Future Events
Michaelmas Term 2020
Details of upcoming events will be announced in due course.
Details of upcoming events will be announced in due course.
Past Events
Hilary Term 2020
Friday 7 February 2020, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Choral Scholars' Recital
Works by Bach, Händel, Schubert, Butterworth and Elgar
Free admission
Friday 21 February 2020, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Dante and the Music of Purgatory
MacMillan: Miserere; Howells: Te Deum 'Collegium Regale'; Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum
Free admission
Sunday 8 March 2020, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Music and Readings for Lent and the Spring
Works by Amy Beach, Sarah Quartel, Rafaella Aleotti, Sarah MacDonald, Judith Weir, and Greta Tomlins
Free admission
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; The Instruments of Time and Truth; Will Dawes (conductor); Oliver John Ruthven (continuo)
Soloists: Matthew Thomson (tenor - Evangelist), Benjamin Thompson (baritone - Christus), Arthur Landman (baritone - Pilate)
Tickets: £10 (£5 for students)
Further information about any event including ticket reservations can be obtained via choir@some.ox.ac.uk.
Friday 7 February 2020, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Choral Scholars' Recital
Works by Bach, Händel, Schubert, Butterworth and Elgar
Free admission
Friday 21 February 2020, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Dante and the Music of Purgatory
MacMillan: Miserere; Howells: Te Deum 'Collegium Regale'; Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum
Free admission
Sunday 8 March 2020, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Music and Readings for Lent and the Spring
Works by Amy Beach, Sarah Quartel, Rafaella Aleotti, Sarah MacDonald, Judith Weir, and Greta Tomlins
Free admission
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; The Instruments of Time and Truth; Will Dawes (conductor); Oliver John Ruthven (continuo)
Soloists: Matthew Thomson (tenor - Evangelist), Benjamin Thompson (baritone - Christus), Arthur Landman (baritone - Pilate)
Tickets: £10 (£5 for students)
Further information about any event including ticket reservations can be obtained via choir@some.ox.ac.uk.
Michaelmas Term 2019
Sunday 1 December 2019, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Carol Service
Tuesday 3 December 2019, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Music Society Concert
Thursday 5 December 2019, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Alumni Carol Service
Friday 6 December 2019, time and venue tbc
London Alumni Carol Concert
Sunday 8 December 2019, 3pm, Charlbury Memorial Hall
Christmas Concert for Charlbury Refugee Action Group
Further information about any event including ticket reservations can be obtained via choir@some.ox.ac.uk.
Sunday 1 December 2019, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Carol Service
Tuesday 3 December 2019, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Music Society Concert
Thursday 5 December 2019, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Alumni Carol Service
Friday 6 December 2019, time and venue tbc
London Alumni Carol Concert
Sunday 8 December 2019, 3pm, Charlbury Memorial Hall
Christmas Concert for Charlbury Refugee Action Group
Further information about any event including ticket reservations can be obtained via choir@some.ox.ac.uk.
Trinity Term 2019
Monday 6 May 2019, 7:30pm, Little Clarendon Street
Performance as part of the Little Clarendon Street Festival (Jericho Mayfest)
Friday 7 May 2019, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Organ Scholars' Recital
Melissa Chang and Joseph Lord
Saturday 8 June 2019, 2:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Commemoration Service
Thursday 20 June 2019, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel
Love and Loss: Madrigals old and new
Concert
Saturday 22 June 2019, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Choir Reunion
Concert
Summer Tour 2019
Friday 9 August 2019, 3:30pm, Courtyard, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, Jersey
Concert
Sunday 11 August 2019, 6:30pm, Chateau Vermont, Saint Saviour, Jersey
Concert
Monday 12 August 2019, 7:30pm, Town Church, Guernsey
Concert
Monday 6 May 2019, 7:30pm, Little Clarendon Street
Performance as part of the Little Clarendon Street Festival (Jericho Mayfest)
Friday 7 May 2019, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Organ Scholars' Recital
Melissa Chang and Joseph Lord
Saturday 8 June 2019, 2:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Commemoration Service
Thursday 20 June 2019, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel
Love and Loss: Madrigals old and new
Concert
Saturday 22 June 2019, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Choir Reunion
Concert
Summer Tour 2019
Friday 9 August 2019, 3:30pm, Courtyard, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, Jersey
Concert
Sunday 11 August 2019, 6:30pm, Chateau Vermont, Saint Saviour, Jersey
Concert
Monday 12 August 2019, 7:30pm, Town Church, Guernsey
Concert
Hilary Term 2019
Wednesday 6 March 2019, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel
The Sunday Service
The Basin Street Brawlers (London’s ‘World Class’ Jazz Band), join up with Somerville College Choir to perform a concert of jazz infused spirituals and hymns for five-piece ensemble with choir. Leave with your toes-tapping, and your spirits high.
£10/£5
Tickets available from choir@some.ox.ac.uk and on the door
Wednesday 6 March 2019, 8pm, Somerville College Chapel
The Sunday Service
The Basin Street Brawlers (London’s ‘World Class’ Jazz Band), join up with Somerville College Choir to perform a concert of jazz infused spirituals and hymns for five-piece ensemble with choir. Leave with your toes-tapping, and your spirits high.
£10/£5
Tickets available from choir@some.ox.ac.uk and on the door
Michaelmas Term 2018
Tuesday 9 October 2018, 7:30pm, Oxford Playhouse
Rhondda rips it up
Join us on an unforgettable journey through the life and adventures of unsung heroine of the Welsh Suffrage movement, Margaret Haig Thomas, the Viscountess Rhondda. In this thigh-slapping romp through the world of suffrage and song, told through the lens of music-hall, you will be guided through the story by our very own Emcee (Lesley Garrett) following the escapades of Lady Rhondda (Madeleine Shaw) and her brave battalion of suffragettes as they fearlessly takes on Peers, politicians and post-boxes in their struggle for women’s rights. Performed by Welsh National Opera, in collaboration with Somerville College
Tickets £30.00/£21.00/£15.00/£10.00 – open to the public
boxoffice@oxfordplayhouse.com
Friday 12 October to Saturday 13 October 2018, 2pm to 2pm, Somerville College Chapel
24hr Music Marathon
Musicians from Somerville college and the wider university will put on a 24hr concert in the college chapel, in aid of the college choir’s December tour to India. Come along for as long as you’re able to support the musicians, and enable the first tour to India by an Oxford college choir. Do get in touch with Will Dawes if you’re interested in taking part or helping in another way!
choir@some.ox.ac.uk
Entry by donation – open to the public
Click here to download the full programme.
Thursday 22 November 2018, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Water, the Driver of Nature
“Water is the driver of nature” – so said Leonardo da Vinci, and this recital from Somerville College Choir provides musical depictions of the various stages of water – snow, ice, rain, tears, and the sea. Featuring music by Holst, Clarke, Martin and Chopin, as well as arrangements by Bill Ives, Philip Lawson, and James Erb.
Suggested donation: £10/£5 students – proceeds go towards the College choir’s December to Mumbai, and Goa, in India. Open to the public
Seats can be reserved by emailing choir@some.ox.ac.uk
Sunday 25 November 2018, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Carol Service
Thursday 29 November 2018, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Alumni Carol Service
Sunday 2 December 2018, 3:15pm, Church of St Mary Magdalen, Magdalen Street, OX1 3AE
A Very English Christmas
In this pre-tour concert, the Choir of Somerville College perform a host of delicious works for Advent and Christmas. Some you’ll know, some you won’t, but all will provide a suitable burst of festive cheer.
Suggested donation £10/£5, in aid of the subsequent tour to India. Free for prospective undergraduates attending Admissions. Open to the public
Tuesday 9 October 2018, 7:30pm, Oxford Playhouse
Rhondda rips it up
Join us on an unforgettable journey through the life and adventures of unsung heroine of the Welsh Suffrage movement, Margaret Haig Thomas, the Viscountess Rhondda. In this thigh-slapping romp through the world of suffrage and song, told through the lens of music-hall, you will be guided through the story by our very own Emcee (Lesley Garrett) following the escapades of Lady Rhondda (Madeleine Shaw) and her brave battalion of suffragettes as they fearlessly takes on Peers, politicians and post-boxes in their struggle for women’s rights. Performed by Welsh National Opera, in collaboration with Somerville College
Tickets £30.00/£21.00/£15.00/£10.00 – open to the public
boxoffice@oxfordplayhouse.com
Friday 12 October to Saturday 13 October 2018, 2pm to 2pm, Somerville College Chapel
24hr Music Marathon
Musicians from Somerville college and the wider university will put on a 24hr concert in the college chapel, in aid of the college choir’s December tour to India. Come along for as long as you’re able to support the musicians, and enable the first tour to India by an Oxford college choir. Do get in touch with Will Dawes if you’re interested in taking part or helping in another way!
choir@some.ox.ac.uk
Entry by donation – open to the public
Click here to download the full programme.
Thursday 22 November 2018, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Water, the Driver of Nature
“Water is the driver of nature” – so said Leonardo da Vinci, and this recital from Somerville College Choir provides musical depictions of the various stages of water – snow, ice, rain, tears, and the sea. Featuring music by Holst, Clarke, Martin and Chopin, as well as arrangements by Bill Ives, Philip Lawson, and James Erb.
Suggested donation: £10/£5 students – proceeds go towards the College choir’s December to Mumbai, and Goa, in India. Open to the public
Seats can be reserved by emailing choir@some.ox.ac.uk
Sunday 25 November 2018, 5:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Carol Service
Thursday 29 November 2018, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Alumni Carol Service
Sunday 2 December 2018, 3:15pm, Church of St Mary Magdalen, Magdalen Street, OX1 3AE
A Very English Christmas
In this pre-tour concert, the Choir of Somerville College perform a host of delicious works for Advent and Christmas. Some you’ll know, some you won’t, but all will provide a suitable burst of festive cheer.
Suggested donation £10/£5, in aid of the subsequent tour to India. Free for prospective undergraduates attending Admissions. Open to the public
Michaelmas Term 2017
Thursday 9 March 2017, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Gala Choral & Orchestral Concert
Works by Bach, Schubert and Whitacre
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College Orchestra
Will Dawes, conductor
Thursday 17 November 2016, 9:30pm, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
'Spem in alium' by candlelight
Works by Schubert, Tallis, Bruckner and Brahms
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
The Lea Singers
Michael Papadopoulos, organ
Benjamin Goodson, conductor
Click here to book tickets
Saturday 26 November 2016, 7:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Music Society Concert
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major
Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Thursday 1 December 2016, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Carol Concert
Thursday 9 March 2017, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Gala Choral & Orchestral Concert
Works by Bach, Schubert and Whitacre
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College Orchestra
Will Dawes, conductor
Thursday 17 November 2016, 9:30pm, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
'Spem in alium' by candlelight
Works by Schubert, Tallis, Bruckner and Brahms
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
The Lea Singers
Michael Papadopoulos, organ
Benjamin Goodson, conductor
Click here to book tickets
Saturday 26 November 2016, 7:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Music Society Concert
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major
Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Somerville College Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Thursday 1 December 2016, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Carol Concert
Trinity Term 2016
Thursday 26 May 2016, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Go West: Choral Music from Britain and America
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Nicholas Machin (organ/piano); Benjamin Goodson (conductor)
Tickets: £10 adults, £5 students (available from carys.miller@some.ox.ac.uk)
Thursday 26 May 2016, 7:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
Go West: Choral Music from Britain and America
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Nicholas Machin (organ/piano); Benjamin Goodson (conductor)
Tickets: £10 adults, £5 students (available from carys.miller@some.ox.ac.uk)
Hilary Term 2016
Tuesday 8 March 2016, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Bojan Čičić (leader); Benjamin Goodson (conductor)
Soloists: Nick Pritchard (tenor - Evangelist), Giles Underwood (bass - Jesus), Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano), Katie Jeffries-Harris (alto)
Tuesday 8 March 2016, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Bojan Čičić (leader); Benjamin Goodson (conductor)
Soloists: Nick Pritchard (tenor - Evangelist), Giles Underwood (bass - Jesus), Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano), Katie Jeffries-Harris (alto)
Michaelmas Term 2015
Sunday 8 November 2015, 10:45pm, Somerville College Chapel
A Service for Remembrance Sunday
Howells: Requiem
Guest: For the Fallen
Thursday 3 December 2015, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Carol Concert
Sunday 8 November 2015, 10:45pm, Somerville College Chapel
A Service for Remembrance Sunday
Howells: Requiem
Guest: For the Fallen
Thursday 3 December 2015, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Somerville Carol Concert
Trinity Term 2014
Saturday 26 April 2014, 6:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
Choral Open Day
Fauré: Requiem, op. 48
Sunday 27 April 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 1
Viadana: Adoramus te; Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Duruflé: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons, op. 12 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 4 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 2
Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Plainsong Responses; Barnby: Psalm 120; Sutton: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat; Howells: Like as the hart; Boyce: Voluntary in D (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 11 May, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 3
Guest: For the Fallen; Somervell: O Saviour of the World; Bruckner: Ave Maria
Sunday 18 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 4
Wood: Expectans expectavi; Wood: Nunc Dimittis in D; Howells: Like as the hart; Saint-Saëns: L'Éléphant from Le carnaval des animaux (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 25 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 5
Baigent: I am the good shepherd; Hassler: Dixit Maria; Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Leighton: Paean (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 1 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 6
Palestrina: Missa Brevis; Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 8 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 7
Wood: Magnificat in D; Bruckner: Ave Maria; Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Ireland: The Island Spell (Piano Voluntary)
Saturday 14 June 2014, 2:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Commemoration Service
Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Wood: Nunc Dimittis in D; Howells: Like as the hart
Sunday 15 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 8
Händel: Zadok the Priest; Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; Wood: Expectans expectavi; Hassler: Dixit Maria; Guest: For the Fallen; Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever, arr. Robert Pecksmith (Organ Voluntary)
Friday 20 June 2014, time tbc, Dining Hall
Performance at the Leavers' Dinner
ABBA: Mamma Mia; Whitacre: Seal Lullaby
29/30 June 2014 - 7 July 2014
USA Tour
See the tour page for details of the services and concerts.
Saturday 26 April 2014, 6:15pm, Somerville College Chapel
Choral Open Day
Fauré: Requiem, op. 48
Sunday 27 April 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 1
Viadana: Adoramus te; Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Duruflé: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons, op. 12 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 4 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 2
Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Plainsong Responses; Barnby: Psalm 120; Sutton: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat; Howells: Like as the hart; Boyce: Voluntary in D (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 11 May, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 3
Guest: For the Fallen; Somervell: O Saviour of the World; Bruckner: Ave Maria
Sunday 18 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 4
Wood: Expectans expectavi; Wood: Nunc Dimittis in D; Howells: Like as the hart; Saint-Saëns: L'Éléphant from Le carnaval des animaux (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 25 May 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 5
Baigent: I am the good shepherd; Hassler: Dixit Maria; Carter: Go before us, O Lord; Leighton: Paean (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 1 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 6
Palestrina: Missa Brevis; Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 8 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 7
Wood: Magnificat in D; Bruckner: Ave Maria; Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Ireland: The Island Spell (Piano Voluntary)
Saturday 14 June 2014, 2:30pm, Somerville College Chapel
College Commemoration Service
Joubert: O Lorde, the maker of al thing; Wood: Nunc Dimittis in D; Howells: Like as the hart
Sunday 15 June 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 8
Händel: Zadok the Priest; Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; Wood: Expectans expectavi; Hassler: Dixit Maria; Guest: For the Fallen; Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever, arr. Robert Pecksmith (Organ Voluntary)
Friday 20 June 2014, time tbc, Dining Hall
Performance at the Leavers' Dinner
ABBA: Mamma Mia; Whitacre: Seal Lullaby
29/30 June 2014 - 7 July 2014
USA Tour
See the tour page for details of the services and concerts.
Hilary Term 2014
Sunday 19 January 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 1
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Rossini: O salutaris hostia; Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 26 January 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 2
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Hopkins: Psalm 72; Rubbra: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat; Howells: A Hymn for St. Cecilia; Plainsong Responses; Reger: Benedictus, op. 59/9 (Organ Voluntary)
Saturday 1 February 2014, 4pm, Coventry Cathedral
Choral Evensong
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Hopkins: Psalm 72; Rubbra: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat; Howells: A Hymn for St. Cecilia; Plainsong Responses; Vierne: Final from Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 2 February 2014, 3pm, St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
Abbey Chamber Concert Series
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (organ/piano)
Works by Farrant, Victoria, Mozart, Pärt, Howells, Rutter and Whitacre
Tickets: £10 (£9 concessions)
Sunday 2 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 3
Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium" (Kyrie); Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Mendelssohn: Prelude in C minor, op. 37 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 9 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 4
Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium" (Benedictus); Franck: Panis angelicus; Schumann: Grillen, Fantasiestücke, op. 12 (Piano Voluntary)
Sunday 16 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 5
Lotti: Crucifixus; Chilcott: Were you there?; Viadana: Adoramus te; Gowers: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 23 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 6
Byrd: Ave verum; Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium"; Brahms: Chorale Prelude on "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", op. 122/8 (Organ Voluntary - performed by Nick Machin, Organ Scholar Elect)
Sunday 2 March 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 7
Swain: O magnum mysterium; Byrd: Ave verum; Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Somervell: O Saviour of the World; Wesley: Fugue from "Choral Song and Fugue" (Organ Voluntary)
Tuesday 4 March 2014, 7:30pm, Dining Hall
Performance at the Foundation Dinner
Chilcott: Were you there; ABBA: Mamma Mia
Sunday 9 March 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 8
Byrd: Ave verum; Viadana: Adoramus te; Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Franck: Panis angelicus; Chilcott: Were you there?; Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 (Organ Voluntary)
Friday 14 March 2014, 7:45pm, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Musicians of the Dreaming Spires; David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (organ continuo)
Soloists: William Wallace (tenor - Evangelist), Simon Grange (bass - Christus), Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Victoria Pym (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor), Jerome Knox (baritone)
Tickets: £10
Click here to buy tickets from our online ticket shop
Sunday 16 March 2014, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Musicians of the Dreaming Spires; David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (harpsichord continuo)
Soloists: William Wallace (tenor - Evangelist), Simon Grange (bass - Christus), Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Victoria Pym (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor), Jerome Knox (baritone)
Tickets: £10
Click here to buy tickets from our online ticket shop
Sunday 19 January 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 1
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Rossini: O salutaris hostia; Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 26 January 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 2
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Hopkins: Psalm 72; Rubbra: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat; Howells: A Hymn for St. Cecilia; Plainsong Responses; Reger: Benedictus, op. 59/9 (Organ Voluntary)
Saturday 1 February 2014, 4pm, Coventry Cathedral
Choral Evensong
Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Hopkins: Psalm 72; Rubbra: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat; Howells: A Hymn for St. Cecilia; Plainsong Responses; Vierne: Final from Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 2 February 2014, 3pm, St Nicolas Church, Abingdon
Abbey Chamber Concert Series
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (organ/piano)
Works by Farrant, Victoria, Mozart, Pärt, Howells, Rutter and Whitacre
Tickets: £10 (£9 concessions)
Sunday 2 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 3
Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium" (Kyrie); Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Mendelssohn: Prelude in C minor, op. 37 (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 9 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 4
Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium" (Benedictus); Franck: Panis angelicus; Schumann: Grillen, Fantasiestücke, op. 12 (Piano Voluntary)
Sunday 16 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 5
Lotti: Crucifixus; Chilcott: Were you there?; Viadana: Adoramus te; Gowers: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary (Organ Voluntary)
Sunday 23 February 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 6
Byrd: Ave verum; Victoria: Missa "O magnum mysterium"; Brahms: Chorale Prelude on "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", op. 122/8 (Organ Voluntary - performed by Nick Machin, Organ Scholar Elect)
Sunday 2 March 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 7
Swain: O magnum mysterium; Byrd: Ave verum; Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Somervell: O Saviour of the World; Wesley: Fugue from "Choral Song and Fugue" (Organ Voluntary)
Tuesday 4 March 2014, 7:30pm, Dining Hall
Performance at the Foundation Dinner
Chilcott: Were you there; ABBA: Mamma Mia
Sunday 9 March 2014, 6pm, Somerville College Chapel
Service - Week 8
Byrd: Ave verum; Viadana: Adoramus te; Farrant: Hide not thou thy face; Franck: Panis angelicus; Chilcott: Were you there?; Arcadelt: O Lord, my God; Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 (Organ Voluntary)
Friday 14 March 2014, 7:45pm, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Musicians of the Dreaming Spires; David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (organ continuo)
Soloists: William Wallace (tenor - Evangelist), Simon Grange (bass - Christus), Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Victoria Pym (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor), Jerome Knox (baritone)
Tickets: £10
Click here to buy tickets from our online ticket shop
Sunday 16 March 2014, 7pm, Somerville College Chapel
Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford; Musicians of the Dreaming Spires; David Crown (conductor), Robert Pecksmith (harpsichord continuo)
Soloists: William Wallace (tenor - Evangelist), Simon Grange (bass - Christus), Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Victoria Pym (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor), Jerome Knox (baritone)
Tickets: £10
Click here to buy tickets from our online ticket shop
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