Exsultate Justi

Exsultate Justi is a small, occasional choir of experienced singers. We share a passion for sacred choral music in the best of the Anglican tradition.

The choir is attached to the Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland, between Oxford and Witney. The benefice includes the parishes of Hanborough and Freeland.

We currently sing four times a year: for choral evensong in February/March, June, and October, and at the Benefice carol service in December. Our recent repertoire has included:

February 2022

• Preces and responses according to the Durham Use

• Canticles in E flat by John Smith

• 'Let thy hand be strengthened' by John Blow

December 2021

• 'The Crown of Roses (Legend)' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• 'The Angels and the Shepherds', a Bohemian traditional carol arranged by Caleb Henry Trevor

October 2021

• Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward

• Canticles in G by William Child

• 'When the Lord turned again' by Adrian Batten

March 2020

• Preces and responses by Humphrey Clucas

• Canticles from the Short Service by Thomas Tallis

• 'Nolo mortem pecatoris' by Thomas Morley

December 2019

• 'Adam lay ybounden' by Robert Walker

• 'Lully, Lulla, Lullay' by Philip Stopford

• 'My Lord has come' by Will Todd

October 2019

• Preces and responses by Richard Ayleward

• Canticles from the Short Service by Thomas Weelkes

• 'Haec Dies’ by William Byrd

June 2019

• Preces and responses by Thomas Tallis

• Canticles from the Short Service by Orlando Gibbons

• 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates’ by John Amner