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21st April 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY  Willan Chorale Prelude on a melody by Gibbons
INTROIT  Britten The Evening Primrose
RESPONSES  Janet Wheeler
PSALM  74 (Garrett; Noble)
READINGS  John XV: 1-8: 9-17
CANTICLES  Gibbons Second Service
ANTHEM  Toby Matimong (Clare Choir 2016) The Lesson
HYMN  107 (Vulpius)
VOLUNTARY  Willan Chorale Prelude on a melody by Vulpius

27th April 2026

Choral Evensong

5:00pm

VOLUNTARY Howells Psalm Prelude Set 1, Op. 32: ii: But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth
RESPONSES Lucy Walker
PSALM  140 (Crotch, Harrison)
CANTICLES Howells in b
ANTHEM Walton Where does the uttered Music go?
VOLUNTARY J.S. Bach Prelude in b, BWV 544

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  • 📣 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/
  • 📣 @cambridgesummermusic 2026 Programme released today! We’re much looking forward to our concert on 4 July 2026 in the magnificent @olemcambridge in collaboration with Coro Clarière of @conservatorio_svizzeraitaliana from Lugano, Switzerland, with a once-in-a-lifetime programme of two polychoral Renaissance masterpieces: Thomas Tallis’s 40-part Spem in alium, and Alessandro Striggio’s 40-part Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno - complete with its huge 60-part Agnus Dei! 🗓️ General booking opens 26 April 🎫 Tickets: https://cambridgesummermusic.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173678144
  • Lent Term completed! What an amazing start to our 700th anniversary it has been. Our celebrations re-start next month when we sing Choral Evensong at @westminsterabbeylondon on Monday 27 April at 5pm, followed by the start of Easter Term back at @clarecollege. Good luck to all those award-holders auditioning for the Choir this coming week at the Choral Trials! Wishing all our friends and followers a happy Easter break.
  • 📣 Job Vacancies with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge for the 2026-2027 academic year Applications now 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: 30 April 2026 @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege
  • ➡️➡️ Looking Forwards, Reaching Farther What a term this has been! This coming Sunday, the final installment of our musical celebrations of @clarecollege’s 700th anniversary, with the world première of a major new commission by @nicomuhly at Choral Evensong, a recital by @hdieneswilliamssoprano and @gregmay2001, and featured works by recent Clare composers @mrgrahamross @l.zucchi47 @freya_waley_cohen @martincsuckling and @heloisewerner Join us from 5.25pm onwards 🕯️@chapelofclarecollege or 🎥 LiveStreamed on @youtube #Clare700 #ClareCollege #ChoirofClareCollege #LookingForwards #21stcentury
  • 📣 Tomorrow! Our celebration of Benjamin Britten as part of our 700th anniversary series 🎶 Instrumentalists from across @cambridgeuniversity and @choirofclarecollege perform three of Britten’s masterpieces, marking 50 years after the composer’s death in 1976. His first published work, Sinfonietta, and his setting of Christopher Smart’s extraordinary poem Rejoice in the Lamb, preface a performance of his 1948 cantata on the legendary life of St Nicolas. With tenor Andrew Kennedy and conductor @mrgrahamross. 🎫 Final few tickets remaining: https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/britten-st-nicolas/
  • Siegfried Sassoon, William Denis Browne, Herbert Howells, Graham Ross and Giles Swayne: a real musical feast this Sunday as our @clarecollege 700th anniversary celebrations reach the 20th century. Join us from 5.25pm onwards, LiveStreamed online on @youtube or in person at @chapelofclarecollege #Clare700 #ChoirofClareCollege #ClareCollege #SiegfriedSassoon #Clare

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Join us next week at @wabbey on Mon 27 April 5pm for a special Choral Evensong as part of our ongoing @ClareCollege 700th anniversary musical celebrations. @mrgrahamross conducts us in @lucywalkermusic, Howells, and Walton’s ‘Where does the uttered music go’? All welcome.

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