An Afternoon with Richard Pantcheff, the Director of Music at St Michael at the North Gate Church.

“The Evening Canticles (being the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis), have for many centuries been central to the service of Evensong, and the most-loved of all the canticles of the Anglican Church, resulting in many fine musical settings. We will aim to explore the reasons for this popularity, what the origins of the canticles were, and why they have proved to be so attractive to composers and choirs as vehicles for musical expression and worship“.

Richard Pantcheff is internationally renowned as
one of the finest contemporary British composers
of choral, organ, chamber and instrumental music.
He studied music at Christ Church, Oxford, under Simon Preston & Francis Grier, and corresponded
at length with Benjamin Britten in the last years of Britten’s life.His substantial output of compositions
has been commissioned, performed, recorded, and broadcast all over the world.

The event will be held at the Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford.

There will be two talks, with a comfort break and refreshments in between.

Speaker’s Handouts for the event can be downloaded here.
The live-stream of the event will be available at the following links:

Session 1: https://youtube.com/live/99ZXavcGX-g
Session 2: https://youtube.com/live/QdmL3Y-qgDM

We only record the talks themselves, and not associated Q&As, discussions, or images of the live audience.

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