Reformation 500: Sun and Shield
St Columba's URC Church, Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH Alfred Street, OxfordDiscover more about JS Bach's spectacular Cantata 79 ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’ (God the Lord is sun and shield) in this first event in the series celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Royal Wedding
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordAn exploration of 'heavenly' Royal Weddings sets the theme for this concert dominated by Handel’s magnificent DIXIT DOMINUS.
Out of the Depths
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordExplore the fascinating and moving settings of the profound text ‘Out of the depths have I cried unto thee’ by JS Bach and his baroque contemporaries.
Actus Tragicus
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordAlongside one of Bach's most profoundly beautiful cantatas, this concert features instrumental music by Bach’s contemporary, Telemann in his 250th anniversary year.
Reformation 500: Lutheran Vespers
St Michael at the North Gate Cornmarket, OxfordExperience an authentic recreation of Lutheran Vespers with Oxford Bach Soloists. In the atmospheric surroundings of St Michael at the North Gate - Oxford’s oldest church.
Bach’s Virtuosi
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordA popular concert of some of Bach’s best-loved works in a programme selected from his Passions, Oratorios, and Cantatas accompanied by an authentic string orchestra.
Violin Concerto
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordRising star Bojan Čičić is soloist in Bach’s popular Violin Concerto in E which is performed alongside the birthday cantata Bach wrote for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
Reformation 500: German Organ Mass
St Michael at the North Gate Cornmarket, OxfordAs part of Reformation 500, join organist Robert Dixon and mezzo-soprano Damaris Rickhaus-Nussbaumer for a complete performance of Bach’s rarely heard German Organ Mass, illuminated by the Lutheran chorales that inspired the work.
Reformation 500: Nun danket alle Gott
Exeter College Chapel Turl Street, Oxford*SOLD OUT* N.B. Walk-ups will be admitted to the ante-chapel as promenaders (i.e. no seating). This will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Ticket holders are guaranteed a seat within the chapel. A service of Choral Evensong with a focus on Bach’s Reformation Cantata. Performed by the Choir of Exeter College with the orchestra of the Oxford Bach Soloists, conducted by Bartosz Thiede.
Reformation 500: Lutheran Vespers
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordAn authentic recreation of Lutheran Vespers presenting Bach's chorale cantata for Reformation Day in context. In collaboration with the Faculties of History, Modern Languages, and Music at the University of Oxford. Vespers is preceded by a talk from Professor Lyndal Roper.
Magnificat
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordBach’s very first church cantata, a Vivaldi transcription and Mozart's Offertory are set against Vivaldi’s glorious Magnificat in this glittering concert of 18th century delights.
Wake up!
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordTelemann’s vibrant Italianate Trumpet Concerto is combined with one of Bach's great cantatas with its dramatic trumpet calls to wake up!
Christmas Baroque
St Michael's Church Broad Street, BathOxford comes to Bath with an evening of festive baroque cheer in the beautiful setting of St Michael’s Without following its recent makeover making it the most comfortable church in the city!
Bach Christmas Oratorio
New College Chapel Holywell Street, Oxford*SOLD OUT* N.B. Walk-ups will be admitted to the ante-chapel. This will be on a first-come-first-served basis and cost £20 (£10 students with Bod card). Bach's ebullient response to the Christmas story forms the major work in this concert with parts 4, 5 and 6. Alongside this is his cantata for the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, featuring the popular 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring'. The perfect way to celebrate your Christmas Eve!
Lutheran Vespers
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordA service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach's Cantata 72 'Alles nur nach Gottes Willen' (Everything according to God's will alone). New College Choir, conducted by Robert Quinney.
Bach Cantatas: Music for the Dukes
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordBach's thrilling Orchestral Suite No. 1, full of surprises and unexpected fun, opens this concert of early cantatas composed in service to the Weimar dukes at the legendary ‘Schlosskirche’ (Castle Church).
Bach B Minor Mass
All Saints Church High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireWooburn Singers is an auditioned chamber choir of 50 singers in South Buckinghamshire, founded by Richard Hickox in 1967. For this event they will be supported by the Oxford Bach Soloists baroque orchestra, directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.
St John Passion
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordOne of Bach’s best loved works, the St John Passion was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in the St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. This operatic piece is presented by an ensemble of soloists, chorus, and orchestra, ‘Daring, forceful and poetic’ – Robert Schumann.
Easter Oratorio
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordBach’s festive scoring with trumpets and drums tells the story of the Resurrection through Simon Peter, John the Apostle, Mary Magdalene, and Mary Jacobe.
Hunting Cantata
New College Chapel Holywell Street, OxfordBach's Cantata for New Year's Day with hunting calls and timpani opens this concert on a pastoral theme, bringing together some unusual colours in Cantata 18 for four violas. The concert ends with the famous 'Hunting Cantata' featuring the favourite aria 'Sheep may safely graze'.
