Vigil: Music of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Saturday 26th March 2022, St. John the Evangelist Church, Oxford
The music of the Eastern Orthodox church enjoyed a major revival in the 19th and 20th centuries, typified by the success of Rachmaninov's famous All-Night Vigil.
JUBILATE presented a concert of this sonorous and profoundly beautiful music, with selections from All-Night Vigil music by Gretchaninov, Chesnokov and Tchaikovsky, alongside pieces by John Tavener, who drew on this rich style for the sublime Song for Athene. |
Seeds of love: British Folksongs
Saturday 18th June 2022, The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford
Saturday 18th June 2022, The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford
Twentieth and twenty-first century British composers delight in exploring their rich folk heritage. A concert celebrating them cannot ignore Vaughan Williams’ contributions, nor Britten’s highly imaginative Flower Songs. Holst’s choral folksong arrangements are an under-recognised gem, and MacMillan’s The Gallant Weaver represents the Scottish composer at his most sumptuous.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five English Folksongs Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove Ralph Vaughan Williams: Bushes and Briars James Macmillan: The Gallant Weaver Gustav Holst: Six Choral Folksongs Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs |
Angels and Archangels - Music and carols for Christmas
Friday 9 December 2022, Keble College Chapel, Oxford Jubilate's Christmas concert in the beautiful and resonant chapel of Keble College is always a highlight of the season. This year we celebrated angels in all their manifestations - watchful, beatific, splendid, terrifying and mysterious. The programme included music from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including Jonathan Harvey's "The Angels" the words of which were the inspiration for the evening's theme: Should you hear them singing among stars or whispering secrets of a wiser world, do not imagine ardent, fledging children; they are intelligences old as sunrise - John V Taylor Organist Simon Hogan thrilled us all with a stunning performance of Les Anges from Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur and the audience joined the choir for a moving and memorable rendering of Gillian Weir's My Guardian Angel. |