"What a great mystery, and what a wondrous moment, that the animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!”
The City of Oxford Choir's festive concert delights in four settings of this most luminous text, from Gabrieli's sonorous double choir splendour to a distinctively dreamy setting by Kjell Mørk Karlsen. There is no better setting for these luscious pieces than the beautiful star-strewn grandeur of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, one of the most welcoming and uplifting venues in a city rich with historic performance spaces. The concert will also ring in the season with Bach's glorious Sanctus in D, and a sleighful of carols new and old, familiar and rare.
Come celebrate the miracle of a Christmas together with the City of Oxford Choir!