The College Chapel is renowned for its outstanding acoustics and is a popular venue for concerts and recordings. Professional musicians, as well as student groups, perform regularly throughout the year.
Advent at Merton
“Every year a handful of new recordings stands head and shoulders above the flood of discs of music for the Christmas season. This is one such release for 2012.” MusicWeb International, October 2012
“Excellent.” Guardian, October 2012
The beginning of Advent is celebrated with a particular solemnity at Merton. For its second recording the college choir explores the musical riches that adorn this most special time in the church's year, centring on a newly commissioned sequence of Magnificat antiphons from seven leading composers.
To order the disc, please visit the OU Shop. The CD is also available from High Street music stores.
Take a Listen
Click on the links below to hear snippets from Advent at Merton.
Ecce concipies, Matthew Martin (b. 1976)
Advent Antiphon, James MacMillan (b. 1959)
O Radiant Dawn, James MacMillan
In the Beginning
“Outstanding” Guardian, October 2011
“A choir to keep an eye and ear on” BBC, September 2011
The College Choir has released its debut CD on the Delphian label. Entitled In the beginning, Peter Phillips and Benjamin Nicholas direct the choir in music by Gombert, Palestrina, Weelkes, Holst, Copland, Łukaszewski, Whitacre and Jackson. This attractive programme shows the choir at its best, and the disc has already attracted very favourable reviews and has been played on BBC Radio 3.
To order the disc, please visit the OU Shop. The CD is also available from High Street music stores.
Take a Listen
Click on the links below to hear snippets from In the beginning.
Lugebat Absalon, Nicolas Gombert (c1495-c1560)
When David Heard, Eric Whitacre (born 1970)
Nunc Dimittis, Pawel Łukaszewski (born 1968)
In the Beginning, Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
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