Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of New College Oxford
The Choir of New College Oxford, composed of adult singers and boy trebles, is one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, celebrated for its distinctive and stylish performance of music from five centuries. You can hear the choir in choral services live in New College Chapel, Oxford, and via webcasts, on concert tours and on its 100+ recordings. The choir is directed by Robert Quinney.
More About UsChoir of New College Oxford
The Choir of New College Oxford, composed of adult singers and boy trebles, is one of the leading choral ensembles in the world, celebrated for its distinctive and stylish performance of music from five centuries. You can hear the choir in choral services live in New College Chapel, Oxford, and via webcasts, on concert tours and on its 100+ recordings. The choir is directed by Robert Quinney.
More About UsJames Burton premiere at Evensong on 9 November at 5.45pm
A new anthem will receive its premiere at Evensong on Saturday 9 November. Commissioned by the Edmund Trust in memory of Edmund Bridges, the anthem is a setting of words by Hildegard of Bingen set to music by Jamie Burton.
Find out moreBach, Christmas Oratorio
New College Choir joins Instruments of Time & Truth on Tuesday 17 December at 6.30pm in the University Church for the annual performance of Bach's setting of the Christmas story. Tickets are now on sale.
Find out moreMichaelmas Term Organ Recitals
Thursdays at 1.15pm: live or live-streamed. Featuring the New College organists and visiting recitalists. Entry via main, Holywell Street, college entrance.
Find out moreService Details & Music Lists
Choral services in Michaelmas Term run from Friday 11 October to Saturday 7 December. Click Find Out More for full details of all services and to view the music list.
Find out moreWelcome to our new Assistant Organist
The choir is delighted to welcome George Herbert, who takes up the post of Assistant Organist at the beginning of September. Follows the links to learn more about George's career.
Find out moreChoral services resume on Friday 11 October
Choral services for the Michaelmas Term begin with Evensong on Friday 11 October. Full details of all services may be found in the Music List.
Find out moreDrakensburg Boys Choir sing in New College Chapel
The acclaimed South African boys' choir is touring the UK to raise funds for bursaries. You can hear them in New College Chapel on Monday 23 September - when they will join the New College choristers for two items.
Find out moreNew College: Commissions & Premieres
Linn Records CKD 720
RELEASE DATE: 23/06/2023
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The music composed for New College Choir in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries provides a compelling historical tour of changing musical styles and liturgical practices. On this disc we survey New College commissions from the 1920s to the 2020s, beginning with William Harris’s evergreen Faire is the heaven, composed while he was Organist of New College, and ending with two recent commissions from Caitlin Harrison and Deborah Pritchard. The disc is built round three settings of the Evensong canticles, by Paul Drayton, Herbert Howells, and Deborah Pritchard. For Kenneth Leighton’s heart-wrenching cantata Crucifixus pro nobis, written in 1961, the choir is joined by tenor Nick Pritchard, a former academical clerk at New College.