The London Oratory Schola has just returned from a wonderful tour to Venice singing concerts at the Church of San Moisè and at the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, as well as Mass at St Mark’s Basilica and at the Frari. Two particular highlights were singing at the tombs of Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi (pictured below). A gallery of pictures and six episodes of the choir’s Daily Video Diaries whilst on tour can be found at the Schola website https://www.londonoratoryschola.com
The boys of the London Oratory Schola will be touring Venice, Italy in July 2023. During the course of the tour there will be two concerts, the first at the Church of San Moisè, in the San Marco district, on Wednesday 19 July at 5pm. The programme, entitled Sacred Treasures of Spain & England, will include works by featured on the Schola’s recordings by composers including Victoria, Guerrero, Esquivel, Philips, Tallis, Dering and Byrd. The concert, promoted by the Association Musicale Lambarena, will last approximately one hour and admission is free.
The second concert will take place at the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, in the San Polo district, on Friday 21 July at 9pm. The programme, Sacred Treasures of Venice, will include music featured on the Schola’s next CD release for Hyperion, including music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Croce, Finetti, Merulo and Bassano. The concert, promoted by the Frari Church, will last one hour and admission is free.
The Schola will be singing at the Vigil Mass at St Mark’s Basilica on Saturday 22 July at 6.45pm and Mass at the Frari on Sunday 23 July at midday. More information can be found in the tour programme which can be downloaded here.
The boys of the London Oratory Schola will perform Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at the London Oratory on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 7pm. With tenor soloists Peter Davoren and Mark Dobell, accompanied by the St Cecilia Players and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, conducted by Charles Cole.
Tickets available HERE.
J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass will be performed by the boys of the London Oratory Schola on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 7pm at the London Oratory Church, SW7. Tickets priced £25 (£12 concessions) available on the door or in advance from www.londonoratoryschola.com
On Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 7.30pm the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School will sing A Sequence for Tenebrae at St James’s, Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD. Music will include seasonal sacred music by Byrd, Tallis, Guerrero and Victoria. Tickets priced £15 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from Eventbrite.
SACRED TREASURES OF CHRISTMAS is the third recording in the Sacred Treasures series sung by the boys of the London Oratory Schola directed by Charles Cole. Released on 30 Oct 2020 on Hyperion Records, the album comprises a sequence of music for Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by some of the greatest composers of the renaissance. Tracks featured in the video are O magnum mysterium by Giovanni Gabrieli and Puer natus in Bethlehem by Samuel Scheidt. The album is available now from Hyperion, Amazon and iTunes. Watch the preview video below:
2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais (1907-1991) the French organist-composer who was Titulaire at Ste-Clotilde, Paris. The boys of the London Oratory Schola will be performing the Mass in a Concert at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square alongside works by Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Gabriel Fauré and Jehan Alain, all French composers. The concert takes place on Thursday 21 March 2019 at 7.30pm and is directed by Charles Cole and accompanied by Ben Bloor. Tickets are available here at £15 (£10 concessions). To visit the Schola’s website please click here.
On Monday 17 December 2018 at 7pm the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory will perform JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Brompton Oratory. Sung in the original German, with Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist), the performance will be accompanied by the St Cecilia Players and conducted by Charles Cole. Tickets priced £20 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from the Oratory House (from 10 November) and are available online.
The boys of the London Oratory Schola will perform J.S. Bach’s St John Passion at the London Oratory on Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 7pm. Accompanied by the St Cecilia Players, the performance will be sung in German. The roles of Christus and the Evangelist will be sung by Michael Craddock and Nicholas Mulroy, and the performance will be conducted by Charles Cole. Tickets priced £20 (£10 concessions) will be available on the door as well as in advance from the Oratory House (from February onwards) and by calling 020 7381 7684. Further information available here.
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