Programmes for performances of Chester Miracle Plays in the College Chapel on Thursday 29th November, Friday 30th November and Sunday 2nd December 1956 at 8.30pm. No performers are listed. The programme includes The Fall of Lucifer, Adam and Eve, Abraham and Isaac, The Nativity, Herod and the Magi and Oblation of the Shepherd and Magi, interspersed with carols and motets
Played by Mark Lovell. Lucifer (Son of the Morning) and Lucifer (Fallen). Coloured drawings of the costumes; the actor's measurements and a pencil sketch of the costume with notes and red fabric swatches
Programmes for a performance of early music and medieval texts in the College Chapel on 20th, 21st and 23rd November 1958 at 8.30pm. No performers are listed. The programme includes The Creation and Fall, Mactacio Abel, Noah and the Ark, The Parliament of Heaven and The Coming of Christ, interspersed with carols and motets
Programme for a concert by the Jesus College Orchestra conducted by John Turner. Performed works by Rossimi, Bach and Mozart
Programmes for performances of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe in the College Chapel on 24th and 25th November at 8.30pm. Includes list of performers
Programmes for a production of Herod - a 13th century liturgical drama performed in the College Chapel on 4th, 5th and 6th December 1961
Programme for a performance in the College Chapel on 3rd December 1964 at 8.30pm. The production included scenes from the Chester and Coventry cycles with related readings and choral works
Programme for a production of 'The Hole', a play by N. F. Simpson, and 'The Pride of the Regiment', an operetta by Walter Leigh, performed in Cloister Court at 8.30pm as part of the May Week Entertainment
Programme for an informal concert of chamber music in the Music Room on 3rd March 1966 at 8.15pm
Works performed:
Telemann, Trio Sonata in A
Songs by Monteverdi, Caccini and Stradella
Hindemith, Sonata for bassoon and piano
Gounod, Petite symphonie
Decorated programmes and cast addenda sheet for an evening of 15th-century music in College Hall hosted by 'The Duke of Burgundy'
Programme for a performance of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde by Jesus College Music Society with the children of Mayfield School on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December 1967
Poster for a production of 'King Arthur, or The British Worthy' by Purcell and Dryden in Cloister Court, Jesus College, to 'be presented by the gentlemen of Jesus College et al'
Programme for a production of The Alchemist by Ben Johnson in the Cloisters from 6th - 10th June
Cast includes Salman Rushdie as Pertinax Surly
Programme for a recital given by Terence Allbright in Jesus College Chapel on Friday 12th June at 1pm
Works performed:
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in e (BWV 548)
Bruhns, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Bach, selection from the Orgelbuchlein
Bach, Preude and Fugue in C (BWV 547)
Programme for a concert by the Jesus College Music Society conducted by Christopher Ward Smith in the College Chapel on Saturday 21st November 1970
Works performed:
Saint-Saens, Danse macabre
Chopin, Piano Concerto no 1 in e (soloist: Terence Allbright)
Faure, Elegie (cello: Julian Lloyd-Webber)
Franck, Symphony in d
Programme for a recital given by Malcolm Archer (organ scholar at Jesus College) in Jesus College Chapel on 17th February 1973 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major (St. Anne), J.S. Bach
Chorale Prelude: Dies sind die heil 'gen zehngebot', J.S. Bach
Suite in D minor, Daniel Purcell
Choral No. 2 in B minor, Cesar Franck
Melodie (op. 17), Alex Guilmant
Dankpsalm (op. 145 no. 2), Max Reger
Programme for a recital given by Ian Little (organ scholar at Pembroke) in Jesus College Chapel on 24th February 1973 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
Mulet, Tu es Petra et portae inferi
Bach, Chorale Preludes
Howells, Psalm-Prelude
Pachelbel, Magnificat Fuga
Fischer, Prelude and Fugue [played on the Sutton organ]
Franck, Piece Horoice
Buxtehude, Chorale preludes
Whitlock, Fidelis
Alain, Litanies
Programme for a concert of works by Benjamin Britten in the College Chapel on Sunday 11th March 1973 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
Missa Brevis in D (for boys' voices).
Soloists: Paul Garner, Sebastian New, Adrian Cullum
Rejoice in the Lamb
Soloists: Paul Garner (treble), Geoffrey Coker (counter tenor), Gerald Place (tenor), John Powell (Bass)
Organ: Ian Little
Conductor: Malcolm Archer
Programme for concert of Purcell and other 17th-century music by The Cockerel Consort in the College Chapel on Sunday 12th October 1975 at 8.30pm
Performers: Julian Clarkson, Jonathan Seers (countertenor); Andrew Parkinson, Andrew Watts, Richard Widdess (recorders); Naomi Hirschfield, (viola da gamba); Malcolm Archer (harpsichord)
Calligraphy by Andrew Parkinson
Illustrated programme for a concert of mainly medieval music by The Cockerel Consort in the College Chapel on Sunday 2nd November 1975 at 8.30pm
Performers: Malcolm Archer, Julian Clarkson, (countertenor); Stephen Parkinson, Andrew Watts (tenor); Frances Kelly (harp); Charles Rae (lute); Allan Marett (rebec); Andrew Parkinson, Andrew Watts (recorders and other winds)
Calligraphy and illustration by Andrew Parkinson
Programme for a concert given in the College Chapel on Saturday 22nd November 1975 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
Palestrina, Missa Brevis
Scheidt, Hymnus de Adventu Domini (for organ)
Loosemore, O Lord increase my faith
Blitheman, In pace
Tallis, O nata lux de lumine
Anon, Rejoice in the Lord always
Messiaen, Transports de joie from L'Ascension (for organ)
Wesley, Blessed by the God and Father
Britten, Hymn to the Virgin
Britten, Te Deum in C
Britten, Jubilate Deo
Performed by Jesus College Chapel Choir
Directed by Malcolm Archer and James Wrightson
Programme for concert by The Cockerel Consort with works by composers including Tallis, Morley, Byrd and Dowland
Performers: Frances Jackson, Janet Coleman (sopranos); Stephen Parkinson, Andrew Watts (tenors); Tim Sheldon (bass); Frances Kelly (harp); James Wrightson (organ); Charles Rae, Peter Martin (lutes); Stephen Gordon (tenor viol & wind); Andrew Parkinson and Andrew Watts (winds)
The Cockerel ConsortPoster for a concert by The Cockerel Consort on Saturday 5th February 1976
Programme for concert given in the College Chapel by the College Orchestra conducted by Jeremy Pike on Saturday 7th February 1976 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
Glinka, Overture to 'Ruslan and Ludmila'
Bartok, Dance Suite
Shostakovich, Symphony no 5
Programme for a concert given in the College Chapel on Monday 14th June
Works performed:
Paean for organ (Kenneth Leighton) - soloist Malcolm Archer
Concerto for two organs (P. Antonio Soler) - soloists James Wrightson, Sutton organ and Malcolm Archer, Mander organ
Bassoon Concerto (Mozart) - soloist Richard Sheldon
String Quartet in E-flat op 12 (Mendelssohn)
Trois pieces breve [for wind quintet] (Jacques Ibert)
Organ concerto no 3 in G minor )Handel) - soloist Malcolm Archer
Performers:
The Dantini String Quartet
The New Cambridge Wind Quintet
Poster for a concert held in Jesus Chapel on Sunday 14th November 1982 at 8.30pm conducted by Mary Davies
Works performed:
Overture No. 3 Leonore wind octet in E flat major (Beethoven)
Brandenburg concerto No. 3 (Bach)
Romeo and Juliet suites (Prokofiev)
Leader - Suzanne Raitt
Poster for an orchestral concert held in the College Chapel on Sunday 13th November at 8.30pm conducted by James Pass
Works performed:
Debussy - Petite Suite
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor
Mozart - Symphony No. 35, "Haffner"
Geraint Bowen - Harpsichord
Diana Hinds - Leader of the orchestra
Poster for a concert held in Jesus College Chapel on Sunday 6th February 1983 at 8.30pm
Works performed:
J. S. Bach - Suite No. 1 in C minor
J. S. Bach - Cantata "Also hatt Gott die Welt geliebt" BV.68
J. J. Hayden - Missa Sancti Nicolai
Director - Geraint Bowen
Soloists: Lucy Dennis, Colin Fludgate, Christopher Dolby and Nicholas Webb
Poster for a performance of Bach's St. John's Passion in the College Chapel on Sunday 19th February 1984 at 8.30pm conducted by Geraint Bowen. The orchestra was led by Diana Hinds
Programmes for a series of lunchtime concerts held during Lent term
Poster for a series of lunchtime concerts held in the College Chapel and the Master's Lodge during Easter term
Programmes for a series of six lunchtime concerts held in the Master's Lodge during Lent Term
Poster for a series of lunchtime concerts held in the Master's Lodge during Michaelmas term
Poster for a series of lunchtime concerts held in the Master's Lodge and College Chapel during Lent term
Poster for a series of lunchtime concerts held in the Master's Lodge and the College Chapel during Easter term
Posters for a Quincentenary concert held during May Week in the College Chapel on 16th June at 8pm
Works performed by the orchestra and Chapel choirs:
Francis Grier - A Cantata (conducted by Duncan Aspden)
Silvina Milstein - Labyrinth (conducted by Martin Leigh)
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A major K. 488 (pianist - Mark Berry; conducted by Matthew Lavy)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C major (conducted by Rupert Luck)
Sibelius - Romanza for Strings (conducted by Phil Culling)
John Williams - Star Wars (conducted by Matthew Lavy)
Three manuscripts bound together:
1) Accounts of receipts for 1556, ending with receipts for Fleet Street property (London), in English, in the same hand and arrangement as the start of ACC 1/1 (3 ff).
2) Statutes of Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely (1516-32), in Latin, in their original form [of 1517] with exequies for the Founder and principal benefactors, but with alterations made in 1549 and 1570 marked in at least two hands (15 ff).
3) Statutes of James Stanley, Bishop of Ely (1506-15), in a 16th century hand but with marginal notes in several hands of 16th and possibly 17th century dates (7 ff.). The last leaf has two Latin phrases, a list of four names with tallies against them, and the phrase "farewell farewell".
The Queen signing her portrait photograph, supervised by the Master, Lord Renfrew.
The first ever register of college business. It opens with a statement about the reasons for its creation and a table of the fees charged by the compiler, signed by the Master, Roger Andrewes, and fellows.
The contents, in one chronological sequence, include: admissions of fellows, fellow-commoners, commoners and sizars, with the names of their tutors; licences to supplicate for degrees; testimonials; elections of college officers; resolutions of college meetings; grants of leave of absence; notices of property transactions. There is an index in the form of a list of decrees of the college in the hand of Dr Ashton (Master 1701-52).
Contains records of decisions of college meetings. Previously they were included in the general register of college business (see COL 1).
Includes an index towards the end of the volume, and a plan of a cesspool and drainage system at the front of the volume.
Minutes of college meetings from the start of Henry Morgan's mastership. Also includes notes on the 3 seals belonging to the College (front of volume) and the form of presentations to a College Living (end of volume).
Notebook containing "Examination, Keller's Prizemen, Previous examination".
May Ball Photograph of attendees taken in 1926. Black and White.
Sending earlier letters about College's gift of land to the Vicarage in 1912.
Jones, T KWoodcut engraving from a portrait by M. A. Shee.
Letter from the College to George Kett agreeing to extend the lease on premises at the corner of Hills Road and Station Road on payment of a fee of £105. Includes colour plan of the premises.
Auctioneer's catalogue for the sale of 32, 34, 36 and 38 Station Road on 19th November 1941. The brochure is marked inside in pencil with the price for each property. Also separate hand written notes giving the names of tenants for properties in Station Road, names of tenants and rental values
Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) offering [Mr Robert Barrett] a new lease for Nos. 29 and 30 from 29 September 1890. Also a site plan showing the outline of the properties including dimensions and naming Mrs Emma Wetenhall as the lessee of No. 31.
Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr Tillyard offering him a new lease of Nos. 31 and 32 although they cannot by law be renewed before 29 September. Also a site plan showing an outline of the property including dimensions and giving the name so of the neighbouring lessees.