BBC Singers and Robert Hollingworth to present broadcast premières of Tailleferre, Françaix and Ravel

> ​The BBC singers will present a series of recordings of rarely heard French choral music under the direction of choral conductor Robert Hollingworth on BBC 3 next week. These recordings, which include the first Radio broadcasts of Germaine Tailleferre’s “Aube” and Jean Françaix’s “Deux Motets”, may be heard by tuning into their web stream at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three . The works and broadcast times are :
>
> Monday October 31st c.2.25pm
> Tailleferre – Aube (First broadcast performance)
> BBC Singers / Robert Hollingworth
>
> Tuesday November 1st c.2.20pm
> Maurice Ravel arr.Roderick Williams Adagio from Piano Concerto in G (choir and piano)
> Anna Markland (piano)
> BBC Singers / Robert Hollingworth
>
> Wednesday November 2nd c.2pm
> Soupir (from Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé) arranged for choir by Clytus Gottwald
> BBC Singers / Robert Hollingworth
>
> Thursday November 3rd
> 2pm Jean Francaix – Deux Motets (First broadcast performance)
> BBC Singers / Francesca Massey (organ) / Robert Hollingworth
>
> 4.10pm Jean Francaix – Ode à la gastronomie
> BBC Singers / Robert Hollingworth

For more information about Robert Hollingworth, please visit : https://www.percius.co.uk/artists/robert-hollingworth

The Tailleferre work and the Françaix Deux Motets are published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (http://www.classicalmusicnow.com/choralcat.htm ). The Françaix “Ode à la Gastronomie” is published by the éditions Billaudot.