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Corpus Christi College Choir begins tour of Ireland

The choir of Corpus Christi.
The choir of Corpus Christi.

The choir of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, will be in Dublin, Belfast and Enniskillen this month for a series of concerts.

Under the direction of Matthew Murphy, from Enniskillen, as Senior Organ Scholar and Theodore Hill, the Irish tour begins on Tuesday, 3 July in Dublin. There, they will be leading Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral on 3 July and 4 July and on 5 July in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

On 6 July, the choir will be performing Sung Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral (RC), Armagh, and Evensong in St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast.

On Saturday, 7 July, the choir will be performing at a lunch–time concert (1pm) in St Macartin’s Cathedral followed by Sung Mass (6pm) in St. Michael’s Church, Enniskillen.
They finish the tour with Choral Eucharist in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at 11am on 8 July.

Since the foundation of the college in 1517, choral music has played an important part in the worship of Corpus Christi College Chapel.

The original college statutes made provision for a choir of just five members to sing daily services. Today, the Choir is made up of 30 students drawn from across the college community who provide music for sung services each term–time Sunday as well as for important feast days such as Ash Wednesday, Ascension Day and Corpus Christi Day.

Under the direction of the Organ Scholars, the choir sings a range of music spanning over 450 years from the English cathedral repertoire. 

 

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