Choral Evensong - Tuesday 29 April 2025 - from Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Описание: Prelude Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 695 - J.S. Bach
Responses Ayleward
Psalm 45
Canticles Sumsion in G
Anthem Almighty God, who hast instructed - Tomkins
Hymn 214 (tune ii)
Voluntary Sarabande for the Morning of Easter - Howells


Find out more about Merton College Choir on our website: https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/choir.
"In fact, the level of ambition underpinning this new Merton College Choir [is] quite dizzying." - BBC

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The Choir of Merton College consists of 30 undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford University, UK reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The choir's primary duty is singing at regular services of Evensong and Choral Eucharist in the famous 13th-century Chapel.

Since the establishment of Merton’s Choral Foundation in 2008, the choir has gained an international reputation for offering the best of choral music through tours, recordings and broadcasts. In 2020, the choir won the award for best choral album at the BBC Music Magazine Awards for its recording of Gabriel Jackson’s The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The choir’s discography on the Delphian Label has seen numerous five star reviews and many recordings have been named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone magazine.