Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of Waynfleet, and the Great Tower was completed in 1509. The tower contains ten bells, with a tenor weighing 17 hundredweight and tuned to E.

Mark Williams took the role at Magdalen College earlier this year and will take the choir to the top of the Great Tower as they sing in front of thousands of people gathered below at 6am on Monday.

The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford will on Sunday hold its first live May Morning ceremony since 2019. The annual tradition – said to date back at least 500 years – sees the 16 choristers and 12 ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Oxford city centre to celebrate May Day morning. The Coming of Spring celebrations at Magdalen College are a tradition that stretch back more than 500 years ...

Oxford's Magdalen College has carried out a restoration of the bells that ring out from its great tower every May morning, for the first time since 1884. The last time the bells were restored, it ...

The Magdalen College Choir has been singing from the college's iconic tower on May Day morning for centuries. Thousands of people gather below to hear the service. Monday 1 May 2023 09:45, UK ...

A NEW director of music hopes to live up to centuries of tradition as he leads the choir from Magdalen Tower on May Morning. Mark Williams took the role at Magdalen College earlier this year and ...