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@commotio-choir.bsky.social

Leading performers of contemporary choral music in Oxford and Oxfordshire. Next concert www.commotio.org/forthcoming-perfor… Buy our recordings at www.commotio.org/recordings.html

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The amazing Bob Chilcott is our Guest Conductor at our upcoming concert in Oxford on Saturday 13 June. Here he is introducing a piece new to the choir: All Seems Beautiful to Me by Eric Whitacre.

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Here we are rehearsing “Little Lamb” by the Polish composer Zuzanna Koziej with the wonderful Bob Chilcott. V pleased to say that Zuzanna is joining us for our concert on 13 June in Oxford. Tickets at www.commotio.org

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

🎉 Announcing our next concert, with guest conductor, erstwhile collaborator and all-round choral superstar Bob Chilcott. Tickets on sale now from our website commotio.org

Commotio’s next concert
With guest conductor Bob Chilcott
Including works by:
Karin Rehnkvist
Suzanna Kozeij
John Rutter
Eric Whitacre
Jonathan Harvey
Bob Chilcott
Laura Mvula
Herbert Howells
Jacob Collier
Lucy Walker
Becky McGlade
7:30pm Sunday 13th June
St Margaret’s Church Oxford
Tickets from commotio.org

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

🔔Announcing our next concert! Alongside the magnificent Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, we’ll be singing a Ralph Vaughan Williams hidden treasure and the world premiere of a motet by the much-celebrated French organist and composer Jeanne Demessieux. Tickets on sale now via our website.

Poster for Commotio’s next concert on Saturday 14th March at St Margaret’s Church Oxford. Main works are the Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, and Consolamini by Jeanne Demessieux. Other composers listed include Pierre Villette, Joanna Marsh, Roxanna Panufnik, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and John Harper. Tickets are on sale at www.commotio.org

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Just under a week to go until our Advent concert in Woodstock! With music by Motshwane Pete, Eric Whitacre, Bob Chilcott, Richard Allain, David Bednall, Becky McGlade & others, we’ll be exploring Christmas music other choirs don’t (often) reach 🎅. Ticket link in our bio.

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

“In Principio” by Motshwane Pege, a luminous setting of the opening verses of the Book of Genesis. We’ll be giving the first (we think) UK performance in Woodstock on 6th December. Tickets on sale via our website www.commotio.org !

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We have a wonderfully close working relationship with Richard Allain, so we’re looking forward to giving his Antiphons their 1st performance since their premiere in 2018 on 6 December. From plainsong to shimmering 14-part harmonies, it’s a gorgeous 8-movement setting of the traditional Advent texts.

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

“For many choirs, the music they sing at Christmas is that with which they most closely identify themselves”. Bob Chilcott, in the sleeve notes for our recording of his Christmas music, could have been writing about us and this piece: ‘Song of the Crib’, and we’re performing it on 6/12 in Woodstock.

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Commotio @commotio-choir.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

After a wait of 25 years, Eric Whitaker has been able to publish his choral work ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ as originally intended, as a setting of Robert Frost’s poem. We’re thrilled to be giving this piece on of its first live performances in the UK. www.commotio.org

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