The Choir of New College Oxford : Future concerts

CONCERTS & TOURS

CONCERTS IN 2009

Saturday 7 March

New College Chapel, Oxford · 7.30 pm

Concert in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture

Crucifixus pro nobis

Antonio Lotti, Crucifixus pro nobis
Gerald Finzi, Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Thomas Tallis, Lamentations I
Kenneth Leighton, Crucifius pro nobis
Hubert Parry, Lord, let me know mine end
Gregorio Allegri, Miserere mei

Sunday 15 March

New College Chapel, Oxford · 3.00 pm

Handel, Messiah Part II · a liturgical performance

Easter concerts in Cyprus

Tuesday April 7

Markideion Theatre, Paphos

Handel, Messiah

Margarita Elia soprano, William Purefoy alto
Nicholas Mulroy tenor, Thomas Kennedy bass

New College Choir
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Edward Higginbottom

Wednesday April 8

Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Strovolos, Nicosia

Handel, Messiah

Margarita Elia soprano, William Purefoy alto
Nicholas Mulroy tenor, Thomas Kennedy bass

New College Choir
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Edward Higginbottom

Concerts in Lorraine, May 7-9

Thursday May 7 · 8.00 pm

Eglise S. Jacques, Lunéville, 54329 France

Joyaux de la musique anglaise

Les deux renaissances

Nicholas Ludford, Domine Jesu Christe
Thomas Tallis, Sancte Deus
William Byrd, Tribue Domine
Nicholas Ludford, Ave cuius conceptio

Julian Anderson, O sing unto the Lord
Jonathan Dove, Into thy hands
Benjamin Britten, A hymn to the Virgin
John Tavener, Song for Athene
Tarik O’Regan, Surrexit Christus
James Macmillan, Christus vincit

Friday May 8 · 5.00 pm

Abbaye de Senones, Saint Die les Vosges, 88210 France

Le Génie d’Henri Purcell

Concert sung by Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Metz and New College Choir
Directed by Edward Higginbottom

Part One: The Choir of New College Oxford

Hear my prayer, O Lord
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei
Beati omnes
O dive custos (2 trebles)
Now that the sun (countertenor)
O sing unto the Lord (with string orchestra)

Part Two: The Choirs of Metz and New College Oxford

Te Deum laudamus
Chacony (for strings)
Jubilate Deo

Saturday May 9 · 8.00 pm

Eglise S. Rémi, Scy Chazelles, 57160 France

Joyaux de la musique anglaise

Programme as for May 7

Saturday 30 May · 7.30 pm

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Haydn, The Creation

Mhairi Lawson soprano, Rufus Müller tenor, Giles Underwood bass
The Choir of New College, Oxford
Oxford Philomusica
directed by Edward Higginbottom

On the eve of the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn, New College Choir and Oxford Philomusica give a performance of this enduring masterpiece. The recording with the same forces, recently released on the Oxford Philomusica's own label, was acclaimed Choral CD of the Month in the December BBC Music Magazine. To purchase a copy online direct from New College Choir, visit the recent releases page.

Concerts in Germany, July 18/19

Saturday July 18 · 8.15 pm

Dom St Blasien,
St Blasien - Menzenschwand, D -79872 St. Blasien, Germany

O sing unto the Lord

Steven Grahl organ, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom

Part One presents the music of the pre-reformation masters working in England, including the recently discovered Nicholas Ludford. New College Choir has recently recorded Ludford’s music, with a CD which won the 2008 Gramophone award for early music. Part Two examines another musical renaissance in English church music, that of the last twenty or so years.

Part One

William Byrd, Tribue Domine (1575)
Thomas Tallis, Sancte Deus
Organ: William Byrd, Clarifica me Pater
Thomas Tallis, In ieunio et fletu (1575)
Nicholas Ludford, Ave cuius conceptio

Part Two

Julian Anderson, O sing unto the Lord
Jonathan Dove, Into thy hands
John Tavener, Song for Athene
Organ: James Macmillan, Gaudeamus in loci pace
Gabriel Jackson, Orbis patrator optime
James Macmillan, Christus vincit

See the News page for a review of this concert.

Sunday July 19 · 7.00 pm

Maria Laach Abbey, D -56653 Maria Laach, Germany

The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom

Part One

William Byrd, Tribue Domine (1575)
Thomas Tallis, Sancte Deus
Thomas Tallis, In ieunio et fletu (1575)
Nicholas Ludford, Ave cuius conceptio

Part Two

Julian Anderson, O sing unto the Lord
Jonathan Dove, Into thy hands
John Tavener, Song for Athene
Tarik O'Regan, Surrexit Christus
James Macmillan, Christus vincit

Tuesday, September 1

Our Lady's Basilica, Gdansk, Poland

Britten, War Requiem

Anna Samuil soprano, Artur Rucinski tenor, John Daszak bass
Baltic Philharmonic & chorus
Choristers of New College, Oxford
directed by Sir Neville Marriner

Read the related article on the BBC website (opens in new window)

Concerts in France, September 18/19

Friday September 18 · 8.00 pm

Cathédrale Notre-Dame, St Omer, France

Opening Concert, Contrepoints 62, Le Festival des orgues du Pas-de-Calais

Mhairi Lawson soprano, Lucy Ballard contralto
Dan Norman tenor, Giles Underwood bass
Oxford Philomusica, Choir of New College, Oxford
Steven Grahl organ
directed by Edward Higginbottom

Barber, Toccata Festiva (organ and orchestra)
Barber, Adagio for Strings (orchestra and choir)
Elgar, Sonata in G (organ)
Elgar, Give unto the Lord (choir, organ and orchestra)
Haydn, Nelson Mass

Saturday September 19 · 8.00 pm

Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Reims, France

Part One

William Byrd, Laudibus in sanctis (Cantiones sacrae, 1591)
William Byrd, Ave verum corpus (Gradualia)
Thomas Tallis, Sancte Deus
Thomas Tallis, In ieunio et fletu (Cantiones sacrae, 1575)
Nicholas Ludford, Ave cuius conceptio

Part Two

Sergei Rachmaninov, Magnificat (from the All-Night Vespers, op37)
Jonathan Dove, Into thy hands
Sergei Rachmaninov, Nunc dimittis (from the All-Night Vespers, op37)
Charles Villiers Stanford, Beati quorum
William Harris, Faire is the heaven
Samuel Barber, Agnus Dei

Christmas Tour 2009

Handel, Messiah

soloists: Maria Keohane, William Purefoy, Nicholas Mulroy, Jonathan Sells
The Choir of New College, Oxford
The European Union Baroque Orchestra
directed by Edward Higginbottom

Friday December 11 · 7.30 pm

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Sunday December 13 · 8.00 pm

Trifolion Echternach, Luxembourg

Monday December 14 · 8.00 pm

Stadtkirche, Philharmonie Merck, Darmstadt Germany

Wednesday December 16

Dom, Riga, Latvia

Friday December 18 · 8.30 pm

Patio de la Casa del Cordón, Burgos, Spain

Saturday December 19 · 8.00 pm

Sala Principal del Edificio Baluarte - Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain