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13th May 2026

Choral Compline

10:00pm

INTROIT  Sheppard Libera nos, salva nos No. 1
PSALM  4 (plainsong)
READING  Revelation XXI: 1-6
ANTHEM Kate Sagovsky Rest, with Dominic Wallis (Clare Choir 2020) | tenor

14th May 2026

Morning Anthem for Ascension Day, Old Court

8:45am

Weelkes All people, clap your hands

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  • Join us at 8.45am tomorrow (Thursday) as we perform Thomas Weelkes’ ‘All people, clap your hands’ to greet Ascension Day morning, performed (for the first time in 6 years) outdoors in a blissfully-scaffolding-free Old Court! 
@clarecollege #AscensionDay
  • 🎫 Last few tickets!!

Haydn’s The Creation, this coming Sunday 10 May at 5.15pm in @westroadconcerthall in Cambridge, performed by a massed choir and orchestra comprised of more than 150 @clarecollege and @choirofclarecollege alumni - probably the largest assembled group of Clare musicians past and present, with soloists @philippa.boyle @simonthetenor and @edbllrd, conducted by @mrgrahamross.

Final tickets (£20, £10 students): https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/the-creation/

#haydn #creation #Clare700 #choiralumni #concert
  • Drinks in the Scholars’ Garden last night after our Choral Evensong of polychoral works by Palestrina, Lassus, Howells and Monteverdi 👌🏻 

Join us this Easter Term for a wonderful series of choral services, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays: 📖 https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • Congratulations to former Clare Organ Scholar Daniel Blaze (Clare 2022) and current third-year Clare Music student Isaac Chan (Clare 2023) on their debut at London’s @wigmore_hall yesterday as part of the @camunicmp Showcase Concert 👏
  • 📣 2 days left to apply! Job Vacancies with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge for the 2026-2027 academic year

Applications open for the role of Choir Administrator, and the role of Lay Clerk and Librarian, with the internationally-renowned mixed-voice Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross. 

🔹 Choir Administrator (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/choir-administrator)
🔹 Lay Clerk and Choir Librarian (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/lay-clerkship-and-choir-librarian)

🗓️ Closing date for entries: 9am, 30 April 2026

@choirofclarecollege @clarecollege
  • Wonderful to sing Choral Evensong today at @westminsterabbeylondon, performing Howells, Walton and @lucywalker.music.  Thank you to all who joined us!

👀 Our choral services resume at @clarecollege this Thursday. Check out our Easter Termcard here: https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • 📣 BBC Proms launch day! Wonderful as always to have so many @clarecollege @choirofclarecollege alumni featured throughout the season. @josephinestephenson_ is commissioned for First Night of the Proms, Nicholas Collon conducts @auroraorchestra in Mahler 1 from memory, @heloisewerner receives a BBC commission for @fantasiaorchestra, Robin Ticciati conducts ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ with @glyndebourne, @tessjacksonconductor conducts @bbcconcertorchestra in winners of BBC Young Composer competition, and @andrewmanze587 conducts @liverpool_philharmonic. #Proms #BBCProms #ClareCollege #Clarealumni
  • Join us next week at @westminsterabbeylondon on Monday 27 April at 5pm for a special Choral Evensong as part of our ongoing @clarecollege 700th anniversary musical celebrations. @mrgrahamross conducts us in Responses by @lucywalker.music, Howells canticles in b minor, and Walton’s ‘Where does the uttered music go’? All welcome. 

#Clare #Clare700 #EasterTerm #WestminsterAbbey #ChoralEvensong
  • One month to go!! Join us for what is possibly the largest assembled group to date of Clare musicians past and present 😊 

Celebrating 700 years of Clare College

HAYDN The Creation

Massed alumni of Clare College
Philippa Boyle, soprano
Simon Wall, tenor
Ed Ballard, bass
Graham Ross, conductor

Sunday 10 May 2026, 5.15pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Tickets £20 (£10 students) from ADC Box Office
https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/the-creation/

150+ @ClareCollege @ClareChoir musicians past and present on stage today to mark our 700th birthday. It’s going to be quite something!!

Last few tickets, West Road Concert Hall, 5.15pm https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/the-creation/ or on the door!

#HaydnCreation #Clare700

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