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May Morning in Oxford is famous for the thousands who gather at 6am underneath Magdalen College tower to listen to the College Choir as they sing the Hymnus Eucharisticus, composed by seventeenth-century Informator Choristarum, Benjamin Rogers, and madrigals, in a tradition dating back over 500 years.MAGDALEN COLLEGE CHAPEL – CELEBRATING 550 YEARS
The foundation-stone of the College was sanctified on the fifth of May, 1474, by the venerable father Robert Toly, Bishop of St. David’s, in his pontificals, and respectfully deposited in its place, the middle of the high altar, by president Tybard l. The quarry of Hedington, which had been discovered in the reign of Henry the Third, was now in higher repute than that of Hinxey, and from it the stone for the edifice was taken. We find Waynflete contracting with William Orchyerd, the principal mason, in 1475, 1478, and the following year, for finishing the tower over the gateway with a pyramid sixteen feet high above the level of the gutter; for crowning the walls of the chapel and hall with niched battlements, for a coping to these and the library; for completing the chambers, cloisters, and other imperfect portions of the fabric; and for fashioning the great window of the chapel.
These special events held at Magdalen College Chapel are part of the commemoration of this significant anniversary
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Magdalen College Chapel, Magdalen College, High Street,Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom