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Songs for these distracted times

  • Christ Church Cathedral Saint Aldate's Oxford, England, OX1 United Kingdom (map)

Songs for these distracted times

Music of reflection and relief from the English Civil War


Curated by Christopher Bucknall, this programme turns to music born out of one of England's most turbulent chapters. In the upheaval of the Civil War, composers and poets found in song, for voices and instruments, a means of reflection, solace, and escape. Their music speaks with a remarkable intimacy across the centuries.

Earlier Event: July 21
French Connections
Later Event: August 4
Bach and the Mendelssohn Family