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In
the first half of the 1980s Henrietta Cowling, David Hurley and Jeremy Summerly established this choir. The made their debut in Oxford in
May 1984 and after performing J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion
in 1986 they won the patronage of Sir Peter Pears. He passed away within a few days of
becoming their patron and was replaced immediately by Philip Ledger. Not long after they also won the
patronage of Lord Bullock.
The
choir, led by Jeremy Summerly, can vary in size
from 4 to 20 members and, depending on what they are performing,
they perform a cappella or sing with the accompaniment of a solo
instrument, an ensemble or an orchestra, often using period
instruments. Although their
initial repertoire was early music, they widened their scope of music after
about 8 years and now perform anything from Gregorian chant to present day
works.
Known
for their many concert performances throughout Europe they are recognised as being one of the foremost ensembles of
their kind in Europe and were the recipients of a European Cultural Prize
in 1995. No strangers to the
recording studio, they have released around 30 CD recordings to date.
Members
of the Camerata past and present include:
Jonathon
Arnold
Lisa
Beckley
Robin Blaze
Andrew
Carwood
Miranda
Cawrse
Philip
Cave
Alison
Coldstream
Robert
Evans
Andrew
Gant
Nicholas
Gedge
James
Gilchrist
David
Hurley
Carys-Ann Lane
Deborah Mackay
Michael
McCarthy
Janet
McMumn
William
Missin
Daniel
Norman
Andrew
Olleson
Rebecca
Outram
Julian
Smallbones
Jeremy
Summerly
Matthew
Vine
Dominic
Wallis
Edward
Wickham
Oxford
Camerata recordings
Be Merry, Be Merry (15th century English)
Naxos 855075 (CD: Medieval Carols)
Sources:
- http://www.camerata.demon.co.uk/serv01.htm
- http://www.singers.com/choral/oxfordcamerata.html
- http://www.naxos.com/choirinfo/Oxford_Camerata/14916.htm
- http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=2282
- http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550576
- http://stellaceli.style.coocan.jp/day_signal/?p=516
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