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Darkness to Light | Oxford Pro Musica Singers

For our first concert of 2022, Oxford Pro Musica Singers present a choral journey from dusk to dawn.

Add to my Calendar 05-03-2022 19:30 05-03-2022 21:30 36 Darkness to Light | Oxford Pro Musica Singers For our first concert of 2022, Oxford Pro Musica Singers present a choral journey from dusk to dawn. In the perfect setting and acoustics of St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford, join Oxford Pro Musica Singers for a concert of sumptuous choral music on themes from dusk to dawn. This eclectic programme focuses on the music of living composers, with pieces by Eric Whitacre (Lux Aurumque, Water Night, Sleep), and Stars by Eriks Ešenvalds in which members of the choir will simultaneously sing and play a tuned wine glass. The concert also includes music by Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and James MacMillan, together with Kerry Andrew’s luminescent setting of O lux beata Trinitas and Annabel Rooney’s enchanting ‘Round me falls the night’. Oxford Pro Musica Singers concerts often sell out. Book early to avoid disappointment, and to enjoy what is guaranteed to be a rich feast of music. St Barnabas Church, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Barnabas Church
Cardigan Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 6BG
England

Programme

Edward Elgar – Lux Aeterna (Nimrod)
James MacMillan – Strathclyde Motets: O Radiant Dawn
John Wilbye – Draw on, Sweet Night
Eriks Esenvalds – Stars
Eric Whitacre – Water Night
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Eric Whitacre – Nox Aurumque
Eric Whitacre – Sleep

Performers

Mark Jordan – Conductor

Oxford Pro Musica Singers

Programme Note

For our first concert of 2022, Oxford Pro Musica Singers present a choral journey from dusk to dawn.

In the perfect setting and acoustics of St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford, join Oxford Pro Musica Singers for a concert of sumptuous choral music on themes from dusk to dawn. This eclectic programme focuses on the music of living composers, with pieces by Eric Whitacre (Lux Aurumque, Water Night, Sleep), and Stars by Eriks Ešenvalds in which members of the choir will simultaneously sing and play a tuned wine glass. The concert also includes music by Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and James MacMillan, together with Kerry Andrew’s luminescent setting of O lux beata Trinitas and Annabel Rooney’s enchanting ‘Round me falls the night’.

Oxford Pro Musica Singers concerts often sell out. Book early to avoid disappointment, and to enjoy what is guaranteed to be a rich feast of music.

Oxford Pro Musica Singers

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