Joseph’s doubts as he made his way to Bethlehem have inspired a new carol in honour of Oxford University’s vaccine scientists.
The composer John Rutter and bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel have been recruited by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert in the city’s Sheldonian Theatre in honour of the team at the university who have developed a coronavirus vaccine.
Sir Bryn sang in a concert at the Sheldonian Theatre
TOM PILSTON FOR THE TIMES
The concert, which has been pre-recorded, serves as the premiere for Mr Rutter’s composition, Joseph’s Carol, which he told The Times would “stand as a token that not just Oxford but the whole world owes to this group of people”.
He said that he thought there were some parallels between the biblical story of Joseph and the daunting task facing the Oxford Vaccine
