We are very excited to mark the 20th anniversary of the Somerville College Choir in its current form this year, and, with the help of Josh Grubb and Aidan Quinn, we are still planning a celebratory reunion, to be held in college.
Time: from 3.30pm.
Full details are:
Saturday October 2nd
3pm-3.30pm: Arrival
3.45-5.15pm: Rehearsal (Chapel)
5.15-6pm: Tea (BWR – tea & cakes)
6pm: Concert (Chapel)
7pm: Drinks (Mary Somerville Room)
7.30pm: Dinner (Hall)
Post-dinner: Terrace if open.
Prices:
Tea, Drinks, and Dinner: £32
Drinks and Dinner: £24
Afternoon tea only: £8.50
Bed and Breakfast in the college will be an additional charge
The music that everyone will sing will be:
Parry: I was glad
Palestrina: Sicut Cervus
MacDonald: Crux Fidelis
Holst: Turn back o man
Brahms: Geistliches lied
Elgar: As torrents in summer
Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn
arr. Erb: Shenandoah
The new college choir will also sing works by Whitacre, Byrd, Ireland, Gillkyson, and Quartel.