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His greatest success was in the title role of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, which he sang for the first time in 1890 at the Horringham, Yorkshire, music festival. In the late 1890s, Davies toured the U.S. and Germany with pianist Stanley Hawley. He then moved to Berlin to sing and teach singing. In 1901 he again visited the U.S. to sing and lecture.
The Festival was founded in 2002 by the pianist Sholto Kynoch, [1] and in a short space of time grew to be the United Kingdom's largest art song festival. [2] Oxford Lieder is now a registered charity and in addition to the annual festival which takes place in October, [3] there are regular concerts and masterclasses throughout the year, and a growing programme of educational events.
A minor canon is a member of staff on the establishment of a cathedral or a collegiate church. In at least one foundation the post may be known as "priest-vicar". [1] Minor canons are clergy and take part in the daily services but are not part of the formal chapter. [2]
Sep. 30—OXFORD — The first Saturday of October brings its annual party to downtown Oxford. The 36th annual Oxfordfest will be another all-day affair ending at 4 p.m. Last year brought an ...
Frederick Kill Harford (1832 - 11 November 1906) was an English clergyman, musician, poet, hymn writer and pioneer of music therapy. He founded the Guild of St Cecilia in 1891, [1] where members would perform live music to patients in hospitals. [2] Harford was the third son of Henry Charles Harford and grew up in Clifton near Bristol.
The Oxford International Piano Festival has taken place annually in Oxford, England, since 1998, and is now established as one of the world's foremost summer music academies. The Festival comprises several professors and professional pianists giving masterclasses to approximately 20 students over the period of one week, usually in late July or ...
Another online-only issue appeared in December 2020 containing a feature on how Oxford's music scene was coping with lockdowns as well as the magazine's traditional end of year Top 30 of oxford songs. In July 2021 Nightshift launched a Crowdfunder campaign to raise funds for a return to coincide with the lifting of Covid restrictions on live music.