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The choir’s new CD, released on 6 March, presents twentieth-century sacred works by English composers, including the première recording of the final major piece completed by Kenneth Leighton – Missa Christi â€“ and music by Rebecca Clarke, Gustav and Imogen Holst, and anthems (some again presented here for the first time on disc) by Harold Darke, the anniversary of whose death falls this year.

This concert presents a programme of music from the choir’s new CD, as well as the opportunity to purchase a physical copy of the disc in the splendour of the baroque chapel.

Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford
Owen Rees
director

Vivaldi: Gloria & Handel: Coronation Anthems

Experience an evening of Baroque splendour in the atmospheric setting of the University Church, Oxford, as the Choir of The Queen’s College Oxford is joined by the world-famous Academy of Ancient Music. The programme features Handel’s four Coronation Anthems, composed for the coronation of George II in 1727 and including the iconic Zadok the Priest, music that combines ceremonial grandeur with thrilling choral drama. Alongside them, Vivaldi’s much-loved Gloria brings contrast and vitality, moving from exuberant brilliance to moments of lyrical repose. Performed on period instruments and with the renowned choral excellence of Queen’s Choir, this concert promises colour, energy and expressive power.

This concert is being professionally video recorded for later digital release. If you wish to minimise your potential to appear on camera, then please purchase a ticket in the South Aisle, or the North or South Galleries.

Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Owen Rees
director

Pascal Bachmann, St John’s College, Cambridge

Arthur Barton, The Queen’s College

Tingshuo Yang, St John’s College, Cambridge

Joachim Fontaine, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Saarlouis

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