World War I Choral Project
Sospiri have commissioned ten new pieces from some of the finest composers in the UK and US. The choir will record the new works in 2013 for release in 2014 in time to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of war in August 1914. Read more about the project …
Read More...Passiontide at Merton
Sospiri are performing as part of the Passiontide at Merton festival on Saturday 31 March, 2012. Now in its third year, the festival runs over the entire weekend, with Sospiri giving a late-evening concert on Saturday night in the college chapel at 9.30 p.m. The programme will feature music from Desolata est, the forthcoming Sospiri [...]
Read More...A Spotless Rose
Music for Advent & Christmas A celebration of the transition from darkness to light, with works by Byrd, Chilcott, Duggan, Howells & Holst and traditional chants, carols and lullabies Merton College Chapel, Oxford 8 pm Saturday 17 December, 2011 Tickets £12/£8 (£1 under-18s) Tickets are available on the door or in advance from Tickets Oxford (01865 [...]
Read More...Concert: The Singing Will Never Be Done
Sospiri are performing a concert of music for remembrance, including Arvo Pärt’s sublime Stabat Mater, six settings of World War I poetry by John Duggan and Rudolf Mauersberger’s Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst. 8pm, Sunday 13 November in Merton College chapel, Oxford Tickets: £12 (concessions £8, under-18s £1) Tickets are available on the door [...]
Read More...Salve Regina: the music of Gabriel Jackson
Sospiri perform two concerts to highlight the work of the celebrated contemporary composer, Gabriel Jackson, whose music has been performed and recorded around the world to great critical acclaim. Alongside some of Jackson’s finest choral pieces, Sospiri will be performing music by composers who have most influenced him, including pieces by John Browne, Thomas Tallis, [...]
Read More...Performance at Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
Members of Sospiri will be performing the world première of Dance – a new piece by John Duggan, which was commissioned by the dancer and choreographer, Cecilia Macfarlane, as the opening piece in her new solo dance work I’ll leave you to yourself then … Performances are at 6pm and 8pm on Friday 10 June, [...]
Read More...Latin Vespers at Merton College, Oxford
Sospiri will be singing Latin Vespers in the chapel of Merton College, Oxford at 6.15pm on Tuesday 17 May, 2011. Alongside the plainsong hymn, antiphons and psalms, the choir will sing David Bevan’s wonderful 8-part Magnificat Octavi Toni, and Tallis’ Dum Transisset.
Read More...Performance of St Matthew Passion
On Sunday 10 April, Sospiri will perform J.S.Bach’s St Matthew Passion in the University Church in Oxford. Chris Watson will sing the role of the Evangelist, and the part of Jesus will be taken by Jon Stainsby. The arias will be sung by members of the chorus, including sopranos Miranda Laurence and Emily Atkinson, altos [...]
Read More...Requiem available on iTunes and Amazon.com
The Sospiri disc, Requiem, is now available as a download on iTunes and Amazon.com. The disc is already available from all other Amazon sites and many other online retailers.
Read More...Performance of Lagrime di San Pietro (Lassus)
Sospiri are doing two performances of Lagrime di San Pietro, Lassus’ final, spellbinding work, portraying the agony of St Peter as he reflects on his betrayal of Jesus after his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. Performances are: Oxford 8pm Saturday 19 February, Merton College chapel, Oxford. Tickets £12/8 on the door or in advance [...]
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