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Aspects of Christ: concert on 25th March
by Announcements from the Cherwell Singers 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

On Saturday March 25th in Exeter College Chapel the Cherwell Singers present a concert entitled "Aspects of Christ - a musical exploration of the person of Christ". Lent is traditionally a time when Christians reflect on their faith and study aspects of it, and in this concert we explore the many ways in which Christ has come to be known: as child, teacher, healer, friend of sinners, suffering servant and ultimately as King. Christ himself said to his disciples at Caesarea Phillippi "Who do men say that I am?" and he is variously (perhaps even confusingly) identified not just as the Son of God, but as the Son of Man. Composers have responded richly to the various aspect of Christ — the stages in his life and his various roles — and this concert presents a cross section of contrasting works from across the centuries which illuminate both the image of Christ and his character. Familiar works by Elgar and Byrd are included alongside less familiar works by Capillas and Phillip Wilby, and organist Steven Grahl will play extracts from Olivier Messiaen's large scale organ depictions of pivotal moments in Christ's life "La Nativite and L'Ascension". We do hope you can join us for an evening in which believers and non-believers alike can reflect on the importance of this man "born a child and yet a King". Ticket are available to order online at <http://www.wegottickets.com/event/156154> or are £10 (£8) at the door. Map: <http://osm.org/go/eutDzmc3Z--?m> For more information about the Cherwell Singers visit our new website <http://www.cherwellsingers.org/> or follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/CherwellSingers>

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Cherwell Singers concert, 19th November 2011
by Announcements from the Cherwell Singers 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

In the University Church on Saturday November 19th at 7.30pm the Cherwell Singers present a programme of sacred Baroque music from England and France by the composers Henry Purcell and Jean Gilles. All of the music in this concert was performed at events of major royal importance, and so we begin with the two coronation anthems written by Purcell for James II in 1685, " I was glad" and "My heart is inditing". From the beginning of one reign we then move to the close of others with Purcell's Funeral music which incorporates music sung at the funeral of Queen Mary II in 1695. After the interval we move across the channel to France to hear the seldom performed "Messe des morts" of Gilles which has its own royal connections having been performed at the funerals of Louis XV and Stanislaw of Poland. Not only is the music in the concert linked by its royal connections - both composers featured were writing in the last deacdes of the seventeenth century, they were both boy choristers who went on to become Directors of Music at those institutions where they had sung and they both died prematurely in their late thirties. The Cherwell Singers will be joined by a small group of professional string players and soloists Esther Brazil (soprano) Benjamin Williamson (alto) Guy Cutting (tenor) and Alexander Learmonth (bass). We do hope you can attend. James Brown (Director) Ticket are £10 (£8) at the door. Map: <http://osm.org/go/eutDzuFl1--?m> For more information about the Cherwell Singers visit our new website <http://www.cherwellsingers.org/> or follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/CherwellSingers> -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)

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Cherwell Singers summer concert, 3rd July 2011
by Announcements from the Cherwell Singers 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

The Cherwell Singers, joined by pianist Steven Grahl, presents a summer concert on Sunday July 3rd at 7.30pm at the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College. Entitled "Hark! what glorious sounds!" ( a line from Elgar's "Songs from the Bavarian highlands" with which we begin the concert) it is a celebration of folksongs and songs in arrangements from the twentieth century. Folksong speaks of the joys and sorrows of life with its universal themes of landscape, nature, nostalgia and, of course, love. These shared values speak to everyone, perhaps more so than any other musical form, and were the original popular music of their day. In a nod to the development that song was later to take in this direction we include in our programme some arrangements of favourite popular songs from the mid twentieth century with the addition of a jazz trio. The transition from the countryside to the concert hall has given the originally simple and instantly attractive melodies of folksong a new lease of life as the starting point for new and artful arrangements by living composers of today such as Rutter, Archer, Chilcott, Erb and Higginbottom (all of whom are featured in our concert in arrangements of familiar songs such as Londonderry Air, Shenandoah and Early one morning). Thus folksong succesfully survived the transition into the moderm mechanised world largely thanks to the efforts of those composers such as Elgar and Vaughan-Williams who collected and catalogued it from the oral tradition. The pastoral setting of the Grove Auditiorium backing on to the gardens and deer park of Magdalen College provides a suitable setting for this music and we do hope you will be able to join us. James Brown (Director) Ticket are £10 (£8) at the door. Entrance on Longwall Street (map: <http://osm.org/go/eutD5NqNU--?m>) For more information about the Cherwell Singers visit <http://www.cherwellsingers.org/>

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