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CHRISTMAS CONCERTS: 11 & 18 December 2021
We’re delighted to be able to resume our ever-popular Christmas Concerts:
(7 for) 7.30pm, Saturday 11 December 2021
St Mary’s, Adderbury
Carols by Candlelight
Simon Hogan, director
David Quinn, organ
Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
Tickets £12 from Trish Fennell 01295 811059 or trishfennell242@gmail.com or on the door
Mulled wine and mince pies will be available to purchase from the bar (and soft drinks)
Uplifting Christmas carols sung by Christ Church’s mixed choir (and by you!) in the beautiful acoustic of St Mary’s, Adderbury. We’re delighted to be returning to Adderbury for this event.
8pm, Saturday 18 December 2021
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
TIDINGS OF JOY: Carols for Choir and Audience
James Morley Potter, director
Simon Hogan, organ/piano
Thomas Simpson, organ/piano
Celebrate good tidings of great joy this Advent with the Cathedral Singers’ traditional carol concert, always a highlight of the Cathedral’s festive season. Christmas music old and new will feature, meditating on themes of joy and salvation, and there will also be the opportunity to join in with favourite carols to the accompaniment of the mighty Rieger organ.
Tickets are available from Tickets Oxford
https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/tidings-of-joy-carols-for-choir-and-audience
01865 305 305
CONCERT: Saturday 11 September, Christ Church
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FAURE Requiem & anthems by Howells and Wesley
Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
James Morley Potter, director
Simon Hogan, organ
Cecily Beer, harp
Kay Stephen, violin
Chris Terepin, cello
An evening of choral music to lift the soul, in the beautiful surroundings of Oxford’s Cathedral
8pm, Saturday 11 September 2021
Christ Church Cathedral, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1DP
Tickets £15/£10 from Tickets Oxford
www.ticketsoxford.com 01865 305305
We’re very excited to be able to perform a concert again after such a long time. This programme brings together some of our favourite choral repertoire, including Faure’s transcendent Requiem, presented here in a new arrangement by David Hill. Howells’ Four Anthems (originally subtitled ‘in time of war’) includes the sumptuous Like as the hart, and Wesley’s Ascribe unto the Lord is a mini-cantata all of its own.
Christ Church is a large building and distanced seating is available – see Tickets Oxford for information.
CSCC Launch Call for Proposals for new anthems
As part of its ongoing commitment to fostering new repertoire for church choirs, the Cathedral Singers are launching a Call for Proposals, inviting composers to submit plans for anthems to fit into various seasons of the Church’s year.
It is hoped that this project will support exciting and interesting new music from talented composers. For more information, see the dedicated page here: https://cathedralsingers.org.uk/newmusic2020/
POSTPONED: Come and Sing Evensong, 25 April
This event is POSTPONED due to the ongoing public health situation, and we will be hoping to reschedule it at some point in the future.
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Come and Sing Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral
with the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
Join us for an evening of wonderful music for St Mark’s Day. Members of the RSCM and affiliated choirs are warmly invited to come along and sing in Christ Church with us for the evening.
Music to include Bullock Give us the wings of faith, Clucas Responses, Stanford in Bb, and Harris O what their joy and their glory must be
Saturday 25 April 2020
Schedule for the day
3pm Registration
3.30pm Rehearsal in the Cathedral
5pm Tea in the Priory Rooms
6pm Evensong
7pm ends
The event is free of charge and includes tea. Music copies will be provided.
If you would like to attend, please fill in the following form: https://forms.gle/9ery8Sbfe6Tgho7z7
Closing date for registration 10 April
If you would like any more information, please contact the Administrator, Michele Winter, at administrator@cathedralsingers.org.uk.
Christmas Concerts 2019
THE PATH TO BETHLEHEM: Carols for Choir and Audience with the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
Featuring music by Mendelssohn, Howells, Rutter and more, the journey to Bethlehem is brought to life with music tracing the path from the Old Testament prophets to the familiar Kings, Shepherds and Angels of the Christmas story.
Director, James Morley Potter
Organist, David Bannister
8.00 p.m., Saturday 21 December
Christ Church Cathedral, St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1DP
Tickets, including a glass of wine, Standard: £15 Concessions: £10
Tickets for this concert are now available from Tickets Oxford (tel. 01865 305 305)
SOUTH MORETON
We are also giving a carol concert in the church of St John in South Moreton on Saturday 7 December. Tickets will be available on the door. More information soon.
Summer Concert: Sunday 21 July 2019
The Cathedral Singers of Christ Church present their Summer Concert for 2019, a celebration of Music from Oxford: BLESSED CITY.
8pm, Sunday 21 July, 2019
Tickets available from Tickets Oxford, 01865 305 305 and via the following link: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/whats-on/all-shows/blessed-city-music-from-oxford/12288
Tickets include a glass of wine in the interval
Piano/Organ: David Bannister
Director: James Morley Potter
The Cathedral Singers will present a wide-ranging selection of music from the Renaissance to the present day, including well-loved anthems and new discoveries, produced by composers associated with the city of dreaming spires.
We hope you can join us.
Christmas Concerts 2018
We are pleased to announce details of our Christmas Concerts this December – come and enjoy these highlights of the festive season:
SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER 2018
7.30pm, St Nicholas Church, Tackley, Oxon
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: Christmas with the Cathedral Singers
James Morley Potter, director
Sebastian Thomson, organ
This concert is in aid of St Nicholas Church’s Bell Appeal and promises to be a warm-hearted and festive occasion, replete with carols old and new.
Tickets £10 (to include a glass of wine) available on the door
FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER 2018
8pm
Christ Church Cathedral, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP
Tickets £15/£10 (concessions/restricted view) to include a glass of wine in the interval
available from www.ticketsoxford.com or 01865 305 305
The Christmas season is not complete without an evening spent in the musical and convivial company of the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, their director James Morley Potter, and organist David Bannister. Come and join us for a concert of beloved carols and new discoveries, festive readings, and a glass of wine, in Oxford’s beautiful Cathedral. This year, in ‘Light of the World’, the Singers will focus on the theme of light, including carols and music by Thomas Tallis, Eric Whitacre, and more.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Summer Concert: Bruckner Motets, 8pm Saturday 21 July
Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
James Morley Potter, Director
David Bannister, Organ
BRUCKNER: MOTETS & music by Stanford, Part, Bairstow and others
Anton Bruckner‘s motets stand as monuments of sacred choral music: expressive, peaceful, yearning, explosive. Alongside them sits music by British contemporaries, as well as 20th- and 21st-century choral music. Come and join the Cathedral Singers for this concert, which forms part of the celebrations of their 40th anniversary.
Tickets are available from Tickets Oxford and include a glass of wine in the interval. Come and join us for an evening of glorious choral music in the beautiful surroundings of Oxford’s Cathedral.
Christmas Concert: Handel’s Messiah, Saturday 16 December 2017
G. F. HANDEL
Messiah
Aileen Thomson, soprano
Amy Lyddon, alto
Robin Horgan, tenor
Daniel Tate, bass
Cathedral Singers of Christ Church
Oxybaroxy (Oxfordshire Youth Baroque Strings) (Mark Levy, director)
James Morley Potter, director
7.30pm, Saturday 16 December 2017
The Cathedral Singers Christmas Concert is always a highlight of the festive season at Christ Church Cathedral. This year will be even more special, as the Singers are joined by Oxybaroxy, the Oxfordshire Youth Baroque Strings, and a quartet of tremendous young soloists, to perform Handel’s uplifting Messiah, under director James Morley Potter.
Tickets are available from Tickets Oxford via the following link: https://
All seating is unreserved, so please arrive in plenty of time to find a seat. Some tickets may be available on the door.