Repertoire

​We would describe our repertoire as 'eclectic' - there's no one era or style of music that we prefer. However, as you'll see from the full list of our repertoire in our music archive, our concerts tend to be themed around the season and the church calendar, and this often governs our programme choices.

You'll also see from the list below and the full list in our music archive that our concerts feature plenty of early music and 20th century British music. Both of these lend themselves well to the venues in and around Oxford - such as college chapels and small churches - in which we tend to perform. 

One genre on which we have been privileged to focus is the music of our previous musical director Simon Whalley. We have performed a number of his compositions, including the world premiere of his Christus: A Passion according to St Mark, in March 2011. In 2015 we very much enjoyed singing music by Judith Weir, under the baton of Ben Nicholas, and in the company of children from several local schools. Our current musical director, James Morley Potter, has introduced us to the music of Amy Beach and has varied our usual Christmas repertoire by taking us through our paces in David Bednall's thrilling Christmas Cantata: Welcome all Wonders.

Other highlights of our repertoire in the last few years have included:
Bach: Jesu Meine Freude
​Barber: Reincarnations
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices
Byrd: Laudibus in Sanctis
Duruflé: Requiem
Howells: Te Deum
MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver
Mauersberger: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst
Monteverdi: Magnificat
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil
Rheinberger: Mass in E flat
Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
Tallis: Mass "Puer Natus"
Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy
Victoria: Requiem

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