We had a visit on December 20th from a local school choir, (Kingsgate Primary School choir, who last delighted a library audience on Making Music Day 2018); and they entertained us to lively Christmas music. They put everyone in Christmas spirit with their marvellous singing led by their wonderful music teacher. There were spirited renditions of…
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Tag: Christmas
IL TRITTICO …or missing middles
The RNCM Library easier than ever Christmas Quiz 2018 Supply the missing middle element from each group of three – some musical, some not 1. The Fellowship of the Ring __________________ The Return of the King 2. Regeneration ________________________ The Ghost Road 3. The Fourth of August ________________________ For the Fallen 4. Asie ________________________…
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Christmas in Oxford
The Christmas season is the busiest time of the year for the Oxford University Press Music Hire Library – scores, parts, and vocal scores for carol orchestrations and Christmas music literally fly through the door. We thought we’d celebrate by making a festive film. Season’s greetings to all music library colleagues! Simon Wright Head of…
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A song for the season
Corelli’s Christmas Concerto was so called as it bears the inscription ‘Fatto per la notte di Natale’ (‘made for the night of Christmas’). The portrait of Francesco Geminiani by Andrea Soldi, now in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum, was painted in about 1735, depicts the composer holding a copy of the Christmas Concerto, in tribute to…