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Es Devlin and Nico Muhly: 360 Vessels Choral Installation

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Date & Time

Sat, 25 Apr 2026

20:30

Venue

Great Hall, Schwarzman Centre

Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG

Price

No booking needed

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About this event

A choral installation featuring music by Nico Muhly as part of the 360 Vessels project. This unique performance takes place in the Great Hall of the Schwarzman Centre. Produced by the Schwarzman Centre.

Why you should come

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• Experience Nico Muhly's new choral work performed by the Schola Cantorum of Oxford

• See Es Devlin's installation of 360 clay vessels under the Great Hall's glass dome

• Hear 17th-century texts by Thomas Traherne set to contemporary music

Event Highlights

  • 360 hand-made clay vessels forming a circular landscape
  • Specially commissioned choral work by American composer Nico Muhly
  • Performance by Schola Cantorum of Oxford under the Great Hall’s glass dome
  • Texts inspired by 17th-century theologian and poet Thomas Traherne

Speakers

Es Devlin

Artist and Bloomberg-Oxford Fellow

Nico Muhly

Composer

Stephen Grahl

Conductor

Programme

20:30

360 Vessels Choral Installation

A choral performance amidst a circular landscape of 360 hand-made clay vessels.

What to bring / Requirements

  • No booking needed
  • Suitable for all ages

Organized by: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Contact: enquiries@schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk

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