Joby Talbot's Piedra de sol, with the BBC Singers
In his first concert as the group's chief conductor, Owain Park directs the BBC Singers in the UK premiere of Joby Talbot's Piedra de sol alongside works by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Owain Park begins his tenure as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers with the UK premiere of a BBC co-commission by Joby Talbot, Piedra de sol, a setting of the poetic epic masterpiece by the Mexican poet and philosopher Octavio Paz.
Presented by Martin Handley. Recorded in St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn on 24 September 2026.
Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Quam Gloriosum 3'
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa 'O quam gloriosum' 21'
Interval
Joby Talbot: Piedra de sol (BBC co-commission, UK premiere) 70'
BBC Singers
Owain Park - Chief Conductor
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- Thu 1 Oct 202619:30BBC Radio 3
