Sat 18 Mar
|St Michael at the North Gate
Days Are Where We Live
Time & Location
18 Mar 2023, 19:30
St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket St, Oxford OX1 3EY, UK
About the event
What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. They are to be happy in: Where can we live but days?
For this concert we take our inspiration from the opening lines of Philip Larkin’s 1964 poem ‘Days’. Our programme leads us on a musical journey through the day, beginning with Toivo Kuula’s ode to the dawn, At Sunrise, and ending with Stephen Paulus’ luscious benediction, The day is done. In between we’ll explore the days where we live through a sequence of music celebrating the best of creative idleness: eating and drinking, roaming, laughing and loving. A highlight of the program is Brahms Op. 92, a quartet of partsongs featuring the beguiling and romantic O schöne Nacht! (O beautiful night!) and Abendlied (Evensong). We will also feature Hymne au Soleil (Hymn to the Sun) and Soir sur la Plaine (Evening on the Plain) by French…