Reviews
March 2018
Matty Czaczkes
"Jubilate performed a range of pieces for choir, string and organ to a very high standard. Soaring voices filled the vaulting space, and delicate sections were clear as mountain stream even from the back of the church. Complicated harmonies were delivered such that each element could be distinctly heard, and no one instrument or voice drowned out the others."
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Matty Czaczkes
"Jubilate performed a range of pieces for choir, string and organ to a very high standard. Soaring voices filled the vaulting space, and delicate sections were clear as mountain stream even from the back of the church. Complicated harmonies were delivered such that each element could be distinctly heard, and no one instrument or voice drowned out the others."
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March 2017
Kathryn, Daily Info
"Sitting at such close proximity to the orchestra and singers, you can wonder at the richness of individuals, the double bass in the Elgar, the solo violin, the singers etc. while being absorbed in the beauty of the whole. What a privilege to hear such outstanding soloists, what a joy to listen to the Jubilate Chamber Choir and Berkeley Sinfonia. An evening of pure pleasure.."
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Kathryn, Daily Info
"Sitting at such close proximity to the orchestra and singers, you can wonder at the richness of individuals, the double bass in the Elgar, the solo violin, the singers etc. while being absorbed in the beauty of the whole. What a privilege to hear such outstanding soloists, what a joy to listen to the Jubilate Chamber Choir and Berkeley Sinfonia. An evening of pure pleasure.."
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December 2013
Andrea Hopkins, Daily Information
"The singing was as miraculously precise as we have come to expect from this excellent choir..."
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Andrea Hopkins, Daily Information
"The singing was as miraculously precise as we have come to expect from this excellent choir..."
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December 2010
Andrea Hopkins, Daily Information
"The choir ... was superb, their phrasing and control perfect – beautifully conducted by director Simon Whalley."
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Andrea Hopkins, Daily Information
"The choir ... was superb, their phrasing and control perfect – beautifully conducted by director Simon Whalley."
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June 2010
Nina Brown, Daily Information
"Jubilate’s inspiring concert captured the raw, humane magic of folk music and let it soar to lofty heights on choral music’s majestic back."
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Nina Brown, Daily Information
"Jubilate’s inspiring concert captured the raw, humane magic of folk music and let it soar to lofty heights on choral music’s majestic back."
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December 2009
Nicola Lisle, The Oxford Times
"Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols provided a suitably uplifting finish to the evening ... Magnificent."
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Nicola Lisle, The Oxford Times
"Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols provided a suitably uplifting finish to the evening ... Magnificent."
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December 2008
Giles Woodforde, The Oxford Times
"...The concert ended with a magical performance of William Mathias’s A babe is born..."
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Giles Woodforde, The Oxford Times
"...The concert ended with a magical performance of William Mathias’s A babe is born..."
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December 2005, The Oxford Times
'St Barnabas in Jericho is possibly one of Oxford’s most splendid, more ornate and most intriguing churches … On Saturday night, Jubilate! harnessed all those features to turn their annual Christmas concert into an occasion that was both moving and joyous. … As always, the sound was pure, controlled and exquisite … The evening was a seasonal treat from beginning to end, every song performed with care and devotion under the firm control of Jubilate’s new conductor, Stephen Clarke. Wonderful!’
'St Barnabas in Jericho is possibly one of Oxford’s most splendid, more ornate and most intriguing churches … On Saturday night, Jubilate! harnessed all those features to turn their annual Christmas concert into an occasion that was both moving and joyous. … As always, the sound was pure, controlled and exquisite … The evening was a seasonal treat from beginning to end, every song performed with care and devotion under the firm control of Jubilate’s new conductor, Stephen Clarke. Wonderful!’
November 2004, The Oxford Times
'On Saturday night, in the glorious setting of Keble College Chapel, the Oxford-based choir Jubilate did [Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols] full justice. Under David Soward’s calm control, the different moods of the piece were finely observed, from the celebratory Wolcum Yole! To the tenderness of the lullabies, and the final exultation … The choir sang with its customary precision … This was a lovely start to the Christmas season, full of enthusiasm and joy.'
'On Saturday night, in the glorious setting of Keble College Chapel, the Oxford-based choir Jubilate did [Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols] full justice. Under David Soward’s calm control, the different moods of the piece were finely observed, from the celebratory Wolcum Yole! To the tenderness of the lullabies, and the final exultation … The choir sang with its customary precision … This was a lovely start to the Christmas season, full of enthusiasm and joy.'
November 2003, The Oxford Times
'Controlled commitment like this, spontaneous in effect, with the tone warm and even, and Soward measuring his dynamic changes by the millimetre, brought to the fore Jubilate’s fine command of hushed atmospherics. We encountered it again in the two Poulenc pieces, O Magnum Mysterium and Quem Vidistes Pastores Dicite, in Tavener’s The Lamb, and most notably in the performance of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Out of Your Sleep, which struck me as hard to better.'
'Controlled commitment like this, spontaneous in effect, with the tone warm and even, and Soward measuring his dynamic changes by the millimetre, brought to the fore Jubilate’s fine command of hushed atmospherics. We encountered it again in the two Poulenc pieces, O Magnum Mysterium and Quem Vidistes Pastores Dicite, in Tavener’s The Lamb, and most notably in the performance of Richard Rodney Bennett’s Out of Your Sleep, which struck me as hard to better.'
