the Concert Hall of <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, from the late 1940s onwards, the BBC Singers began to tour across Europe, under the direction of conductors such as <a href="/wiki/Herbert_von_Karajan" title="Herbert von Karajan">Herbert von Karajan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtw%C3%A4ngler" title="Wilhelm Furtwängler">Wilhelm Furtwängler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Walter" title="Bruno Walter">Bruno Walter</a>. In England, the choir it worked with <a href="/wiki/George_Enescu" title="George Enescu">George Enescu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Beecham" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Beecham">Sir Thomas Beecham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otto_Klemperer" title="Otto Klemperer">Otto Klemperer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a>. From 1946, they became a regular feature of the BBC's new radio arts network, the <a href="/wiki/Third_Programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Programme">Third Programme</a>. </p><p>During the middle years of the twentieth century, the choir premiered major works by <a href="/wiki/Darius_Milhaud" title="Darius Milhaud">Darius Milhaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Martin_(composer)" title="Frank Martin (composer)">Frank Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hindemith" title="Paul Hindemith">Paul Hindemith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Finzi" title="Gerald Finzi">Gerald Finzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Michael_Tippett" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Michael Tippett">Sir Michael Tippett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Bliss" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Bliss">Sir Arthur Bliss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karol_Szymanowski" title="Karol Szymanowski">Karol Szymanowski</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a> began a lifelong association with the choir in 1964. </p><p>Woodgate died in 1961. That same year, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gellhorn" title="Peter Gellhorn">Peter Gellhorn</a> took over the choir. He re-organised the professional contingent, scrapping the A–B division in favour of a single force of 28 voices, which was renamed the BBC Chorus. Following the appointment of John Poole as chorus master in 1972, the choir reverted to its previous name, the BBC Singers. </p><p>The choir continued to broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, but its long-established participation in <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Service" title="The Daily Service">The Daily Service</a> had been curtailed to one appearance per week by the early 1990s, after the Rev. David Winter (head of BBC religious broadcasting from 1982 to 1989) judged that its sound was "too clinical" for worship.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appointment of <a href="/wiki/Bo_Holten" title="Bo Holten">Bo Holten</a> as Guest Conductor in 1991 introduced a new focus and approach to early music. The BBC Singers now work regularly with early music specialists, including <a href="/wiki/Peter_Phillips_(conductor)" title="Peter Phillips (conductor)">Peter Phillips</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tallis_Scholars" class="mw-redirect" title="Tallis Scholars">Tallis Scholars</a>) and Robert Hollingworth (<a href="/wiki/I_Fagiolini" title="I Fagiolini">I Fagiolini</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cleobury" title="Stephen Cleobury">Stephen Cleobury</a>, chief conductor of the choir from 1995 to 2007, held the title of conductor laureate with the choir until his death in 2019. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Chilcott" title="Bob Chilcott">Bob Chilcott</a> is the current principal guest conductor of the choir. David Hill was the most recent conductor from 2007 to 2017. <a href="/wiki/Sofi_Jeannin" title="Sofi Jeannin">Sofi Jeannin</a> was a guest-conductor of the choir in January 2017. In May 2017, the BBC announced her appointment as the choir's next chief conductor, the first woman to hold the post, with effect from July 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, the BBC announced the extension of Jeannin's contract as chief conductor of the BBC Singers through 2026, along with the appointments of Owain Park as principal guest conductor, <a href="/wiki/Roderick_Williams" title="Roderick Williams">Roderick Williams</a> as composer-in-association, and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Lapwood" title="Anna Lapwood">Anna Lapwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abel_Selaocoe" title="Abel Selaocoe">Abel Selaocoe</a> each as an artist-in-association.<sup id="cite_ref-April2022CMM_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April2022CMM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 March 2023, the BBC announced its decision to close the choir later in the year as part of its "new strategy" for classical music.<sup id="cite_ref-closed_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-closed-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following public reactions in protest at this announcement, the BBC reversed this decision on 24 March.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2024, the BBC announced a new partnership between the BBC Singers and the <a href="/wiki/Voces8" title="Voces8">Voces8</a> Foundation for future sustainability of the BBC Singers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2024, the BBC announced the appointment of Jonathan Manners as director of the BBC Singers.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Choir_directors_and_chief_conductors">Choir directors and chief conductors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Choir directors and chief conductors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Robinson" title="Stanford Robinson">Stanford Robinson</a> (1924–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Woodgate" title="Leslie Woodgate">Leslie Woodgate</a> (1934–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gellhorn" title="Peter Gellhorn">Peter Gellhorn</a> (1961–1972)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Poole_(choral_director)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Poole (choral director) (page does not exist)">John Poole</a> (1972–1989)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Joly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Joly (page does not exist)">Simon Joly</a> (1989–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cleobury" title="Stephen Cleobury">Stephen Cleobury</a> (1995–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(choral_director)" title="David Hill (choral director)">David Hill</a> (2007–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sofi_Jeannin" title="Sofi Jeannin">Sofi Jeannin</a> (2018–present)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commissioned_works">Commissioned works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commissioned works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over its history, the BBC Singers has performed and commissioned more than a hundred new works. These include <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Holst" title="Gustav Holst">Gustav Holst</a>'s <i>The Morning of the Year</i> (1927), <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Boy_was_Born" class="mw-redirect" title="A Boy was Born">A Boy was Born</a></i> (1934), and works by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Berkeley" title="Michael Berkeley">Michael Berkeley</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodney_Bennett" title="Richard Rodney Bennett">Richard Rodney Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Casken" title="John Casken">John Casken</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Maxwell_Davies" title="Peter Maxwell Davies">Peter Maxwell Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thea_Musgrave" title="Thea Musgrave">Thea Musgrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Rubbra" title="Edmund Rubbra">Edmund Rubbra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Saxton" title="Robert Saxton">Robert Saxton</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Tavener" title="John Tavener">John Tavener</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Tippett" title="Michael Tippett">Michael Tippett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iannis_Xenakis" title="Iannis Xenakis">Iannis Xenakis</a>. </p><p>Select list of commissioned works: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Bingham" title="Judith Bingham">Judith Bingham</a> – <i>A Winter Walk at Noon</i> – First broadcast 2 March 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a> – <i>A Shepherd's Carol & Chorale: Our Father Whose Creative Will</i> – First broadcast 24 December 1944</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Peter_Maxwell_Davies" title="Peter Maxwell Davies">Peter Maxwell Davies</a> – <i>Apple-Basket: Apple-Blossom</i> – First broadcast 23 December 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dillon_(composer)" title="James Dillon (composer)">James Dillon</a> – <i>Viriditas</i> – First broadcast 24 April 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_LeFanu" title="Nicola LeFanu">Nicola LeFanu</a> – <i>The Story of Mary O'Neill</i> – First broadcast 4 January 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thea_Musgrave" title="Thea Musgrave">Thea Musgrave</a> – <i>For the Time Being: Advent</i> – First broadcast 18 July 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Rubbra" title="Edmund Rubbra">Edmund Rubbra</a> – <i>Veni, Creator Spiritus</i> – First broadcast 5 August 1966</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Tippett" title="Michael Tippett">Michael Tippett</a> – <i>The Weeping Babe</i> – First broadcast 24 December 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iannis_Xenakis" title="Iannis Xenakis">Iannis Xenakis</a> – <i>Sea Nymphs</i> – First broadcast 16 September 1994</li></ul> <p>In 2002, Edward Cowie became the BBC Singers' first Associate Composer, with the functions of composing new works each year for performance by the choir, and participating in workshops with young composers from schools, universities and music colleges. <a href="/wiki/Judith_Bingham" title="Judith Bingham">Judith Bingham</a> was the next to fill this position, in 2004. Gabriel Jackson took the post in 2010. Subsequent composers-in-association with the BBC Singers have included <a href="/wiki/Judith_Weir" title="Judith Weir">Judith Weir</a> and Roderick Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-April2022CMM_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April2022CMM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Select_discography">Select discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Select discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Bingham" title="Judith Bingham">Judith Bingham</a> – <i>Remoter Worlds</i> – <a href="/wiki/David_Hill_(choral_director)" title="David Hill (choral director)">David Hill</a> (conductor) 2008, Catalogue No. Signum Classics SIGCD144</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Weir" title="Judith Weir">Judith Weir</a> – <i>The Welcome Arrival of Rain</i> – <a href="/wiki/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra" title="BBC Symphony Orchestra">BBC Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Brabbins" title="Martyn Brabbins">Martyn Brabbins</a> (conductor) 2008, Catalogue No. NMC D137</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo%C5%A1_Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" title="Leoš Janáček">Leoš Janáček</a> – <i>The Excursions of Mr Broucek</i> – <a href="/wiki/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra" title="BBC Symphony Orchestra">BBC Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jir%C3%AD_Belohl%C3%A1vek" class="mw-redirect" title="Jirí Belohlávek">Jirí Belohlávek</a> (conductor) 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Maconchy" title="Elizabeth Maconchy">Elizabeth Maconchy</a> – <i>Music for voices</i> – <a href="/wiki/Odaline_de_la_Martinez" title="Odaline de la Martinez">Odaline de la Martinez</a> (conductor) 2007, Catalogue No. LNT127</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Sergei Rachmaninoff</a> – <i>Francesca di Rimini</i> – <a href="/wiki/BBC_Philharmonic" title="BBC Philharmonic">BBC Philharmonic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gianandrea_Noseda" title="Gianandrea Noseda">Gianandrea Noseda</a> (conductor) 2007, Catalogue No. Chandos 10442</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Chilcott" title="Bob Chilcott">Bob Chilcott</a> – <i>Man I Sing</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Chilcott" title="Bob Chilcott">Bob Chilcott</a>, (conductor) 2007, Catalogue No. Signum Classics SIGCD100</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Ferneyhough" title="Brian Ferneyhough">Brian Ferneyhough</a> – <i>Choral works</i> – <a href="/wiki/Odaline_de_la_Martinez" title="Odaline de la Martinez">Lontano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odaline_de_la_Martinez" title="Odaline de la Martinez">Odaline de la Martinez</a> (conductor) 2007, Catalogue No. Metier msv28501</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tippett" title="Michael Tippett">Michael Tippett</a> – <i>Choral Images</i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cleobury" title="Stephen Cleobury">Stephen Cleobury</a> (conductor) 2007 Catalogue No. Signum Classics SIGCD092</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dukas" title="Paul Dukas">Paul Dukas</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Ariane_et_Barbe-bleue" title="Ariane et Barbe-bleue">Ariane et Barbe-bleue</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/BBC_Symphony_Orchestra" title="BBC Symphony Orchestra">BBC Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leon_Botstein" title="Leon Botstein">Leon Botstein</a> (conductor) 2007, Catalogue No. TELARC 80680</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(opera)" title="Death in Venice (opera)">Death in Venice</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Sinfonia" title="City of London Sinfonia">City of London Sinfonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickox" title="Richard Hickox">Richard Hickox</a> (conductor) 2005, Chandos 10280(2)</li> <li><i>One Star, At Last – A selection of carols of our time </i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cleobury" title="Stephen Cleobury">Stephen Cleobury</a> (conductor) 2005, Catalogue No. Signum Classics SIGCD067</li> <li>Alexander Levine – <i>Kolokolà</i> – James Morgan (conductor) 2005, Catalogue No. Albany TROY736</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Orchestras_and_Singers" title="BBC Orchestras and Singers">BBC Orchestras and Singers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Singers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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