UPCOMING CONCERTS
IN 2020
Land of the Free
A choral history of America
28th June
St Mary's Charlbury
7:30 pm
4th July
St Mary the Virgin
University Church
Oxford
7:30pm
Advent Concert
29th November
St Mary's Charlbury
7:30 pm
Messiah
Handel
with Oxford Sinfonia
5th December
SJE, Oxford
7:30 pm
In response to the growing uncertainty surrounding the situation over the covid-19 virus, it is with overwhelming sadness that we have taken the decision to the cancel our two forthcoming concerts - 4 April at St. Mary's Church, Charlbury and 25 April at St Mary the Virgin, Iffley.
We will be back and shall update you on facebook, twitter instagram and here, but for now, please, stay safe and stay well. vOx
Past Concerts
Autumn/Winter 2019
Song for Athene
The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar
A Ceremony of Carols
Jun 2019
True Light: Alexander Campkin and Duruflé
Apr 2019
Miserere: Allegri, Macmillan and Rheinburger
Dec 2018
Baroque Classics: Vivaldi Gloria, Zadok the Priest, Komm Jesu Komm
Oct and Nov 2018
Brandenburg Choral Festival of London
July 2018: A Choral Pilgrimage
St Mary's, Charlbury and St Mary the Virgin, Oxford
June 2018: Fauré's Requiem
Wootton-by-Woodstock, Oxfordshire
March 2018: Rachmaninov's Vespers
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Dec 2017: Handel's Messiah
St Andrew's, Oxford; St Mary's, Adderbury; St Michael's, Great Tew (March 2018)
Accompanied by The Musical and Amicable Society
Nov 2017: Howells' Requiem
St Andrew's, Oxford; St Michael's, Great Tew
Howells' stunning unaccompanied setting of texts from the Requiem, along with works by Susan LaBarr, Patrick Hawes, Palestrina, Victoria, Arcadelt, Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd and Tavener.
July 2017: Multi-choir motets from Gabrieli to Barber
St Andrew's, Oxford; St Mary's, Charlbury
A selection of works for 2, 3 and 4 choirs from the Renaissance to the present day.
Michael Praetorius, Hieronymus Praetorius, Schütz, Caldara, Fasch, Palestrina, Bassano, Holst, Samuel Barber, John Tavener, Charles Wood
March/April 2017: Victoria's Requiem
St Andrew's, Oxford; St Mary's, Charlbury
We revisit Victoria's stunning Requiem, alongside works from our upcoming CD of music by Viadana, and works by fellow Renaissance composers Taverner and Carver.
Lodovico da Viadana - Omnes amici mei; O sacrum convivium
John Taverner - In pace
Robert Carver - O bone Jesu à 19
February 2017: Come and Sing
Victoria's Requiem
December 2016: A Ceremony of Carols
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford; St Mary's, Charlbury
Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, along with a selection of unaccompanied Christmas music from around the world.
October 2016: French Choral Masterpieces
St Andrew's, Oxford; St Mary's, Charlbury
Some of the finest choral music to come out of France (and Switzerland...) in the last 150 years, featuring Gabriel Fauré's stunning Requiem, Frank Martin's Mass for Two Choirs, and Maurice Duruflé's Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
July 2016: Lodovico da Viadana
St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
A selection of a cappella works by Viadana, alongside Pergolesi's stunning Stabat Mater
March 2016: Modern Choral Classics
Oxford Oratory; St John the Evangelist, Newbury
Works by Eric Whitacre, Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, R. Vaughan Williams, and William Harris
December 2015: A boy was born
St Mary's, Charbury; St Frideswide's, Oxford
A selection of a cappella music and carols for Christmas, including Britten's A boy was born, Russell Hepplewhite's O Magnum Mysterium, and the UK Premiere of Abbie Betinis' Behind the Clouds
November 2015: Glories of the Renaissance
St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
Palestrina: 'Missa Papae Marcelli' and other a cappella renaissance works
September 2015: The ‘Cromwell’ Tour
Bath, Wells & surroundings
A selection of Tudor music, including works by:
Tallis, Gibbons, Sheppard, Palestrina and Victoria
July 2015: Bach 'Mass in B Minor'
Exeter College Chapel; St Mary's, Witney
March 2015: Rachmaninov 'All-Night Vigil'
Oxford Oratory; St Mary's, Charlbury
December 2014: Into the Light
St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
Poulenc 'Four Christmas Motets', Javier Busto 'O Magnum Mysterium',
Palestrina 'O Magnum Mysterium', Verdi 'Ave Maria'
November 2014: Songs for Remembrance
St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford
Michael Tippett 'Five Spirituals', Thomas Morley 'Nolo Mortem Peccatoris',
John Tavener 'Butterfly Dreams', Heinrich Schütz 'Das ist je gewisslich wahr'
June & July 2014: Music for a Summer Evening
St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford; St Mary Magdalene, Woodstock
Bach 'Jesu meine Freude', Arvo Pärt 'Magnificat', Bruckner 'Christus factus est',
Gabriel Jackson 'To Morning', Ola Gjeilo 'Tota Pulchra Es'
April 2014: Victoria 'Requiem'
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Victoria 'Requiem', Lobo 'Versa est in luctum', Gorecki 'Miserere'
