Ben Collingwood

What are the similarities between a cricket team & an orchestra or choir. @EllyOldroyd is joined by @ejrainfordbrent among others guests for a special series @BBCRadio3. Available to listen at your leisure @BBCSounds. #bbccricket bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Loving Essential Carols every morning in December on @BBCRadio3, and thrilled to be asked to choose one of my favourites. Picking just one was the difficult bit. 🎶🎄 theguardian.com/music/2024/dec…

Don’t miss Choral Evensong on @BBCRadio3 tomorrow at 3pm! Recorded at @BowBellsChurch , it marks the reopening of Notre-Dame after the 2019 fire. Available on BBC Sounds after the broadcast. More info & listen here👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #RadioBroadcast #ChoralEvensong

Today's @BBCRadio3 broadcast of Choral #Evensong came from @BowBellsChurch with @StMartinsVoices Catch up now to enjoy music by French composers Gounod, Villette and Fauré, to mark the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ⛪️🇫🇷🎶 🔗 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Missed the Advent Carol Service? You can catch up anytime, anywhere in the world, on @BBCSounds: bbc.in/3VpKsbh Our thanks to the wonderful team at @BBCRadio3 for bringing this service to listeners around the globe.

Ever since my first experience of Evensong, I’ve found the words of this collect so comforting. Yesterday’s broadcast by the amazing @pembrokechoir was my first ever time hearing this piece - directed by @annalapwood who always brings my music to life so beautifully!❤️

Salisbury pulled out all the stops (literally and figuratively) this week with @BBCRadio3 #ChoralEvensong from @SalisburyCath bit.ly/3NZlcFv

A very special day of broadcasts on @BBCRadio3 next Sunday, to mark the start of Advent. Our presenters will be in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cornwall, the Highlands, Cambridge, Bellaghy and Swansea, sharing wonderful seasonal music, carols, and stories with a host of special guests.

Unwinding after a busy weekend- tune in to us singing compline at 9.30pm this evening 😌

Thanks @RadioTimes for highlighting our Sunday Feature for @BBCRadio3 tonight. And special thanks to everyone in Sheffield and @Exeter Cathedral for being so honest about the challenges in maintaining the wonderful music which is one of our cultural and spiritual treasures.

Take a moment of calm this evening and tune in to @StMartinsVoices singing Compline. @BBCRadio3 21:30 ✨ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We broadcast Choral Evensong @BBCRadio3 at 3pm (GMT) tomorrow, Wed 6 Nov, live from @ClareChapel. Music includes the world première of the Clare Service canticles by Director of Music @mrgrahamross; plus Stanford, Ramsey, @lucywalkermusic and Ireland. 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Excitement is building for tomorrow's recording for @BBCRadio3 - an Epiphany Carol Service which will be broadcast in January, with music by @BenPonniah, Cecilia McDowall, Caroline Shaw, Mendelssohn, @Karakelcomposer, @annalapwood & @bednallmusic. 5:30-6:30 tomorrow-all welcome!

On this day, 100 years ago, 4 November 1924, Gabriel Fauré died. As a mark of respect, the altos will keep a moment's silence during tonight's performance of his Requiem.

This will be nice: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #Compline

Tune in on Sunday at 9.30pm for the first of our #Compline services on @BBCRadio3 conducted by David Allinson and with one of our very own altos, Helena, leading us in chant. Sunday’s broadcast includes polyphony by Bouzignac, Mouton and Handl. 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

A particularly wonderful @BBCRadio3 Choral Evensong from @stjudeonthehill to celebrate 100 years of the BBC Singers this afternoon. I absolutely loved 'How shall I sing that majesty' with full orchestra. Do try and catch it online.

Eek – it's our 100th birthday! 🥳🎈 We're celebrating with a concert at @BarbicanCentre this evening 🎶 Before that, you can hear us singing Choral Evensong with our friends @BBCCO from @stjudeonthehill 📻 Tune in on @BBCRadio3 at 3pm! 🕒✨ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Astonishing Walton, amazing Howells, orchestrated by the incomparable @johnmrutter, @BBCSingers & @BBCCO, all brought together by @davidhconductor... oh, and my new Preces & Responses which I'm delighted to share with you. Tune in today at 3pm, on @BBCRadio3

Today we celebrate so much-the wonderful history of @BBCSingers, the bright future on the horizon & all the brilliant people we work with. Personally, the biggest cause for celebration is the current members of the group. Remarkably talented, unbelievably versatile and kind.🎂🎁