In 8th week Somerville Music Society will present a semi-staged production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera 'Orfeo ed Euridice' (in Italian).

1st performance: Wednesday, 10th March 2010, 7:30pm
2nd performance: Thursday, 11th March 2010, 7:30pm

Cast:
Orfeo #1 - Katherine Cooper
Orfeo #2 - Ellen Kempston
Euridice - Anna Sideris
Amor - Tal Katsir

Somerville Chapel Choir
Somerville College Orchestra
David Crown, conductor

Director: Brian McMahon

Entry is free. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Somerville Chapel Choir's summer tour to Italy. Tickets can be reserved by emailing david.crown@some.ox.ac.uk.

We have announced our termcard for Hilary 2010. There is an excellent range of recitals, and SMS will be putting on another opera production in 8th week. Remember to put the dates in your diaries! Full details of the performances can be found on our recitals page and the choir termcard.

Sound clips from Somerville Chapel Choir's summer tour to Germany and the most recent SMS concerts/recitals have now been uploaded. You can find the recordings on the choir and concert pages.

We have announced our termcard for Trinity term 2009. There is an excellent range of recitals and the end of year concert on Thursday in 8th week. Remember to put the dates in your diaries! Full details of the recitals can be found on our recitals page. The end of year concert is as follows:

Week 8 - Thursday 18th June, 7:45pm
Bach: Double Concerto in D minor
Duruflé: Requiem
Alex Parker (oboe), Rosie Shakespear (violin)
Katherine Cooper (mezzo-soprano), Chris Bradley (baritone)
Somerville Chapel Choir, David Crown

We hope you enjoy the events we’re putting on this term!

Many thanks to Karina and Ryan for organising the Candlelit Concert on Wednesday

Dido & Aeneas
 
A semi-staged version of Purcell's Baroque masterpiece.
Plus rediscovered 17th century instrumental music by Christopher Simpson, newly edited by Alex Parker.

Two performances:
Wednesday 3rd December, 7.30pm
Thursday 4th December, 7.30pm Read More...

We have now uploaded the SMS termcard for Michaelmas Term 2008. You can access it or download it from here.

A summary of our events are as follows:

• Wednesday 2nd Week (21st October) 7:30pm, Chapel: Freshers Concert
• Thursday 5th Week (13th November) 7:30pm, Chapel: Candlelit Concert
• Thursday 7th Week (25th November) 7:30pm, Bar: SMS Open Mic Night
• Wednesday and Thursday of 8th Week (3rd and 4th December) 7:30pm, Chapel: Dido and Aeneas

More details will be posted nearer the time, but in the meantime, get those dates into the calendar!

Music events for Arts week (3rd-9th February, 6th week) are now confirmed!

Sunday 7:30pm in Chapel: WORDS AND MUSIC An exploration of ideas about art through the mediums of speech and sound
Wednesday 7:30pm Chapel: CONCERT. VIVALDI - Gloria. MARCELLO - Oboe Concerto. Enjoy two Baroque masterpieces in the beautiful surroundings of Somerville Chapel. The week’s musical highlight!
Thursday 1pm Chapel: MUSIC SCHOLARS’ RECITAL A short recital of contributions by Somerville Music students
Friday (time TBC) in Chapel: the ALTERNATIVE RECITAL Open to anyone who wants to take the spotlight!

Every week day at Dinner there will be musical accompaniment!

For more info, check out our Facebook group.

Following the latest SMS committee meeting, we have now set two concert dates:

- 21st November, Wednesday of 7th week - Somerville-Green Orchestra and Somerville Chapel Choir. Programme: Mozart Symphony no 40, Strauss Perpetuum Mobile and Handel's Messiah (part 1).
- 29th November, Thursday of 8th week - Candlelit Concert. If you would like to participate in this concert then please contact the organisers, Hettie Storey and Ryan Sutton.

We will be having another Somerville Music Society meeting next Friday (26th October) in Somerville Chapel at 5:30pm. Everyone is welcome to come. If you'd like something to appear on the agenda then please contact the committee through this link or by our contact page.

The minutes from this meeting are available to download or view here.

Tonight, 17th October is your chance to hear Somerville's fresh-faced new talent...FREE entry and FREE DRINKS afterwards, you can't afford to miss it!!! Follow this link to our events page