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George Frideric Handel attributed to Balthasar Denner - Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London [CC BY-NC-ND]

Concert: Handel’s 'Saul'

Friday 12 November 2021
A performance of Handel’s dramatic oratorio, based on the Old Testament story of Saul and his successor David.
Images: (L) The frontispiece from Richard Whitford, 'The Martiloge in engllysshe…as is redde in Syon with addicyons' (STC 17532), from Bodleian Douce WW 113; (R) Engraving of original seal of the Abbess and Convent of Syon, Isleworth.

Syon's Abbesses, women's leadership,…

Thursday 11 November 2021
A talk given by Julia King, University of Bergen.
Ashley Grote - Photo: © Paul Hurst - www.dochurst.co.uk

Organ Recital

Thursday 11 November 2021
Given by Ashley Grote FRCO, Master of Music at Norwich Cathedral.
Professor Stephen Greenblatt - Photo: © Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

The Master’s Books: a lecture by Professor…

Thursday 4 November 2021
Professor Greenblatt explored the significant gap in Tudor education between what the students heard on Sunday and what they read during the week.
Benjamin Nicholas and the Dobson Organ - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk

Organ Recital

Thursday 4 November 2021
Given by Benjamin Nicholas, Reed Rubin Organist & Director of Music.
BBC Radio 3

Choral Evensong

Wednesday 3 November 2021
This service was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
The 2018 Advent Carol Service - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk

Choral Evensong

Tuesday 2 November 2021
Pre-recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 20 April 2022
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, in 2021 - Photo: © Hugh Warwick - www.hughwarwick.com

All Souls’ Requiem

Sunday 31 October 2021
Mozart’s Setting of the Requiem Mass, performed by the College Choir with orchestra.
The Sheldonian Theatre

Concert: Mozart's 'Requiem'

Thursday 28 October 2021
A concert in memory of James Sherwood.
Kentaro Machida - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk

Organ Recital

Thursday 28 October 2021
Given by Kentaro Machida, Senior Organ Scholar.