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19th May 2026

Choral Evensong sung with the Children’s Choir of St Luke’s and Christ Church, Chelsea

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY   Stanford A Little Organ Book: ii. Chorale Prelude ‘Why does azure deck the sky?’
INTROIT  Willan Rise up, my love
RESPONSES  Radcliffe
PSALM  68: 1-10 (Goss)
READINGS  John XVII: 1-19; 20-26
CANTICLES  Stanford in B flat
ANTHEM  Sir John Rutter (Clare 1964) For the beauty of the earth
HYMN  134 (St Magnus)
VOLUNTARY  J.S. Bach Toccata in d, BWV 565

21st May 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY  J.S. Bach Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 714
INTROIT  Byrd Diliges Dominum
RESPONSES  Radcliffe
PSALM  139: 1-18 (Turle; Turle)
READINGS  John XVII: 1-19; 20-26
CANTICLES  Tavener Collegium Regale
ANTHEM  Graham Ross (Clare 2003) …the precious pearl…
HYMN  131 (Ach Gott und Herr)
VOLUNTARY  Buxtehude Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177

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  • 👏 O clap your hands! It’s been wonderful to have had four of the composers featured in our services this week with us in person! 📸 On Compline, we performed Kate Sagovsky (@tunesandspokes)’s ‘Rest,’ at Compline, which sets words by 98-year old Clare English Fellow Terry Moore. We welcomed back former Clare Choir Lay Clerk @dom.w23 Dominic Wallis as soloist, and were delighted to have both Terry’s wife Chris and Kate’s Father-in-law Nicholas Sagovsky (former Dean of Clare and Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey) with us too. 📸 At Thursday’s Choral Evensong we welcomed @laurasheils4 from Dublin as we performed her anthem ‘Regina Caeli’, and @joforbesmusic whose Preces and Responses we have been singing this week. 📸 At tonight’s Choral Evensong we were delighted to be joined again by @mcdowall.cecilia as we performed her ‘O clap your hands Reimagined’ as our anthem. It’s always exciting to perform some of the latest music that’s being added to the canon, and even more special when its composers are with us in person! 🎥 Watch tonight’s service again on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/DAO5G77Wdfo?si=s4eO-RgOwORq5xub @mrgrahamross @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege @chapelofclarecollege #MusicatClare
  • What an incredible weekend we had celebrating 700 years of @clarecollege! More than 150 Clare musicians past and present on one stage together to perform Haydn’s Creation, with soloists @philippa.boyle @simonthetenor @edbllrd, conducted by @mrgrahamross. Instrumentalists, including those from @bbcsymphonyorchestra @londonmozartplayers @brittensinfonia1 @auroraorchestra @orchestraoftheageenlightenment (to name but a few) who all began their journeys at Clare, formed a stellar orchestra to support a 120-strong chorus of @choirofclarecollege alumni and current Choral Scholars. The weekend included the annual Clare Choir Alumni Association Dinner in Great Hall, beginning with a new Grace written for the occasion by Graham Ross. A thrilling highlight of our year-long celebrations. Our eighth century begins! #Clare #Clare700 #ClareMusic #ClareChoirAlumniAssociation #Creation
  • 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

clarechoir Clare College Choir @clarechoir ·
13 May

What an incredible weekend we had celebrating 700 years of @clarecollege! More than 150 Clare musicians past and present on one stage together to perform Haydn’s Creation, conducted by @mrgrahamross. Our eighth decade begins!

#Clare #Clare700 #ClareMusic

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