Sat, 06 Jul
|Keble College Chapel
Serenity of Soul
An inspiring programme of spiritual music for choir and organ, including Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten) and Lo the full final sacrifice (Finzi). Also featuring works by Brahms, McDowall and Messiaen. Tickets available now.
Time & Location
06 Jul 2024, 19:30
Keble College Chapel, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PG, UK
About the event
Our upcoming concert promises to be a feast for the senses. In the uniquely resonant acoustic of Keble College Chapel, the City of Oxford Choir present “Serenity of Soul” - a sequence of beautiful music written in honour of the Lamb of God.
Britten’s famous cantata , with its delightfully inventive text by Christopher Smart, is our departure point for a programme which brings together several musical expressions of the Eucharistic Feast. Brahms' moving was unpublished in his lifetime, but the material was reused in the great motet . Cecelia McDowall’s expressive , with its haunting reminiscence of the Allegri Miserere, combines with a sequence of French motets by Dupré (), Messiaen () and Laloux ().Rejoice in the LambAgnus DeiWarum ist das Licht gegebenAdoro te devoteO salutaris hostiaO sacrum conviviumTantum ergo
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