Choral Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent - 26 February 2023 - from Merton College Chapel

Sung by the the College Choir Prelude After Auschwitz Owen Chan Setting Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici Rubbra Psalm 32 Motet O salutaris hostia Tallis Hymns 67, ‘Praise to you, O Christ our Saviour’, ‘Behold the Lamb’, 368 Preacher The Revd Canon Dr Simon Jones Chaplain Voluntary Fugue on BACH, Op.60 No. 6 Robert Schumann   / mertoncollchoir     / mertoncollchoir   The Choir of Merton College consists of 30 undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford University, UK reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The choir's primary duty is singing at regular services of Evensong and Choral Eucharist in the famous 13th-century Chapel. Since the establishment of Merton’s Choral Foundation in 2008, the choir has gained an international reputation for offering the best of choral music through tours, recordings and broadcasts. In 2020, the choir won the award for best choral album at the BBC Music Magazine Awards for its recording of Gabriel Jackson’s The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The choir’s discography on the Delphian Label has seen numerous five star reviews and many recordings have been named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone magazine.