Handel's Joshua performed by the OUP Choir

The Oxford University Press Choir, formed in 1985, gives two public performances each year, in May and November. Malcolm Pearce was appointed the Choir's Musical Director in 2010.

Joshua was one of Handel's most successful later oratorios: of those composed after Samson, only Judas Maccabaeus received more performances during the composer's lifetime. This popularity was in large part due to the insertion after the first season's performance of 'See the conqu'ring hero comes', first written for Joshua.

The performance is using the score edited by Ebenezer Prout.