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Oxford Lent Concerts, 2015
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A series of three free concerts of choral and instrumental music illuminated by modern icons.
All concerts are in Queen's
College Chapel, Oxford.
For disabled access to the Chapel, please ring the Queen's College Porters'
Lodge on 01865 279120.
Concert dates
| Concert 1: | March | 17 | (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
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| Concert 2: | March | 24 | (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
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| Concert 3: | March | 31 | (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
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Admission to the Chapel 15 minutes before each concert.
Each concert will last approximately 40 minutes.
Concerts are FREE with a Retiring Collection for Médecins Sans Frontières and The Mulberry Bush School.
Concert 1, March 17 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
Arvo Pärt: Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John) (1982 - Part I)
Soloists
- Jonathan Arnold: Jesus
- Edwin Simpson: Pilate
Evangelist quartet
- Eleanor Thompson: soprano
- James Potter: alto
- Joseph Mason: tenor
- Benjamin Thompson: bass
Choir
- Sarah Mansfield: soprano
- Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano
- Tanya Wicks Simpson: soprano
- Sarah Coatsworth: alto
- Tim Dallosso: alto
- Hugh Bennett: tenor
- Matthew Thomson: tenor
- Peter Collins: bass
- George Parris: bass
Instrumentalists
- Linda Hannah-Andersson: violin
- Tabitha Tuckett: cello
- Carolyn King: oboe
- Simon Payne: bassoon
- David Bannister: organ
Director
John Tavener: Chant (1995)
Soloist
Icon
- Nicholas Mynheer: Scenes from the Life of Mary
Concert 2, March 24 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
Arvo Pärt (1688-1733): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John) (1982 - Part II)
Soloists
- Jonathan Arnold: Jesus
- Edwin Simpson: Pilate
Evangelist quartet
- Caroline Halls: soprano
- James Potter: alto
- Felix Leach: tenor
- Benjamin Thompson: bass
Choir
- Nancy-Jane Rucker: soprano
- Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano
- Tanya Wicks Simpson: soprano
- Sarah Coatsworth: alto
- Tim Dallosso: alto
- Hugh Bennett: tenor
- Peter Collins: bass
- Matthew Cheung-Salisbury: bass
Instrumentalists
- Linda Hannah-Andersson: violin
- Gabriel Amherst: cello
- Carolyn King: oboe
- Simon Payne: bassoon
- David Bannister: organ
- Owen Rees director
Director
Arvo Pärt (1688-1733): Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Instrumentalists
- Emi Itoh: piano
- Julian Smith: violin
Icons
- Alison Berrett: The Spaces in Between
- Martin Smith: Golgotha - Thorns - Doves
Concert 3, March 31 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm
John Tavener: Svyati (1995)
Soloists
Choir
- Nancy-Jane Rucker: soprano
- Roya Stuart-Rees: soprano
- Tanya Wicks Simpson: soprano
- Helena Bickley: alto
- Tim Dallosso: alto
- Joseph Mason: tenor
- Edwin Simpson: tenor
- Matthew Thomson: tenor
- Jonathan Arnold: bass
- George Parris: bass
- Michael Peyton-Jones: bass
- Benjamin Thompson: bass
Director
John Tavener: The Hidden Treasure (1989)
Instrumentalists
OXUS quartet
- Kate Bailey: violin
- Louise Graham: violin
- Heather Birt: viola
- Spike Wilson: cello
Icons
- Roger Wagner: Gethsemane
- Timothy Steward: The Cellist