{"id":2633,"date":"2023-04-04T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T11:03:44","slug":"bbc-singers-perform-rehnqvist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/bbc-singers-perform-rehnqvist\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Singers perform Rehnqvist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently threatened with closure, the <strong>BBC Singers<\/strong>, Britain&#8217;s only professional choir, was saved thanks to massive support from both domestic and international audiences.<br>The BBC changed its plans and the choir will remain, with its principal conductor, Swedish <strong>Sofi Jeannin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignright\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Domenico Scarlatti, Francis Poulenc, William Byrd and Judith Bingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rehnqvist&#8217;s <em>I Raise My Hands<\/em> (<em>Jag lyfter mina h\u00e4nder<\/em>), composed in 2018 and dedicated to the choral conductor <strong>Bo Johansson<\/strong>, will be sung in this afternoon concert, as well as Raphaella Aleotti: <em>Miserere mei, Deus<\/em>, William Byrd: <em>Lamentations<\/em>, Maddalena Casulana: <em>Morir non puo<\/em>, Domenico Scarlatti: <em>Stabat Mater a 10 voci<\/em>, Francis Poulenc: <em>Quatre motets pour un temps de p\u00e9nitence<\/em>, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp: <em>Omnes amici mei<\/em> and Judith Bingham: <em>Watch with me<\/em>.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently threatened with closure, the BBC Singers, Britain&#8217;s only professional choir, was saved thanks to massive support from both domestic and international audiences.The 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