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St. Cross Church, Oxford: Sir John Stainer, Composer, Organist & Musicologist

Introduction


March 31, 2001 marked the centenary of the death of Sir John Stainer, composer, organist and musicologist. To mark the occasion, St. Cross Church, Oxford, where Stainer was Churchwarden and where he is buried organised a number of commemorative events. There were talks and concerts, culminating in a performance of Stainer�s The Crucifixion by Magdalen College Choir in St. Cross Church on 31 March 2001. For details of the festivals events, please see below. Now that the festival is over, this site will be used to announce events and matters of interest related to the life and work of Sir John.



A STAINER SOCIETY was founded with a special event at St. Cross Church, Oxford on 18th November 2001. Click HERE for more details, how to join the society and a report on the first event.


Hayes (Kent) Philharmonic Choir's concert of John Stainer's St. Mary Magdalen.

Saturday 10th November, 2001

7.45 p.m. at St. Mark's Church,

Westmoreland Road, Bromley South.

Bromley South Station is easily reached in about 20 minutes by fast trains from Victoria.

Professional soloists for this concert will be: Susan Bullock - Soprano, Philip Salmon - Tenor, Jacqueline Fox - Contralto, Mark Wildman - Bass

Tel. 01959 574081

Tickets prices are �6.00 and �5.00 for concessions


Events

The venue for all events was St. Cross Church. Click HERE for a map.

 

DATE

 

TIME

 

EVENT

 

PRICE

 

TICKETS

 

Saturday

3 March 2001

2.00pm to 6.30pm

CHORAL WORKSHOP

ON STAINER�S CRUCIFIXION

Led by

BARRY ROSE

(former Choirmaster at Guildford, St. Alban�s & St. Paul�s)

Interval talk by

Ian Bradley (St. Andrew�s University)

 

�6

Concessions: �5

1 free ticket for every 10 booked

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Sunday

4 March

 

5.30pm

VICTORIAN SONGS OF PRAISE

Led by

IAN BRADLEY (University of St. Andrew�s, writer on Victorian Hymns)

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Tuesday

6 March

 

1.00pm

SELECTION OF STAINER�S MUSIC

Performed by the

ARCADIAN SINGERS

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Thursday

8 March

 

8.30pm

ILLUSTRATED TALK ON PUGIN

(Victorian church architect)

By

ROSEMARY HILL (Pugin biographer)

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Friday

9 March

 

7.30pm

A VICTORIAN QUARTET

Four talks on Women in Victorian England

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

10 March

*Note changed date*

 

2.00pm

GUIDED TOUR OF HOLYWELL CEMETERY

(Burial place of Sir JOHN STAINER).

 

Donations

only

No need to book

Sunday

11 March

 

7.30pm

VICTORIAN SACRED MUSIC

Concert by the

CATHEDRAL SINGERS (Oxford)

�7

Concessions: �5

1 free ticket for every 10 booked

 

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Wednesday

14 March

 

7.30pm

ORGAN RECITAL by JOHN SCOTT

(Organist of St. Paul�s Cathedral).

 

�7

 

 

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Friday

16 March

 

7.30pm

A VICTORIAN EVENING�S ENTERTAINMENT

Presented by the

OXFORD OPERATIC SOCIETY

 

�6

Two tickets for �10

 

 

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Wednesday

21 March

 

7.30pm

HISTORY OF ST. CROSS CHURCH AND AREA

Talk by

Nigel Hall (Oxford University & Churchwarden, St. Cross)

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

24 March

 

 

7.30pm

VICTORIAN CHURCH MUSIC

Lecture/demonstration by

SIMON LINDLEY (President of the Royal College of Organists)

 

 

�5

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Friday

30 March

 

 

7.30pm

VICTORIAN WOMEN HYMN WRITERS

Talk by

VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM (Professor, Oxford University)

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

31 March

 

 

2.30pm

OXFORD AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

Illustrated talk on Victorian stained glass by

JON WHITELEY (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

**at ST. CATHERINE�S COLLEGE, Manor Road**

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

31 March

 

 

3.30pm

GILBERT & SULLIVAN WITHOUT GILBERT

Illustrated multi-media talk on Arthur Sullivan by

ROBIN WILSON (The Open University)

**at ST. CATHERINE�S COLLEGE, Manor Road**

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

31 March

 

 

5.00pm

"More than the Crucifixion: John Stainer, Man and Musician"

Lecture with music by

JEREMY DIBBLE (Durham University)

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Saturday

31 March

 

 

8.00pm

THE CRUCIFIXION & other works by Sir JOHN STAINER

Performed by

MAGDALEN COLLEGE CHOIR

 

 

�10

Telephone Oxford Playhouse

01865 798600

 

Sunday

1 April

 

 

5.30pm

EVENSONG TO MUSIC BY Sir JOHN STAINER

Led by the

UNIVERSITY CHURCH CHOIR

with address by Dr GEORGE GUEST

 

Retiring collection

No need to book

Below: Tower and south side of St. Cross Church.

 

St. Cross Church, Oxford