Oxford Lent Concerts, 2010.

Poster

Featuring music by Purcell, Greene, Biber and Haydn and the première of Christus: The Passion according to St Mark (written and conducted by Simon Whalley) with illumination by Modern Icons.

All concerts are in Queens College Chapel, Oxford.

Concert dates:

• Concert 1: March   9^th (Tuesday), 6 pm (please note the earlier time of this concert)
• Concert 2: March 16^th (Tuesday), 6:15 pm
• Concert 3: March 23^rd (Tuesday), 6:15 pm
• Concert 4: March 30^th (Tuesday), 6:15 pm

Admission to the Chapel 15 minutes before each concert.

Each concert will last approximately 45 minutes.

Concerts are FREE with a Retiring Collection for Helen and Douglas House, Amnesty International and Médecins sans Frontières.

• Vocal soloists: Roya Ziai, Jonathan Arnold, Guy Cutting and Benjamin Thompson.
• 12-voice choir
• Baroque and modern instrumentalists: Kate Bailey, Heather Birt, Bojan Čičić, Judith Dallosso, Jane Downer, Louise Graham, Elizabeth Harré, Gary Howarth, Michael Lowe, Joe Mason, Owen Rees, Julian Smith, Meg Veale and Spike Wilson.
• Artists: Alison Lilly Berrett, Jane Dowling, Nicholas Mynheer, Martin Smith, Tim Steward and Roger Wagner.

Concert 1, March 9th (Tuesday) 6:00 pm

Simon Whalley: Christus: The Passion according to St Mark, Cantata 1: Betrayal.

• Conductor: Simon Whalley
• Soloists:
  • Roya Ziai (Evangelist)
  • Jonathan Arnold (Christus)
  • (to be confirmed) (alto aria)
• 12-voice choir
• Instrumentalists: Bojan Čičić (baroque violin), Julian Smith (baroque violin), Heather Birt (baroque viola), Judith Dallosso (baroque cello), Elizabeth Harré (baroque double bass) and Owen Rees (chamber organ).

Icons:

• Alison Lilley Berrett
• Tim Steward

Concert 2, March 16th (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

Simon Whalley: Christus: The Passion according to St Mark, Cantata 2: Gethsemane.

• Conductor: Simon Whalley
• Soloists:
  • Roya Ziai (Evangelist)
  • Jonathan Arnold (Christus)
  • Guy Cutting (Peter)
• 12-voice choir
• Instrumentalists: Kate Bailey (violin), Meg Veale (violin), Heather Birt (viola), Spike Wilson (cello), Jane Downer (oboe d'amore).

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704): Mystery Sonatas No. 6: The Agony in the Garden.

• Julian Smith (baroque violin)
• Michael Lowe (theorbo)
• Owen Rees (chamber organ)
• Spike Wilson (baroque cello)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Lord, what is man?

• Roya Ziai (soprano)
• Owen Rees (chamber organ)
• Michael Lowe (theorbo)
• 12-voice choir

Icons:

• Jane Dowling: Betrayal

Concert 3, March 23rd (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

Simon Whalley: Christus: The Passion according to St Mark, Cantata 3: Trial.

• Conductor: Simon Whalley
• Soloists:
  • Roya Ziai (Evangelist)
  • Jonathan Arnold (Christus)
  • Guy Cutting (Peter)
  • Benjamin Thompson (Pilate)
• 12-voice choir
• Instrumentalists: Julian Smith (baroque violin), Louise Graham (baroque violin), Heather Birt (baroque viola), Judith Dallosso (baroque cello), Elizabeth Harré (baroque double bass), Owen Rees (chamber organ), Gary Howarth (trumpet) and Joe Mason (French horn).

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Funeral Sentences.

• Four-part choir + verse section for soloists
• Owen Rees (chamber organ).

Icons:

• Martin Smith: Ecce homo (sculpture).

Concert 4, March 30th (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Introduction to The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross.

• The OXUS String Quartet:
  • Kate Bailey (violin)
  • Louise Graham (violin)
  • Heather Birt (viola)
  • Spike Wilson (cello)

Simon Whalley: Christus: The Passion according to St Mark, Cantata 4: Crucifixion.

• Conductor: Simon Whalley
• Soloists:
  • Roya Ziai (Evangelist)
  • Jonathan Arnold (Christus)
• 12-voice choir
• Instrumentalists: Kate Bailey and Bojan Čičić (violin 1), Louise Graham and Meg Veale (violin 2), Heather Birt and Julian Smith (viola), Judith Dallosso and Spike Wilson (cello), Jane Downer (oboe d'amore), Elizabeth Harré (double bass), Gary Howarth (trumpet) and Owen Rees (chamber organ).

Maurice Greene (1695-1755): Lord, let me know mine end.

• 12-voice choir
• Owen Rees (chamber organ)

Icons:

• Nichols Mynheer: Corpus of Christ (sculpture)
• Roger Wagner: Crucifixion (study for a stained glass window)

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