Category Archives: In Concert

Rousing finale to the term

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Daniel Harding

The University Chorus and Orchestra came together on Saturday for a rousing, Italianate end to the autumn term, including Vivaldi’s evergreen Gloria, featuring soloists from the University Music Scholarship students, Cimarosa’s Magnificat, the overture to Verdi’s Nabucco and Respighi’s homage … Continue reading →

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Russian revels and English excellence

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Daniel Harding

On Saturday, the University’s Chorus and Symphony Orchestra performed a concert of English and Russian music to a packed audience in Eliot College Hall. Parry’s rousing  ‘I was Glad’ kicked off the evening, followed, in contrast,  by Lyadov’s evocative orchestral … Continue reading →

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Cathedrals of sound: in rehearsal

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Daniel Harding

I’ve just discovered this photo from the Colyer-Fergusson Cathedral Concert last month, which has languished waiting to be posted. Taken from halfway up the raked choral seating behind the University Orchestra, it gives a sense of the mighty forces which … Continue reading →

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Bohemian Rhapsody! The December concert

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Daniel Harding

Congratulation to both the University Orchestra and the Chorus, for their terrific concert on Saturday. From the lively Slavonic Dance by Dvorak which opened the concert, the Orchestra showed themselves to be in fine form. There was some real power-house … Continue reading →

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