Concerts
Bach - St John Passion
Choir of The Queen’s College
dir. Owen Rees
University Church of St Mary The Virgin, High Street, Oxford
Saturday 25 February, 7.30pm
£20 / £12 (£5 Students)
Tickets: www.ticketsoxford.com
The Choir presents Bach’s dramatic masterpiece, with the outstanding soloists Benjamin Hulett (Evangelist) and Giles Underwood (Christ), and a professional period-instrument ensemble of some of the country’s finest players.
Recent Concerts
Choir concert: Première of new Christmas Cantata by David Bednall
Choir of The Queen’s College
dir. Owen Rees
Chapel of The Queen’s College Saturday, 26 November 2011 at 7.30 p.m.
£12, £10 concessions, £5 (students)
Tickets/Enquiries: anne.bevan@queens.ox.ac.uk, 01865 279125
World Première of David Bednall
Welcome All Wonders:
A Christmas Cantata
David Bednall was a student at Queen’s in the late 90’s and is now a successful composer. He has been featured in Radio 4’s “The Choir”, and his recordings have been very highly praised in “The Gramophone”.
David Bednall’s “Christmas Cantata” has been specially commissioned by the architects of the new auditorium at Queen’s, and is receiving its premiere at the College on Saturday, 26 November.
Music for a Summer’s Evening
dir. Owen Rees
Chapel of The Queen’s College, Oxford
Saturday 18 June 2011, 7.30pm
Tickets £12, £9 concessions, £5 students to include two glasses of wine
Bookings: anne.bevan@queens.ox.ac.uk
Previous Concerts & Events
Duruflé Requiem
5 March 2011
Queen’s Choir performed Duruflé’s powerful setting of the Requiem Mass, together with motets by French contemporaries, Poulenc, Fauré, and Villette. To see this concert reviewed in the Oxford Times, click here…
Handel Messiah
27 November 2010
A performance of Handel’s famous oratorio in the Baroque splendours of Queen’s Chapel, with a period-instrument orchestra, and all solos performed by members of the Choir.
Cantabrigium - Oxonium
19 June 2010
Joint concert with Girton College, Cambridge
Oxbridge Choirs united in concert! Our second collaboration with the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, directed by Dana Marsh, with music by Taverner, Tallis, Byrd and Gibbons.
Music for a Summer’s Evening
12 June 2010
Our annual concert in the Chapel and Provost’s Garden, presenting music suitable for a summer’s evening. This year’s concert included the première of Invocation by Phillip Cooke, a Research Fellow of the College, as well as music by MacMillan and Whitacre.
Frank Martin Mass for double choir and motets by Poulenc and Duruflé
6 March 2010
Directed by Edward Whiting (during Dr Rees’s sabbatical), this concert featured Swiss and French works of the 20th Century.
Brahms Requiem
28 November 2009
The Queen’s Choir performed Brahms’ masterpiece in the version by the composer himself with piano duet accompaniment.
Music for a Summer’s Evening
13 June 2009
Choral songs by Elgar, Stanford and Britten performed in the beautiful surroundings of the Chapel and gardens of Queen’s.
MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross
5 March 2009
This most famous work of the contemporary Scottish composer, James MacMillan, is a powerful evocation of Christ’s Passion. Our performance was with a string ensemble of players from the Royal Academy of Music.
Joint concert with Girton College, Cambridge
14 February 2009
A concert in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge representing a collaboration with the Choir of Girton College, directed by Dana Marsh, including music by Purcell, Schűtz, and 20th century British composers.