Arthur Hope-Barton, Sherborne Abbey
The Choir of The Queen’s College continues its acclaimed collaboration with the world renowned Academy of Ancient Music to perform Bach’s magnificent Mass in B Minor. Enriched with a star-studded line-up of soloists, this is not one to miss.
The Mass in B Minor represents the culmination of Bach’s career as a composer of sacred music. Completion of this project was one of his last and largest projects, but within it he adapted music that he had written decades earlier. Bach draws together a dazzling array of older and newer styles, from superlative displays of rich counterpoint to modern dance-influenced movements. The texts of the Mass provided him with opportunities for this rich variety and for dramatic juxtapositions of styles and characters.
Julia Doyle   soprano
Esther Lay   mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting   tenor
Ashley Riches   bass-baritone
Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Owen Rees   director
For any enquiries, please contact choir@queens.ox.ac.uk, or ring the Choir Office on 01865 289177.
Queen’s would be delighted to have lots of staff, students, and Fellows join this year’s College team for the annual Oxford Town and Gown Race to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy UK. Please enter the race at the following link and say you are part of the Queen’s College team when you register:Â https://www.townandgown10k.com/oxford/.
Last year we had over 50 staff, students and Fellows take part!
You can contact team coordinator Savvas with any questions:Â savvas.savva@queens.ox.ac.uk.