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National Youth Choir of Scotland at 30

The National Youth Choir of Scotland marks its 30th anniversary with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, featuring Carl Orff’s 'Carmina Burana'.

The National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS) marks its 30th anniversary with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its founder and Artistic Director Christopher Bell.

Their celebration concert from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh features Carl Orff’s highly dramatic twentieth century cantata, 'Carmina Burana', whose opening and closing chorus 'O Fortuna' is one of the best known moments in classical music. In the first half, NYCOS perform the broadcast premiere of Jay Capperauld’s 'The World' for unaccompanied choir, a setting of texts by Robert Louis Stevenson and Niall Campbell, followed by Jonathan Dove’s song cycle 'The Passing of the Year', a hommage to nature in a specially orchestrated version.

Recorded last month at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, and presented by Stephen Broad.

Jay Capperauld: The World
Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

National Youth Choir of Scotland
National Girls Choir
National Boys Choir
Emma Morwood (soprano)
Joseph Doody (tenor)
Paul Grant (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Bell (conductor)

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Wed 14 Oct 2026 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jay Capperauld

    The World

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Conductor: Christopher Bell.

  • Jonathan Dove

    The Passing of the Year

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (No. 4, Where Corals Lie)

    Performer: Hamish Brown. Singer: Beth Taylor.
    • The Deeps Have Music.
    • LINN.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (No. 5, The Swimmer)

    Performer: Hamish Brown. Singer: Beth Taylor.
    • The Deeps Have Music.
    • LINN.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Choir: National Girls Choir. Choir: National Boys Choir. Singer: Emma Morwood. Singer: Joseph Doody. Singer: Paul Grant. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2, 'Tempest'

    Performer: Éric Heidsieck.
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    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Oct 2026 19:30
    BBC Radio 3