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Two Pianos: Adams, Reich, Andriessen
As part of the Somerville Festival of Piano, pianists Sam Mitchell and Ian Tindale come together for an epic program featuring two of the 20th century’s most seminal works for two pianos; John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction and Steve Reich’s Piano Phase. The program also features music by Andreissen and student performers Dan Loach and Owen Thomas perform music by Brubeck .
Somerville Festival of Piano: Greig, Scriabin and Chausson
Sam Mitchell, Josh Asokan, and James Tett present a lush program of music by Greig, Scriabin, and Chausson. This concert is part of the Somerville Festival of Piano.
Hallelujah Junction: Brahms, Adams, Dove
Lush Romanticism meets pared-back Minimalism in a genre-bending junction of music for two pianos and choir, featuring two of Oxford’s finest pianists, Ian Tindale and Sam Mitchell with Jubilate Choir directed by Helen Smee. Program includes John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction, Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
IT&T: Handel's Messiah
Join Instruments of Time and Truth and Edward Higginbottom for its annual celebration of Christmas as we bring Handel’s Messiah to life.
University Church of St Mary the Virgin will be bustling with festive spirit as we usher in the holiday. IT&T will be joined by the Oxford Consort of Voices and an amazing line-up of soloists.
Tickets will go on sale soon, please make sure you are on our mailing list to be first to hear!
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Immerse yourself in the serene embrace of this popular, atmospheric concert - where hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fills the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight.
We perform a seamless sequence of Christmas favourites, little-known gems and gorgeous new music, interspersed with a selection of readings, to explore the magic, mystery - and humour - of the season.
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Running time: approx. 2 hours 10 minutes, including interval.
Refreshments will be available for purchase during the interval.
Platinum Consort: Handel's Messiah
Platinum Consort, described by BBC Radio 3 as a ‘vocal supergroup’, returns to Sinfonia Smith Square for their fourth annual performance of Handel’s most beloved masterpiece, Messiah. Conductor Scott Inglis-Kidger uniquely combines Platinum’s top class professional consort singers and choristers, recreating the sound-world of the first performances in Dublin and London. With soloists stepping out from the choir and the period instrument orchestra, Platinum 415, this performance will prove to be the Messiah of the season.
“This is singing that brings great pleasure.” – International Record Review
Bruckner, Palestrina & Allegri
Bruckner’s majestic motets and monumental Mass in E Minor form the centrepiece of this concert to mark his 200th birthday. A sacred symphony, Bruckner's Mass draws inspiration from Renaissance Rome and the timeless elegance of Palestrina. Allegri’s ever popular Miserere – once shrouded in secrecy and renowned for its soaring soprano lines – completes the programme.
Running time approx. 2 hours, including interval.
Bruckner Locus iste, Ave Maria, Ecce sacerdos, Inveni David
Palestrina Missa sine nomine (Kyrie, Gloria)
Allegri Miserere
Bruckner Mass in E Minor
EX CATHEDRA
CBSO Wind & Brass
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Mozart Requiem
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields join forces with the Academy of English Voices and star soloist Martin James Bartlett for a Celebration of Mozart.
Beginning with the eight-year-old Mozart’s E-Flat Symphony, and concluding with his final masterpiece, the Requiem, it also features the K. 482 Piano Concerto. Using clarinets in the orchestra for the first time, Mozart particularly impresses with the lyrical passages in the slow sections of the concerto, which received a rapturous reception at the first performance in 1785. His father, Leopold, reports that Mozart “had to repeat” the Andante immediately.
Summer Music by Candlelight
EX CATHEDRA Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Sumer is icumen in - and we can’t wait to celebrate the return of warm, light evenings, birdsong and holidays.
As daylight fades and candles glow in the twilight, we invite you to unwind and enjoy an evening of enchanting music and readings. Expect choral classics, a sprinkle of surprises, and some fun as we journey from the promise of a new dawn to the serenity of sunset.
Running time: 2 hours, including interval.
Refreshments will be available to purchase.
Summer Music by Candlelight
EX CATHEDRA Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Sumer is icumen in - and we can’t wait to celebrate the return of warm, light evenings, birdsong and holidays.
As daylight fades and candles glow in the twilight, we invite you to unwind and enjoy an evening of enchanting music and readings. Expect choral classics, a sprinkle of surprises, and some fun as we journey from the promise of a new dawn to the serenity of sunset.
Running time: 2 hours, including interval.
Refreshments will be available to purchase.
Summer Music by Candlelight
EX CATHEDRA Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Sumer is icumen in - and we can’t wait to celebrate the return of warm, light evenings, birdsong and holidays.
As daylight fades and candles glow in the twilight, we invite you to unwind and enjoy an evening of enchanting music and readings. Expect choral classics, a sprinkle of surprises, and some fun as we journey from the promise of a new dawn to the serenity of sunset.
Running time: 2 hours, including interval.
Refreshments will be available to purchase.
Amadeus: Film with Live Orchestra
“That was not Mozart laughing – it was God!” Amadeus is more than just a historical drama with the best soundtrack of all time – it’s a comedy, a mystery, and a tense psychological thriller. With an Oscar-winning performance by F Murray Abraham, it’s also one of the most entertaining films ever made about classical music: 40 years on, imagine how terrific it’ll sound with Mozart’s incredible music performed live by the CBSO
Amadeus LIVE is a production of Avex Classics International.
Acosta
Carlos Acosta is the world’s favourite dancer and On Before, which sees him dance a full-length show again, is a homage to his late mother and the most personal work he has ever created.
On Before embodies Carlos’ astonishing dance vision and features collaborations with major UK and international dance makers, Russell Maliphant, Kim Brandstrup, Will Tuckett, Raul Reinoso, Yury Yanowsky, Miguel Altunaga as well as Carlos’ own choreography.
In a framework created by Carlos, On Before tells the story of a doomed relationship between a man and a woman, set to a diverse musical repertoire ranging from Handel to Cuban contemporary composer Omar Puente and culminating in a moving finale featuring a live choir performing Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium.
Originally conceived in 2010, Carlos is revisiting this extraordinary show and returning to dance it again for a short regional tour as theatres across the UK re-open their doors again. For 2024 Carlos Acosta will dance alongside Laura Rodriguez, an original member of his own company, Acosta Danza, which he founded in Cuba in 2015.
Acosta
Carlos Acosta is the world’s favourite dancer and On Before, which sees him dance a full-length show again, is a homage to his late mother and the most personal work he has ever created.
On Before embodies Carlos’ astonishing dance vision and features collaborations with major UK and international dance makers, Russell Maliphant, Kim Brandstrup, Will Tuckett, Raul Reinoso, Yury Yanowsky, Miguel Altunaga as well as Carlos’ own choreography.
In a framework created by Carlos, On Before tells the story of a doomed relationship between a man and a woman, set to a diverse musical repertoire ranging from Handel to Cuban contemporary composer Omar Puente and culminating in a moving finale featuring a live choir performing Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium.
Originally conceived in 2010, Carlos is revisiting this extraordinary show and returning to dance it again for a short regional tour as theatres across the UK re-open their doors again. For 2024 Carlos Acosta will dance alongside Laura Rodriguez, an original member of his own company, Acosta Danza, which he founded in Cuba in 2015.
Rachmaninoff 150 'Vespers
EX CATHEDRA Choir
Jeffrey Skidmore conductor
Martha McLorinan mezzo soprano
James Robinson tenor
Simone Rebello bells
Powerful, passionate, hypnotic – in a time of turmoil and amid the shock of war, Rachmaninoff turned to the choral heritage he held dear, and created one of the most awe-inspiring vocal masterpieces.
Immerse yourself in its luminous choral tapestry, mesmeric melodies and some of the lowest notes you’ll ever hear sung. No wonder it is beloved by audiences and singers alike.
Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem
It has become a tradition that Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir every year – leading up to Easter – performs Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” in a wonderful chamber musical version for choir, two soloists, and four-handed piano.
“Ein Deutsches Requiem” is certainly a masterpiece, a deeply personal work, possibly composed in response to the loss of his own mother or Robert Schumann’s death.
The work, consisting of seven movements, is not intended as a liturgical or religious composition, but rather a universally comforting piece. The text also deviates from the usual Latin text for the Mass for the Dead, instead using German versions of the same texts taken from Luther’s Bible translation. While the typical Latin Requiem Mass often begins with a prayer for the deceased, Brahms opens his work with a prayer for the living: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The choral movements are both moving and powerful, with interjections from the two soloists providing commentary and reflection before the work concludes with the blessing for the departed.
TYST ÄR DET RUM
Once again this year, Mogens Dahl Kammerkor hosts the opening concert at the Copenhagen Light Festival on the occasion of Midwinter, February 2, also known as Candlemas after the Latin term for Candle Mass, Missa Candelarum.
Light is also the focal point for the evening’s premiere, “Light, oh light,” by the Swedish composer Per Gunnar Petersson, with lyrics by the Indian Nobel laureate and mystic Tagore.
Music by the Swedish composer Per Gunnar Petersson has frequently appeared on the Chamber Choir’s programs in recent years, leading to a closer collaboration. He has been appointed the choir’s new Composer in Residence, and this work for choir and organ is his first in this capacity.
From 2014 until his death in 2019, the also Swedish Sven-David Sandström served as the Composer in Residence for the Chamber Choir, composing several significant works for them. One of these, the choral suite “Hvor er så dejligt som din klode” (Where is as lovely as your globe), will also be performed during the concert.
The concert features another premiere: a new piece for clarinet, harmonica, and choir by the Danish harmonica player and composer Mathias Heise.
The concert begins with a small evocative piece of contemporary Swedish choral music by Gabriella Gullin, “Tyst är det rum” (Silent is the room).
These contemporary works are juxtaposed with two older choral pieces from the Renaissance by Claudio Monteverdi and Cristóbal de Morales, and additionally, music by Stravinsky: “Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet,” performed by Jonas Frølund.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas— Now May We Singen
Six centuries of spellbinding music for Advent and Christmas. Sit back, relax and feel the magical Christmas spirit! An afternoon of the most beautiful choral music performed by 16 singers of Recordare Chamber Choir, the world-class choral group from London.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Christmas Music by Candlelight
Ex Cathedra will envelop you with a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music. Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.