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SUMMARY:Bach Christmas Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:Join us for one of Oxford’s most evocative seasonal events in the magical setting of New College Chapel. Oxford Bach Soloists’ Christmas Oratorio is sure to be a memorable way to celebrate Christmas this year. \nTom Hammond-Davies directs an authentic performance of J. S. Bach’s much loved telling of the Christmas story with the first three parts of his 1734 Christmas Oratorio. This glittering masterpiece describes the Birth of Jesus\, the annunciation to the shepherds\, and the adoration of the shepherds\, \nAfter the performance why not book yourself in for dinner locally so you can also enjoy more music from the Oxford Bach Soloists as they take us into Christmas Day itself from 11pm with Midnight Mass (free admission).
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-christmas-oratorio/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161207T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20161122T165058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161122T165058Z
UID:1210-1481137200-1481137200@www.oxfordbachsoloists.com
SUMMARY:All Roads Lead to Bach
DESCRIPTION:An evening of music for unaccompanied violin from before and after Bach’s time.\nBojan Čičić\, baroque violin \nAs one of the rising stars of the world of period performance\, Oxford Bach Soloists’ leader Bojan Čičić is fast making a name for himself with his sensitive and virtuosic playing. \n In addition to being the leader of Florilegium\, he frequently guest directs and performs as a soloist with groups such as the Academy of Ancient Music\, European Union Baroque Orchestra\, and Budapest Festival Orchestra. His recording of J.S.Bach’s Concerto for two violins with Rachel Podger was recently named the best available recording by BBC Music Magazine. \n \nBojan’s own group\, the Illyria Consort\, recently recorded their first disc with Delphian Records for release in March 2017\, a groundbreaking recording of Carbonelli’s virtuosic violin sonatas. The Illyria Consort explores rare repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries from the Venetian Republic and Habsburg Empire\, and have performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival\, the Korkyra Baroque Festival\, Laus Polyphoniae\, and at the Festival de Sablé.  \nFuture projects include directing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the European Union Baroque Orchestra and performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Instruments of Time and Truth. Bojan is Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music\, and plays a violin by Rugieri from the 1680s\, kindly loaned to him by the Jumpstart Junior Foundation. \nThis concert is in support of Bojan’s debut album\, featuring the works of Giovanni Carbonelli\, one of the leading Italian violinist-composers active in London during the time of Handel\, and a pupil of Correlli.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/all-roads-lead-to-bach/
LOCATION:St Mary Magdalen’s Church\, Magdalen Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3AE 
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161120T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161120T151500
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20161012T164622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T125436Z
UID:782-1479654900-1479654900@www.oxfordbachsoloists.com
SUMMARY:Wake Up to Bach!
DESCRIPTION:It’s time to wake up to two of Bach’s amazing choral and orchestral works written to be performed as part of his annual cycle of church cantatas. \nWachet! betet! betet! wachet!  cantata dates from 1716 and invites the listener to ‘Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!’ in a series of choruses and areas concluding with the beautiful chorale “Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht”  \nDating from 1731 Wachet auf\, ruft uns die Stimme is regarded as one of Bach’s most mature and popular sacred cantatas\, often known as Sleeper’s Wake. In this cantata we are reminded of the parable of the Ten Virgins with the words ‘Wake up\, calls the voice to us’. \nTickets £15\, under 18s free
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/wake-up-to-bach/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161021T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161021T230000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160601T095452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160601T095452Z
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SUMMARY:Bach Revived
DESCRIPTION:Schumann worshipped Bach. He pored over the Passions and played the great man’s fugues with Clara on their honeymoon. As part of the Oxford Lieder Festival\, 21 October sees several events surveying the works of Robert Schumann and the Bach revival led by Mendelssohn\, supported by Schumann and influential on so many others. \nThe day concludes with a special evening of Bach Cantatas for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity. These will be performed by the Oxford Bach Soloists with  renowned tenor James Gilchrist\, together with two of Schmann’s rare works for organ performed by Robert Quinney. \nJohann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 89 Was soll ich aus dir machen\, Ephraim\nRobert Schumann: Fugue N° 1 on BACH\nJohann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 115 Mache dich\, mein Geist\, bereit\nRobert Schumann: Fugue N° 5 on BACH\nJohann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 55 Ich armer Mensch\, ich Sündenknecht \nTenor: James Gilchrist\nOrgan: Robert Quinney\nConductor: Tom Hammond-Davies \nPromoted by the Oxford Lieder Festival’s Schumann Project \nTickets available at www.oxfordlieder.co.uk
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-revived/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160710T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160710T113000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160310T105938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160310T105938Z
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 6
DESCRIPTION:Morning Service at the Gartenkirche \nThe magnificent Gartenkirche St Marien in the heart of Hannover – the capital of Lower Saxony – hosts the final performance of the tour. This is the Highest Lutheran Church  in Northern Germany with its musical minister and the best organ in the city. \nByrd Mass for Four Voices  \nGibbons O clap your hands \n  \nOxford Bach Soloists\nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-reformation-gartenkirche/
LOCATION:Gartenkirche St Marien\, Marienstraße 35\, 30171 Hannover\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160709T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160709T203000
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 5
DESCRIPTION:Kloster mahl anders Festival \nChrist lag in Todesbanden \nThe beautiful and historic Mariensee Abbey\, founded in 1207\, provides the perfect setting for this concert which traces the development of the ‘Victimae paschali laudes’ Easter plainchant through the centuries and its various transformations as Christ lag in Todesbanden through the reformation.  \nChrist ist erstanden (chorale) \nM. Praetorius Christ ist erstanden à 2 \nJ. Walther Christ lag in Todesbanden \nJ. Schein Christ lag in Todesbanden à 3 \nJ. Rosenmüller Sonata Duodecima à 5 \nJ. S. Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4 \n  \nOxford Bach Soloists\nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-reformation-mariensee/
LOCATION:Mariensee Abbey\, Mariensee\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160709T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160706T205006Z
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 4
DESCRIPTION:Kloster mahl anders Festival \nVespers \nOxford Bach Soloists join with the  Nuns of Mariensee Abbey to sing vespers. \nGibbons\, Magnificat from ‘Short’ service \nPsalm (Anglican chant) \n  \nOxford Bach Soloists \nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-the-reformation-4/
LOCATION:Mariensee Abbey\, Mariensee\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T193000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160305T194301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160305T194301Z
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 3
DESCRIPTION:Kloster mahl anders Festival \nChrist lag in Todesbanden \nThe beautiful and historic Lüne Abbey\, founded in 1172\, provides the perfect setting for this concert which traces the development of the ‘Victimae paschali laudes’ Easter plainchant through the centuries and its various transformations as Christ lag in Todesbanden through the reformation.  \nChrist ist erstanden (chorale) \nM. Praetorius Christ ist erstanden à 2 \nJ. Walther Christ lag in Todesbanden \nJ. Schein Christ lag in Todesbanden à 3 \nJ. Rosenmüller Sonata Duodecima à 5 \nJ. S. Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4 \n  \nOxford Bach Soloists \nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-reformation-lune/
LOCATION:Lüne Abbey\, Lüneburg\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T172500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160706T202804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160706T202804Z
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 2
DESCRIPTION:Kloster mahl anders Festival \nVespers \nOxford Bach Soloists join with the  Nuns of Lüne Abbey to sing vespers from the gallery. \nOxford Bach Soloists \nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-the-reformation-2/
LOCATION:Lüne Abbey\, Lüneburg\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20160708T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160706T200115Z
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SUMMARY:Singing the Reformation 1
DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime Prayers with Motets \nThis important brick Gothic church provides the setting for Oxford Bach Soloists to sing a short programme during lunchtime prayers. Appropriately\, this will include one of Bach’s most famous motets – as a 15 year old\,  Bach and his friend his friend Georg Erdmann made their famous 200 mile walk to Lüneburg in 1700 where they were to study for the next three years. \nGibbons O clap your hands \nTallis If ye love me \nJ. S. Bach Komm\, Jesu\, komm \n  \nOxford Bach Soloists \nConducted by Tom Hammond-Davies
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/singing-the-reformation/
LOCATION:St Michael’s Church\, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz\, Lüneburg\, 21335\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160605T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160605T163000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160305T193740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160305T193740Z
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SUMMARY:The Heavens Are Telling
DESCRIPTION:J. S. Bach’s Cantatas for the Second Sunday after Trinity \nAch Gott\, vom Himmel sieh darein BWV 2\n(Oh God\, Look down from Heaven) \nDie Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes BWV 76\n(The Heavens are telling the glory of God) \nMotet: “Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf” BWV 226\n(The Spirit helps us in our weakness) \nTickets £10 with a free programme \nTwo of J. S. Bach’s great Cantatas are pitted against each other: one proclaiming a celebratory view of the world alongside the other\, a more shocked view from the heavens in this spectacular concert with orchestra\, choir and soloists in one ofOxford’s most atmospheric spaces – the Chapel of New College. \nWritten a year apart from each other in 1723 and 1724\, both cantatas were written when Bach was Kantor at St Thomas’s\, Leipzig where his demanding schedule required him to write a new cantata every week. Audiences today cannot fail to be carried along by the music’s energy and dynamic forward momentum – just as the congregations of the 1720’s must have sat up in their pews when they heard this new world of music. \nAlongside these cantatas the Oxford Back Soloists will perform the motet Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (The Spirit helps us in our weakness)\, one of Bach’s great double-choir motets.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/the-heavens-are-telling/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160508T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160508T163000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
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SUMMARY:Exaudi
DESCRIPTION:Bach Cantatas for the Sunday after Ascension Day performed by the Oxford Bach Soloists \nCantata: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun (I)  BWV 44 \nCantata: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun (II) BWV 183\nMotet: Fürchte dich nicht\, ich bin bei dir BWV 228 \nTickets £10 with a free programme \nThe Sunday of Exaudi\, an appeal to listen\, marks a turning point in the church calendar. Exaudi is the name for the Sunday after the Ascension of the Lord. The Ascension is one of the great feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar\, and commemorates the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. \nJS Bach seized this opportunity to create two of his most beautiful – yet also controversial cantatas for this day in 1724 and 1725. Listen to these two very different and remarkably distinct works set to the same opening text performed in the beautifully atmospheric surroundings of New College Chapel by one of Oxford’s foremost ensembles. \nRead an interview with Oxford Bach Soloists’ director Tom Hammond Davies about the fascinating story behind this concert.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/exaudi/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160326T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160326T163000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
CREATED:20160305T192553Z
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SUMMARY:Story of Easter
DESCRIPTION:J. S. Bach: Easter Oratorio BWV 249 \nJ. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4 \nOxford Bach Soloists directed by Tom Hammond-Davies \nThe Story of Easter \nTwo contrasting works from each end of Bach’s life tell the story of one of the most crucial events in world history: The Resurrection of Christ on Easter Day. \nComposed at just 22\, Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the snares of death) is Bach’s first cantata for Easter soon after his legendary 250 mile walking pilgrimage to hear the 68 year old organist Buxtehude play in Lübeck. At this time\, Bach was already demonstrating great ingenuity and skill in writing and playing keyboard music himself\, but this work is a significant milestone in the development of his vocal music.  \nPitted against this is Bach’s magnificent Easter Oratorio\, the last of his great Cantatas for Easter. Often overshadowed by the grand Handelian oratorio style such as Messiah\, Bach’s offering is one of the finest displays of his resourceful imagination. Telling the story of the Resurrection in only 40 mins\, it is coloured by the festal sound of trumpets and drums\, vivid solo arias and wonderfully jubilant choruses.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/j-s-bach-easter-oratorio/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160320T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T103811
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SUMMARY:J. S. Bach - St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:Annual Palm Sunday devotional performance of Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245 \nChoir of St Michael at the North Gate\nOxford Bach Soloists\nNick Pritchard (Evangelist)\nWill Dawes (Christ)\nGeorge Coltart (Pilate)\nTom Hammond-Davies \nSeating is unreserved and there is limited capacity. Places are on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/j-s-bach-st-john-passion/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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