Closing Night: BBC Singers, Bruckner, Wigglesworth
19:30 Thu 21 May 2026 City Halls
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Programme
- Ave Maria (1861 setting)(4 mins)
- Magnificat - for solo soprano, chorus and orchestra(30 mins)(revised version, world premiere)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, āRomanticā(65 mins)
Performers
- Sophie Bevansoprano
Composers
About this Concert
The air shimmers, and a horn calls softly in the distance. Is there a more magical beginning to any symphony than the vista that opens Brucknerās Fourth? No wonder he called it āRomanticā.
Bruckner imagined a story of knights, forests and castles, but he preferred to let the music speak for itself, and in this closing concert to the BBC SSOās 2025/26 season Ryan Wigglesworth will let it do exactly that. Itās a world away from the spiritual intimacy of Brucknerās sacred music ā sung tonight by the BBC Singers ā and the bridge is a new version of Wigglesworthās own powerful Magnificat, sung by its dedicatee Sophie Bevan. Bachtrack admired its āHeaven-meets-earth choral harmoniesā ā but hear for yourself today.
