Oxford Lent Concerts, 2016

A series of two 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	15	(Tuesday) 6:15 pm
	Concert 2:	March	22	(Tuesday) 6:15 pm

Admission to the Chapel 15 minutes before each concert.

Each concert will last approximately 40 minutes.

Concerts are FREE with a Retiring Collection for Asylum Welcome, Médecins Sans Frontières and La Leche League Oxfordshire.

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

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (1941)

• Julian Smith: violin
• Emi Itoh: piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence (1939)

• Timor et tremor
• Vinea mea
• Tenebrae factae sunt
• Tristis est anima mea

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (1941)

• Judith Dallosso: cello
• Emi Itoh: piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Agnus Dei (1967)

Icons

• Nicholas Mynheer
• Roger Wagner

Concert 2, March 22 (Tuesday) 6:15 pm

William Walton (1902-1983): A Litany (1916, revised 1930)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Molto adagio from String Quartet Opus 11 (1936)

OXUS:

• Kate Bailey: violin
• Louise Graham: violin
• Heather Birt: viola
• Spike Wilson: cello

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988): What love is this of thine? (1985)

Max Bruch (1838-1920): Kol Nidrei Opus 47 for cello and piano (1880)

• Gabriel Amherst: cello
• Diana Hinds: piano

Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951): The Lord is good (2012)

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988): Solus ad victimam for choir and organ (1973)

Icons

• Alison Berrett
• Tim Steward