How can I keep from singing?

October 23, 2021, 7:30 pm
St Barnabas Church, Oxford
A brown songbird sings while sitting on a branch

The City of Oxford Choir celebrate the return of live music with a riot of songs about music and singing itself.

Music has the ability to amplify powerful emotional responses; our programme abounds with the joy of singing, from Finzi's My spirit sang all day to the effusive cacophany of Kenneth Leighton's Let All The World In Every Corner Sing. A meditative Vaughan Williams contemplates the meaning of art in Silence and Music, while George Jeffrey's rare and delicious verse anthem A music strange, full of delight echoes with evocative harmonies.  The programme will also include 'music on music' by Monteverdi, Mendelssohn and Schubert. 

With your help and the cooperation of our venue, we will do our best to make this a safe and healthy event.  All attendees are requested to take a lateral flow test before the concert; please do not attend if your test is positive, or if you have any COVID-19 symptoms.  Other COVID-secure measures will include 1m social distancing, ventilation and hand sanitiser.  Please wear your mask throughout the concert.