Marking Oriel College’s 700th anniversary, this unique collection explores the diverse musical traditions connected with Oriel College. Drawing on sources from medieval Marian devotion to the Oxford Movement, and from the work of distinguished fellows to contemporary commissions for the chapel choir, it explores the influence and inspiration of the college’s scholars, poets, and musicians over seven centuries, charting an evolving relationship between the college and it’s cultural life.

Tracklist:

1. O Maria, virgo pia
2. Oriel Service~Magnificat
3. Oriel Service~Nunc dimittis
4. I sing of a maiden
5. Hail, gladdening light
6. Hymn of the Third Choir~I. Praise to the holiest
7. Hymn of the Third Choir~II. The angels as beseemingly
8. Hymn of the Third Choir~III. But to the younger race
9. Hymn of the Third Choir~IV. Praise to the holiest
10. Solitude
11. Say not the struggle naught availeth
12. Phos hilaron
13. Psalm 150
14. Glory of Zion
15. Verbum caro
16. Benedictus
17. Magnificat
18. O Maria, virgo pia

UPC: 726436300155
Label: Convivium Records
Release Date: 1.2.26
Format: CD