Opus Anglicanum: Medieval Carols and Christmas Show
Music and readings, sacred and secular from medieval to the present day.
Music and readings, sacred and secular from medieval to the present day.
A magical candlelit concert of English 15th century carols, together with liturgical chant for Christmas and narration from mediaeval writings; music by Machaut, Dunstable, Obrecht, and Cornysh.
A Christmas entertainment, with songs and readings for everyone: traditional carols, folk songs, Music Hall and Victorian parlour song all performed with warmth and humour.
Opus Anglicanum’s narrator Zeb Soanes tells the story of The Battle of Mametz Wood in the words of David Jones. The five singers perform music by Schubert, Palestrina, soldiers songs, and Cheryl Frances-Hoad's In the crypt of the wood, commissioned by Opus Anglicanum for this sequence.
Zeb joins new host Miles Jupp for Radio 4's much-loved satirical swipe at the week's headlines. With Jeremy Hardy and other panelists to be announced ...
Zeb tells Hilaire Belloc's story of The Four Men who, in October 1902, walked across the Weald of Sussex with lively conversation, debate and songs along the way. Opus Anglicanum's five singers will perform music by Vaughan Williams, Ivor Gurney, Peter Warlock, George Butterworth, Edward Elgar, and include a number of Belloc’s songs sung to his own tunes.
An exploration of 'light' with texts chosen by John Allen, Emeritus Professor of Physics St Andrews University with music by Josquin, Tchaikovsky and William Byrd alongside a wealth of original commissions from Dobrinka Tabakova, Judith Bingham, David Bednall, Howard Skempton and Gordon Crosse.
A chance to experience classical music in a new way as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Night Shift series comes to St George’s Bristol for the first time. Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy an hour of great music, all introduced from the stage by Zeb Soanes and the musicians of the Orchestra – tonight an intimate chamber-sized ensemble. As ever with The Night Shift, the usual classical ‘rules’ are dropped, so pictures, drinks and spontaneous applause are all welcome.
Broadcasting friends Zeb Soanes and Canon Roger Royle (Sunday Half Hour, Pause for Thought, Songs of Praise) will share their favourite pieces of music and the stories that surround them.
Zeb joins Simon Russell-Beale and a star cast to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the death of Grace Archer, 60 years ago on the night that ITV launched.