Evensong at St Georges Chapel
On Wednesday 5th February, fifteen members of the Chamber Choir were fortunate enough to take part in a beautiful evensong service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, alongside members of the choir from Bradfield College.
After a short afternoon rehearsal, the choirs performed classic pieces from the choral repertoire, including the Rose Responses, Stanford’s ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis in A’, and Haydn’s epic ‘The Heavens are Telling’ from his oratorio ‘The Creation’.
Director of Performing Arts Mrs Aimee Jamison said: “Performing in such an historic venue is always a thrill, and the choirs were blown away by the chapel itself and the wonderful acoustic.
“We were delighted to have such a good number of visitors in the congregation, including the Heads of Senior and Prep from both schools and several parents.”
Libby in L5 and Anna in L6 were selected as soloists in the Stanford, and pupils from Bradfield as soloists for the Haydn.
Mr David Quinn (Director of Music at Bradfield and former trainee teacher at Headington Prep) and Mrs Jamison conducted half of the service each, and were delighted to work together again and amalgamate the two choirs.
Mrs Jamison said: “Pupils enjoyed the opportunity to have dinner together afterwards, and we hope to come together for future projects.
“Thanks go to the staff at St George’s, who were very welcoming, as well as to our choristers for their wonderful singing and music staff for organising. We hope to be back with our full choir next year!”
