May Morning bells ring out at Magdalen College, Oxford
- 7 years ago
Magdalen College, Oxford marked May Morning as they have for at least 5-hundred years by ringing the bells at the top of the college's bell tower.
In the clip, the bells are being rung by members of the Oxford Society of Change Ringers, which was established in 1734.
Before the bell-ringing, the college choir sings madrigals from the top of the bell tower to the assembled mass of students and townsfolk celebrating in the streets below.
In the clip, the bells are being rung by members of the Oxford Society of Change Ringers, which was established in 1734.
Before the bell-ringing, the college choir sings madrigals from the top of the bell tower to the assembled mass of students and townsfolk celebrating in the streets below.