Music Series - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral- Oxford

Music Series - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral- Oxford

Join us in opening our 55th season as we welcome the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford as they celebrate their 500th Anniversary Year!

King Henry VIII established the Collegiate Foundation in 1546, including one Organist and eight Lay Clerks, plus provision for a schoolmaster to educate the choristers. In the last five hundred years, the choir has always been a central part of Christ Church; and many significant church musicians have been associated with it, from the first director of music John Taverner, to twentieth-century choristers and composers William Walton, Simon Preston and Howard Goodall.