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CONCERTS IN 2008
CONCERTS IN THE ANTIBES SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday 8 February 2008 · 8.30 pm
L'église St Michel, Grimaud (département du Vars), France
Saturday 9 February 2008 · 9.00 pm
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea, Antibes, Côte d'Azur, France
Programme as above
Thursday 22 May 2008 · 7.00 pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Haydn, The Creation
Joanne Lunn soprano, Mark Milhofer tenor, David Stout bass
The Choir of New College, Oxford
The Oxford Philomusic
directed by Marios Papadopoulos
Tickets: £30, £23, £17, £10
Box office: Tel: 020 7730 4500
online booking (link opens a new window)
Concert in the York Early Music Festival
Thursday 10 July 2008 · 7.30 pm
St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate, York
New College Choir, with the Saraband Consort, directed by Edward Higginbottom
Royalty in Exile
Catholic Queens in Protestant England, 1660 - 1688
Stuart Kings in Catholic France, 1688 -
This programme examines the music written for performance in royal chapels in foreign lands. It presents music of the second half of the 17th century associated with Catholic queens in England, and the Stuart monarchy in France; the first in religious exile, the second in political. Here is music written by English composers to Latin texts (clearly never intended for the Protestant liturgy), music written to the celebrated Biblical account of exile in Exodus (Super flumina Babylonis), and music written for the exiled Stuart Court in France at St Germain en Laye.
The concert will be relayed on the BBC Early Music Show on 13 July
Tickets: £20 reserved central nave, unreserved seats £15 side aisles and balcony (£13 concessions) from:
National Centre for Early Music Tel: 01904 658338
www.ncem.co.uk (link opens a new window)
Summer Tour Concerts
Concert in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
Friday 18 July 2008 · 7.30 pm
St Marien, Bergen, Isle of Rugen
Treasures of Sacred Choral Music
Concert in the Festival de Masevaux, France
Sunday 20 July 2008 · 5.30 pm
Eglise Saint-Martin de Masevaux
Grandes Heures Liturgiques
Concert in the Festival ‘Les très riches heures de l’orgue en Berry’
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Cathedral of St Etienne, Bourges
Les très riches heures de la musique sacrée
Concert in the Festival du Haut Limousin
Wednesday 23 July 2008 · 9.00 pm
Collégiale Le Dorat
Programme as for Tuesday 22nd
Concert in the Festival de La Vezère
Friday 25 July 2008 · 9.00 pm
Collégiale Saint-Martin, Brive
Programme as for Friday 18
Opening concert of the Ambronay Festival 2008
Saturday September 20 2008 · 8.30 pm
Abbatiale d'Ambronay, 01500 Ambronay, France
Odes à Sainte Cecile
Susan Gilmour Bailey soprano | David Alsopp countertenor
Mark Dobell, Nicholas Mulroy tenors | Matthew Brooks bass
David Blackadder trumpet
The Choir of New College, Oxford
Collegium Novum (leader Simon Jones)
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Concerts in Hungary
Monday October 6 2008 · 7.00 pm
János Richter Hall, Györ
Claudio Monteverdi, Vespers of the Blessed Virgin
Grace Davidson, Susan Gilmour Bailey sopranos
Mark Dobell, Thomas Hobbs tenors
The Choir of New College, Oxford
Charivari Agréable (Kah-Ming Ng musical director)
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Tuesday October 7 2008 · 7.30 pm
Ferenc Liszt Academy, Budapest
Programme and soloists as October 6
Thursday December 11 2008 · 7.30 pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Christmas Concert
A programme of Christmas music and readings, in aid of the Pendyffryn Trust
Tickets £40, £30, £20, £15:
Oxford Playhouse Box Office 01865 305305 |
Tickets Oxford
Christmas concerts in Italy
Wednesday December 17 2008 · 8.30 pm
Lozzo di Cadore, Auditorium Communale
Thursday December 18 · 8.30 pm
Vicenza, Basilica San Felice e Fortunato
Friday December 19 · 8.30 pm
Verona, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare
Nativitas
Promise of Redemption
Annunciation
Journey to Bethlehem
Birth of Jesus
Visit of the shepherds
Visit of the Magi
Envoi
Tickets & info | Cariverona Foundation
Sunday December 21 2008 · 12 noon
Venice, Basilica di San Marco
Short contribution of Christmas music to midday Mass
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
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
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
Part Two: The Choirs of Metz and New College Oxford
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
Part Two
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
Part Two
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
Saturday September 19 · 8.00 pm
Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Reims, France
Part One
Part Two
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
Sunday December 20
Auditorio y Centro de Congresos (Riojaforum), Logrono, Spain
CONCERTS IN 2010
Easter Tour of the USA
Sunday April 11 · 4.00 pm
Episcopal Church of St Paul's-by-the-sea, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Steven Grahl organ, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Programme
website: www.spbts.net
Tuesday April 13 · 7.00 pm
Visitation Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO
Steven Grahl organ, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Programme
website: www.visitation.org and www.visitationfineartssociety.com
Wednesday April 14 · 8.00 pm
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
For programme, see Kansas City, Tuesday 13 April
website: www.cathedralstl.org and www.cathedralconcerts.org
Friday April 16 · 7.30 pm
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO
Steven Grahl organ, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Programme
website: www.sjcathedral.org
Sunday April 18
Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC
Concert by choirs of St Thomas New York, Washington Cathedral and
New College, Oxford. Choirs will sing individually and will join together for:
See Washington Cathedral website for more details:
website: www.nationalcathedral.org and
www.cathedralchoralsociety.org
Tuesday April 20
Saint Thomas's Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City · 7.30 pm
For programme, see Jacksonville Beach, Sunday 11 April
website: www.saintthomaschurch.org
Friday April 23 · 8.00 pm
St Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
For programme, see Kansas City, Tuesday 13 April
website: www.stpaulschestnuthill.org
Saturday 3 July 2010 · 7.00 pm
St Mary's Church, Adderbury, Oxfordshire
Mozart, Requiem
This concert is in aid of St Mary's Restoration Fund
Tickets: £10 (to include wine and strawberries) from
TasteBuds, High Street, Adderbury Tel: 01295 810241, or on the door
Festival de Saint Riquier, near Amiens, France
Sunday 18 July 2010 · 11.00 am
Saint Riquier Abbatiale
New College Choir will sing at High Mass (Lejeune : Missa ad placitum)
Sunday 18 July 2010 · 4.30 pm
Saint Riquier Abbatiale
Une célébration franco-britannique
Steven Grahl positif organ, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Programme
Première partie
Deuxième partie
Wednesday 6 October 2010 · 7.30 pm
St John's Smith Square, London
Gala Concert to launch the NOVUM label
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Choir of New College, Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom
Tickets on sale from 3 September: www.sjss.org.uk
Christmas Tour 2010
Gloria in Excelsis: A Christmas Cornucopia
Thursday 16 December
Stadtkirche, Philharmonie Merck, Darmstadt, Germany
Tickets from: www.philharmonie-merck.de
Saturday 18 December
Bolzano, Italy
Sunday 19 December
Merano, Italy
Monday 20 December
Verona, Italy