To mark the centenary of the death of Sir John Stainer, composer,
organist & musicologist, St. Cross Church, Oxford (his one-time parish),
is holding a celebratory series of concerts and lectures in the church.
Full details can be found at:
http://members.tripod.co.uk/johnstainer
or by writing to:
'Stainer Festival',
6 London Place,
Oxford, OX4 1BD, United Kingdom.
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OUTLINE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME:-
CHORAL WORKSHOP ON STAINER'S CRUCIFIXION,
led by BARRY ROSE
(former choirmaster St. Paul's, Guildford, St. Alban's)
(Saturday, 3 March, 2.00pm)
VICTORIAN SONGS OF PRAISE,
led by IAN BRADLEY
(St. Andrew's University)
(Sunday, 4 March, 5.30pm)
PERFORMANCE OF LESS WELL KNOWN WORKS OF STAINER,
by the ARCADIAN SINGERS (Oxford)
(Tuesday, 6 March, 1.00pm)
ILLUSTRATED TALK ON PUGIN,
by ROSEMARY HILL (Pugin biographer)
(Thursday, 8 March, 8.30pm)
VICTORIAN SACRED MUSIC,
performed by the CATHEDRAL SINGERS (Oxford)
(Sunday, 11 March, 7.30pm)
ORGAN RECITAL BY JOHN SCOTT
(Organist, St. Paul's Cathedral)
(Wednesday, 14 March, 7.30pm)
LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION ON VICTORIAN CHURCH MUSIC,
by SIMON LINDLEY (Pres. Royal College of Organists)
(Saturday, 24 March, 7.30pm)
VICTORIAN WOMEN HYMN WRITERS,
talk by Prof. VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM (Oxford)
(Friday, 30 March, 7.30pm)
OXFORD AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITES,
talk on Victorian stained glass
by JON WHITELEY (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
(Saturday, 31 March, 2.30pm)
LECTURE ON JOHN STAINER,
by JEREMY DIBBLE (Durham University)
(Saturday, 31 March, 5.00pm)
THE CRUCIFIXION and other works BY JOHN STAINER,
performed by MAGDALEN COLLEGE CHOIR (Oxford)
(Saturday, 31 March, 8.00pm)
EVENSONG TO MUSIC BY STAINER,
led by the UNIVERSITY CHURCH CHOIR (Oxford)
(Sunday, 1 April, 5.30pm)
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For full details visit:
http://members.tripod.co.uk/johnstainer
or write to:
Stainer Festival,
6 London Place,
Oxford, OX4 1BD,
United Kingdom
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Dr Nigel Hall
Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Modern History
45 Banbury Road
University of Oxford
Oxford, OX2 6PE
United Kingdom
Tel. 07930 417236
Fax. 01865 270970
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http://members.tripod.co.uk/stcross
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