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Oxford Harmonic Choir Autumn Concert
We celebrate Christmas this year with 4 lesser-known works from 3 very contrasting traditions. Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël (1858) is delicate and pastoral, with impressively rich instrumental colours despite the small size of the orchestra used. Gerald Finzi’s In terra pax (Peace on Earth, 1954) is as wintry as it is quintessentially English, but is filled with glimmers of light that shine through its general atmosphere of wistful nostalgia. Max Bruch’s Gruß an die heilige Nacht (Greeting to the Holy Night, 1892) uses huge chords to create a subdued, reverent atmosphere entirely appropriate to the significance of Christ’s Nativity. Lastly, the arrangement of several well-known carols that is Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day (1910) offers a seasonal dose of comforting familiarity.
Saturday 29 November
Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3AZ
Prices: Chairs £30 Lower gallery £25 Semi-circle £20 Upper gallery £15Students / under 18s half price in the Semi-circle and Upper gallery only (proof of status required).
Wheelchair users may bring a companion/carer for free.
Wheelchair discount tickets and Group discount tickets (for groups of 10+) are not available via Tickets Oxford and must be booked via tickets@oxfordharmonicchoir.org
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