BBC Singers 2026-27 Voices of Lament - BBC Singers

25 Apr 2027, Milton Court

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Voices of Lament

15:00 Sun 25 Apr 2027 Milton Court

The BBC Singers present a concert of repertoire based on musical settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Alongside Thomas Tallis’s famous setting are new works using the lamentations as their inspiration, by Cassandra Miller and Nico Muhly.

Programme

- - Alonso Lobo
  - Versa est in luctum cithara mea(5 mins)
- - Dobrinka Tabakova
  - Turn our captivity, O Lord(6 mins)
- - Thomas Tallis
  - Lamentations of Jeremiah, Lectio I(9 mins)
- - Cassandra Miller
  - The City, Full of People(16 mins)
- - interval
- - Cecilia McDowall
  - The Lord is good(6 mins)
- - William Byrd
  - Tribue, Domine(12 mins)
- - Nico Muhly
  - No Resting Place(25 mins)

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About This Event

The BBC Singers present a concert of repertoire based on musical settings of the biblical texts of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Alongside Thomas Tallis’s famous setting are new works using the lamentations as their inspiration, by Cassandra Miller and Nico Muhly.

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BBC Singers 2026-27