Oxford Bach Choir
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The Oxford Bach Choir is an amateur choir based in
Overview
The Oxford Bach Choir is a large mixed-voice choir, with around 120 members. The range of music covered is diverse, from the works of
Oxford Bach Choir gives at least three concerts every season, at the end of each academic term in December, March and June, occasions that attract audiences of up to 800 people.[citation needed] It also gives a carol concert each December in the Sheldonian Theatre, most recently in association with Oxfordshire Young Singers, Oxfordshire County Youth Choir and Oxfordshire Youth Brass Ensemble.
For its main concerts the choir is regularly accompanied by a top professional orchestras, such as the
In 2018 the choir appointed a new principal conductor, Benjamin Nicholas, who is also director of music at
Recordings have been made of some of the concerts performed by the choir. [2]
Conductors
- Basil Harwood (1896-1901)
- Hugh Allen (1901–26)
- William Henry Harris (1926–33)
- Thomas Armstrong (1934–55)
- Sydney Watson (1955–70)
- Jack Westrup (1970–71)
- Simon Preston (1971–74)
- Edward Olleson (1975–77)[3]
- Christopher Robinson (1977–97)
- Nicholas Cleobury (1997–2015)
- David Crown (2016–17)
- Benjamin Nicholas (2018-)
Notable members
- Adrian Boult - English conductor who established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Vera Brittain - Writer, pacifist and feminist. Author of Testament of Youth.
- Dorothy L. Sayers - English "Golden Age" crime writer, classicist and poet. Creator of Lord Peter Wimsey.
- Edward Heath - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1970-1974.
- Basil Hume - English Bishop and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Margaret Thatcher (nee Roberts) - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979-1990.
- Peter Gilliver - associate editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
References
- ^ Oxford Bach Choir: History
- ^ "Britten 100: Oxford Bach Choir – Poulenc, Britten". BBC Radio 3. BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ University of Oxford: Remembering Edward Olleson
- . Retrieved 13 May 2008.
External links
- Oxford Bach Choir website
- Oxford Bach Choir on Facebook
- Oxford Bach Choir on Twitter
- Benjamin Nicholas website [1]