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Magdalen College Choir
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Magdalen College Choir
Magdalen College Choir May Morning

"The Magdalen Choir… make an exceptional sound, and the direction is notable for its attention to inner detail and clear sense of architecture." (Gramophone)

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Magdalen College Choir
Magdalen College Choir
Magdalen College Choir

“The Choir of Magdalen College has such superb diction, especially the boys, in the hands of Daniel Hyde. Hyde treats these pieces with calm and poise.” (MusicWeb International)

Magdalen College Choir
Magdalen College Choir

“...ably supported by the Choir and its particularly fine trebles.” (The Guardian)

Magdalen College Choir

“A word of appreciation too for the gentleness and fragility caught in treble Oliver Doggett’s solo.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Magdalen College Choir

“An essential disc for those interested in this repertory.” (Classical CD Review)

Magdalen College Choir

“[The Choir] sings with an intensity suitable to the intimately sensuous nature of the work.” (The Observer 5*)

May Morning 

 

One of the great traditions in Oxford is that of May Morning, the time when the city celebrates the coming of Spring. Since the early 16th century, the first day of May has begun at 6am with Magdalen College Choir singing from the top of the Great Tower, welcoming the rising sun. The occasion typically attracts crowds of thousands of people to the High Street below, bringing together Oxford's communities to enjoy dancing, singing and revelry, and to listen to the Choir from the foot of the Tower.

Unusual May Mornings

Owing to the pandemic, May Morning 2020 was celebrated with an online offering, recorded remotely by members of the Choir during the national lockdown.  In May 2021, the Choir presented an Online May Morning, recorded in secret during the preceding week.  

Tower at dawn
May Morning 21 singing
May Morning 2015
May Morning 21 robing
May Morning 21 Dean blessing
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May Morning 2015
May Morning 2015
May Morning 2014
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