Oxford Lent Concerts, 2012.

Featuring music by Bach and illumination by Modern Icons.

All concerts are in Queen's College Chapel, Oxford.

Concert dates:

	Concert 1:	March	13	(Tuesday) 6:15 pm
	Concert 2:	March	20	(Tuesday) 6:15 pm
	Concert 3:	March	27	(Tuesday) 6:15 pm
	Concert 4:	April	3	(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 Oxford Gatehouse and to the Saakshar education programme for slum children, Delhi.

For children in India's slums, the absence of education is a life sentence of poverty and exploitation, but the Saakshar schools for slum children are providing the vital first step into education for severely deprived children in SW Delhi. In the daily struggle to survive, children's education is often impossible as illiterate parents working long hours are unable to deal with school applications, and children from slum communities who do start school are faced with many challenges and frequently drop out.

Saakshar ('literate') does an amazing job of getting these children into mainstream school and supporting them throughout their education. Teaching life skills and functional literacy and numeracy it sends 100 well prepared children a year to mainstream school. It continues into vocational training for some school leavers and offers vital medical intervention too.

Saakshar was established in 2001 as part of the Vigyan Vijay Foundation (VVF) by Delhi widow Asha Kumar and some friends who shared a common vision for improving life for some of their city's most disadvantaged people. Through the dedication of Saakshar's teachers and staff the programme has a very high success rate. It is supported in the UK by the Oxford based charity Saakshar School Appeal: http://saakshar.chch.ox.ac.uk.

Concert 1, March 13 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

• J.S. Bach (1685-1750): BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (1723)
• Bach BWV 159 Sehet! Wir gehen hinauf gehn Jerusalem (1729)

Soloists:

• Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano.
• James Potter: alto.
• David Lee: tenor.
• Jonathan Arnold: bass.

Instrumentalists:

• Jane Downer: oboe.
• Linda Hannah-Andersson: violin.
• Diane Wyatt: violin.
• Heather Birt: viola.
• Judith Dallosso: cello.
• Owen Rees: organ, harpsichord, director.

Icon:

• Roger Wagner: The Return

Concert 2, March 20 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

• Luigi Rossi (1597/98-1653): Oratorio per la Settimana Santa - Prima Parte
• Luigi Rossi (1597/98-1653): Un Peccator pentito

Soloists:

• Jonathan Arnold: (bass) Pilate.
• Benjamin Thompson: (bass) Demon.
• James Potter: (alto) Turba.

Choir:

• Nancy-Jane Rucker: soprano.
• Tanya Wicks: soprano.
• Tim Dallosso: alto.
• James Potter: alto.
• David Lee: tenor.
• Edwin Simpson: tenor.
• Jonathan Arnold: bass.
• Benjamin Thompson: bass.

Instrumentalists:

• Heather Birt: baroque violin.
• Julian Smith: baroque violin.
• Tabitha Tuckett: baroque cello.
• Michael Lowe: theorbo.
• David Maw: harpsichord, organ, directing.

Icon:

• Tim Steward: Sorrows

Concert 3, March 27 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

• Luigi Rossi (1597/98-1653): Oratorio per la Settimana Santa - Seconda Parte
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Vadam et circuibo civitatem

Soloists:

• Roya Stuart-Rees: Virgin Mary (soprano).
• Will Dawes: Demonio (baritone).
• Jonathan Arnold: bass.

Choir:

• Esther Brazil: soprano.
• Esther Mallett: soprano.
• Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano.
• Tanya Wicks: soprano.
• Tim Dallosso: alto.
• James Potter: alto.
• David Lee: tenor.
• Edwin Simpson: tenor.
• Peter Collins: bass.
• Will Dawes: bass.

Instrumentalists:

• Heather Birt: violin.
• Julian Smith: violin.
• Tabitha Tuckett: cello.
• Michael Lowe: theorbo.
• Owen Rees: harpsichord, organ, directing.

Icon:

• Alison Berrett: This Wretched Woman Calls on Heaven

Concert 4, April 3 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

• J.S. Bach (1685-1750): BWV 127 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott
• J.S. Bach (1685-1750): BWV 4 Christ Lag in Todesbanden

Choir:

• Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano.
• David Lee: tenor.
• Jonathan Arnold: bass.

Instrumentalists:

• Jane Downer: oboe 1.
• Nicholas Benda: oboe 2.
• Fatima Lahham: recorder 1.
• Abdul-Qadir Lahham: recorder 2.
• Simon Desbruslais: trumpet.
• Miranda Walton: violin 1.
• Diane Wyatt: violin 2.
• Heather Birt: viola.
• Aliye Cornish: viola.
• Gabriel Amherst: cello.
• Owen Rees: organ/harpsichord.

Icon:

• Nicholas Mynheer: The Deposition