Performances of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina at BBC Singers

Fri 17 Apr 2026

• 14:30

  Songs of Love with Sofi Jeannin

  St Peter's Eaton Square, London

  In one of her final studio programmes as Chief Conductor, Sofi Jeannin joins the BBC Singers in a programme of groups of works that explore love and human relationships across musical periods, including a world premiere of a BBC Commission by Kim Porter.

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  In one of her final studio programmes as Chief Conductor, Sofi Jeannin joins the BBC Singers in a programme of groups of works that explore love and human relationships across musical periods, including a world premiere of a BBC Commission by Kim Porter.

  Programme

  • • • Nana Forte
      • En ego campana(6 mins)
    • • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
      • Descendi in hortum meum(3 mins)
    • • Sven-David Sandström
      • A new song of Love(4 mins)
    • • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
      • Surge Propera Amica mea
    • • Sven-David Sandström
      • Four Songs of Love(9 mins)
    • • Kim Porter
      • I want to die while you love meBBC commission, world premiere
    • • Anna-Karin Klockar
      • Because I liked you better(4 mins)
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Vier Doppelchörige Gesänge(18 mins)An die Sterne; Ungewisses Licht; Zuversicht; Talismane

  Composers

  • Nana Forte
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • Sven-David Sandström
  • Kim Porter
  • Anna-Karin Klockar
  • Robert Schumann

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  Part of

  BBC Singers 2025-26