For the first time ever, the choirs of the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University will perform with the world-famous BBC Concert Orchestra. They will join with the Choristers of Southwell Minster for a performance on 4 December at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall.
Conducted by the renowned and award-winning maestro, George Jackson, this performance of Carl Orff’s spectacular twentieth-century choral masterpiece Carmina Burana is a unique opportunity for university students to come together and perform alongside the prestigious professional orchestra. The concert will be available on BBC Radio 3 shortly after the performance and will be broadcast here.
It has been the most enormous privilege for me to work with the University Choir on this exciting and challenging repertoire for our big concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra. There is so much joy and beauty to be found within the pieces we are performing, and along with that, a great sense of fun and achievement when we hit those high notes and make those ecstatic, vibrant chords ring out.”
There is nothing like the power of many voices singing all together, and when we join with the choir of NTU and this huge professional orchestra in the Concert Hall next week, the results and energy will be nothing short of breath-taking. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime to perform with one of the best orchestras in the UK, and we are absolutely raring to go!
The concert is part of a programme of activities as part of the Universities for Nottingham partnership with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the orchestra’s residency at the Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall. The partnership aims to inspire the next generation, reach new audiences and improve quality of life, health and wellbeing across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
The performance begins at 7:30pm on Wednesday 4 December and tickets can be purchased from the Royal Concert Hall website.