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Schola Cantorum - 60th Anniversary Celebration
Apr
23
7:30 PM19:30
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Schola Cantorum - 60th Anniversary Celebration

Bach B Minor Mass

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Schola Cantorum of Oxford Alumni
Robyn Allegra Parton Soprano
Lucy Cox Soprano
Martha McLorinan Alto
Nick Pritchard Tenor
Roderick Williams Bass

Steven Grahl Director

Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Oxford University's outstanding young chamber choir, is joined by a chorus of former members and Oxford's own historical performance ensemble, Instruments of Time & Truth, for a performance of J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, conducted by Steven Grahl, with soloists Robyn Allegra Parton, Lucy Cox, Martha McLorinan, Nick Pritchard and Roderick Williams.

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100 Years of British Coronations - Oxford
Oct
22
6:30 PM18:30
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100 Years of British Coronations - Oxford

Instruments of Time & Truth
Edward Higginbottom Director

A dazzling pageant of ceremonial music premiered in London: from Purcell’s ‘My Heart is Inditing’ to Handel’s blazing ‘Zadok, taking in lesser-known gems from Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Cooke, John Blow and William Boyce’s glorious ‘The King Shall Rejoice’, gleaming with trumpets. These were the resplendent works that accompanied the crowning of Kings and Queens, from the Restoration of Charles II to the coronation of George III.

This event is for the performance at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. For the event at King’s Place, London, click here.

Henry Cooke Behold, O God, our defender (Charles I, 1661)

Purcell My heart is inditing (James II, 1685)

Blow The Lord God is a Sun and a Shield (William and Mary, 1689)

Clarke Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem (Anne, 1702)

William Croft The Lord is a Sun and a Shield (George I, 1714)

Handel Zadok the priest; Let Thy hand be strengthened; My heart is inditing (George II, 1727)

Boyce The King shall rejoice (George III, 1761)

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100 Years of British Coronations - London
Oct
21
6:30 PM18:30
Concerts

100 Years of British Coronations - London

Instruments of Time & Truth
Edward Higginbottom Director

A dazzling pageant of ceremonial music premiered in London: from Purcell’s ‘My Heart is Inditing’ to Handel’s blazing ‘Zadok, taking in lesser-known gems from Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Cooke, John Blow and William Boyce’s glorious ‘The King Shall Rejoice’, gleaming with trumpets. These were the resplendent works that accompanied the crowning of Kings and Queens, from the Restoration of Charles II to the coronation of George III.

This event is for the performance at King’s Place, London. For the event at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, click here.

Henry Cooke Behold, O God, our defender (Charles I, 1661)

Purcell My heart is inditing (James II, 1685)

Blow The Lord God is a Sun and a Shield (William and Mary, 1689)

Clarke Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem (Anne, 1702)

William Croft The Lord is a Sun and a Shield (George I, 1714)

Handel Zadok the priest; Let Thy hand be strengthened; My heart is inditing (George II, 1727)

Boyce The King shall rejoice (George III, 1761)

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The Divine Office Festival - Mozart Vespers
Oct
1
10:00 AM10:00
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The Divine Office Festival - Mozart Vespers

Rowan Pierce Soprano
Merton College Choir
Instruments of Time and Truth
Benjamin Nicholas director

This concert evokes the musical drama and splendour with which Vespers was celebrates in late 18th-century Salzburg, where Mozart worked in the early part of his career. Mozart’s skills as an operatic composer are apparent in the dramatic treatment of the psalm texts of the Solemn Vespers de confessore, and even more so in the virtuosic solo motet Exsultate, Jubilate, sung here by award-winning soprano Rowan Pierce, which ends with the famous exuberant Alleluia.

This performance is part of the Divine Office Festival 2021. Full details, including booking information, can be found on the Martin Randall Travel website.

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The Divine Office Festival - Monteverdi Vespers
Sep
29
5:30 PM17:30
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The Divine Office Festival - Monteverdi Vespers

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Contrapunctus
The Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford
Instruments of Time & Truth
Owen Rees Director

Monteverdi’s lavish Vespers, written in Mantua and published in 1610 with an eye on both the Roman and Venetian markets, has become one of the most famous collections of liturgical music. It consists of an extraordinary kaleidoscope of styles (traditional and modern) and textures (solo, choral, and instrumental). For this performance the solo voices of early-music consort Contrapunctus are joined by the Choir of The Queen’s College and Oxford’s period instrument orchestra, Instruments of Time & Truth.

This performance is part of the Divine Office Festival 2021. Full details, including booking information, can be found on the Martin Randall Travel website.

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Aug
12
7:00 PM19:00
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Battaglia! Cornett and Violin - A Contest of Equals

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This concert is part of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

Accounts of concerts in the 17th and 18th Centuries are of full tales of star musicians one-upping each other, engaging in musical contests for the attention of the fickle and adoring crowds, and pushing their instruments to their limits.

This concert is a battle between the two proudest instruments of them all: the violin and the cornett. Gawain Glenton (cornett) and Bojan Cicic (violin) will duel it out in a dazzling display of music by Falconieri, Merula, Cazzati,Castello, Fontana, Marini, Cima, Bassano and Rognoni, with Silas Wollston attempting to keep everything in some semblance of order from the organ. An unmissable musical showdown!

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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Aug
5
7:00 PM19:00
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Three Chaconnes and a Canary: 17th Century Dance Music

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This concert is part of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

In this concert, IT&T take you on a harmonious journey through 17th Century dance music, with Jigs, Hornpipes, Sarabandes, and Ciaconnes galore. And even, if you’re watching closely, a canary!

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Suite from Abdelazar

Chaconne from The Gordian Knot Unty’d

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)

Mensa Sonora, seu Musica Instrumentalis Pars I

Balletti Lamentabili à 4

Mensa Sonora, seu Musica Instrumentalis Pars VI

Henry Purcell

Chaconne from King Arthur

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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Jul
29
7:00 PM19:00
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Primus Inter Pares: Mozart's Clarinet Quintet

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This concert is part of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet is one of the earliest, best-known, and best-loved works for the clarinet, but it’s rarely heard on the instrument for which it was originally written: the Basset Clarinet, which takes its place as “first among equals” in this dazzling chamber work. In this performance, on period instruments, we are matching this beloved piece with a lesser known but charming early quartet by Mozart for a perfectly balanced summer evening.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

String Quartet in C Major K157

Clarinet Quintet in A Major K581

Featuring: Sarah Thurlow (Basset clarinet); Liz MacCarthy and Jean Paterson (Violins); Vanessa McNaught (Viola); Gabriel Amherst (Cello)

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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Jul
22
7:00 PM19:00
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The Perfection of Music: François Couperin at Home, at Court, in Church

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This concert is part of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

François Couperin was one of the foremost musicians in the Royal Court of France at the turn of the 18th Century, and the centre of gravity of a talented musical family. Equally comfortable at court, at church, or simply making music at home, this performance takes in the breadth of the Couperins’ musical output and imagines an intimate performance to showcase the versatility of the entire family’s skills. IT&T performs the music of this musical chameleon under the expert direction of French Baroque expert, Edward Higginbottom.

François Couperin (1668-1733):

La Pucelle

Pièces de clavecin

Premier leçon de ténèbres

Pièces de viole (from the 2e suite)

Pièces de clavecin L’impériale

Featuring: Alice Harberd (soprano); Davina Clarke and Anna Curzon (violins); Reiko Ichise (basse de viole); Edward Higginbottom (harpsichord/organ)

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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Jul
15
7:00 PM19:00
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Ich habe genug: Bach Cantatas BWV 82a and BWV 209

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This concert is part of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

This concert matches Bach’s much-loved Leipzig cantata BWV 82a “Ich habe genug,” in its scoring for Soprano and flute obbligato with one of his only two works in Italian: the secular cantata BWV 209 “Non sa che sia dolore”.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Cantata BWV 82a, “Ich habe genug”

Cantata BWV 209, “Non sa che sia dolore”

Featuring Harriet Burns (soprano)

Bojan Cicic, Liz MacCarthy (violins)

Rachel Byrt (viola)

Gabriel Amherst (cello)

Jonathan Slade (flute)

Anhad Arora (harpsichord)

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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Jul
8
7:00 PM19:00
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Stylus Phantasticus: The Soundworld of Bach's Predecessors

This is the opening concert of the Instruments of Time & Truth Summer Concert Series 2021.

Today we are very familiar with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, but what sort of music was being published a generation, or two before him? Some of the most famous composers of their time, who were still composing during Bach’s formative years, have fallen into relative obscurity today. Tonight’s programme aims to bring those composers into focus, and to compare their works with Bach’s own style, showing that Bach was indeed indebted to his predecessors, with sometimes striking similarities.

Should we become more familiar with the music of Walther, Westhoff, Böhm, or Schenk? We hope that, after this concert, you will be inspired to further explore their music, discovering the sound world that was such an important part of Bach’s early life.

Johann Jakob Walther: (1650-1717)

Scherzi da violino solo, 1676: Sonata VIII; Sonata X “Imitatione del Cuccu”

Georg Böhm (1661-1733)

Präludium, Fuge und Postludium 8’ in G minor

Johann Paul van Westhoff

Sonata “la Guerra”, 1691

Ernst Christian Hesse (1686-1762)

Paysan en Rondeu for viola da gamba and basso continuo in D major

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata in D major BWV 912

Sonata for violin and basso continuo in e minor BWV 1023

Featuring: Bojan Cicic - violin; Susanne Heinrich - viola da gamba; Chris Bucknall - organ and harpsichord

Tickets can be booked through the Tickets Oxford website; by calling Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305; or in person at the Oxford Playhouse.

Free Tickets are available for audience members aged 8-25 thanks to the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please phone Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 to claim your free tickets.

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