Oxford’s premier mixed voice choir
Thank you to all the Choir’s members, Friends and audiences for your support in our 2024-25 season. We now look forward to next season, the Choir’s 129th, where we bring you 4 concerts in the Sheldonian Theatre. We begin on Saturday 6th December with Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Haydn’s Te Deum, accompanied by the London Mozart Players. Our annual Carols for All concert is on Saturday 20th December, in partnership with the Oxfordshire County Music Service. Audience participation guaranteed! We return on Sunday 15th March for the second part of our two-year Elgar Project, with The Kingdom, joined by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and stellar lineup of soloists. Finally, on Sunday 21st June we perform Durufle’s Requiem, as well as some motets by Poulenc. Tickets for all these concerts will be available soon – keep checking our website or get in touch if you’d like to be added to our mailing list.
Schools Choral Programme end-of-year concert, 24th June
The culmination of this year’s Schools Choral Programme will be a joint concert between participating schools and members of the OBC on Tuesday 24th June, 6.30 pm at the University Church. All are welcome to this free concert. For more information about our Schools Choral Programme, please contact our Outreach Coordinator, Roger Parry, at outreach@oxfordbachchoir.org.
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IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO JOIN A CHOIR IN OXFORD, DO GET IN TOUCH!
We are one of the best-known large choirs in the country, with a history which goes back 128 years, and have performed with some of the greatest composers, conductors, orchestras and soloists.
If you are looking to join a choir with a welcoming atmosphere, high standards and a passion for performing great music, we would love to hear from you! Our Membership Secretary Ruth, will be happy to help with any questions, on membership@oxfordbachchoir.org. We usually hold auditions at the start of each term (October, January and April).
You can read more about what being a member of the choir entails in the “Join the Choir” at the bottom of this page, or click here https://www.oxfordbachchoir.org/join-the-choir/.
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WATCH OUR CONCERT IN THE TIME OF COVID
Our concert of French choral music from the Sheldonian Theatre in September 2021, the first in our 125th Anniversary Season, can be seen free at www.positivenote.co.uk/oxford-bach-choir. Oxford Bach Choir was conducted by Benjamin Nicholas, and Robert Quinney was the organist. Rebecca McNaught (cello), Lila Chrisp (mezzo) and Ben Davies (bass) were soloists in Duruflé mid-20th century, Requiem. The concert began with Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine, and includes the immediate-past Oxford Professor of Poetry, Alice Oswald, reading a sonnet by John Donne and reflecting on the impact of the pandemic. This was a fundraising concert for Oxford hospitals.
