Rehearsal of Schola Cantorum 50th Anniversary Reunion Concert. Sheldonian Theatre designed by Christopher Wren, ceiling frescoes by Robert Streater

The performance by Schola Cantorum took place in Oxford’s magnificent Sheldonian Theatre on Saturday 1st May 2010 at 8pm. The concert featured Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Dixit Dominus and The King Shall Rejoice. In addition the concert included the premiere of a new commission by James MacMillan “Bring us, O Lord God”.

James Burton, Conductor
The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings, Organ
Schola Alumni Chorus

Team of soloists led by Dame Emma Kirkby, Soprano
Rebecca Outram, Soprano
Christine Rice, Mezzo-Soprano
Timothy Robinson, Tenor
Richard Svage, Bass
Lucy Page, Soprano
Catherine Pope, Soprano
Roya Ziai, Soprano

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James Burton Conducts the Schola Cantorum 50th Anniversary Reunion Concert

James Burton, Conductor

Schola Cantorum 50 Audience in the Sheldonian Theatre

Roya Ziai - Soprano, Timothy Robinson - Tenor, Lucy Page - Soprano, Rebecca Outram - Soprano, Emma Kirkby - Soprano, Christine Rice - Mezzo-Soprano, James Burton - Conductor, Richard Savage - Bass, Catherine Pope - Soprano

James MacMillan Composer in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on the night of the world premier of "Bring us, O Lord God"

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010