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17th May 2026

Choral Evensong

6:00pm

VOLUNTARY   J.S. Bach Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
INTROIT  Weelkes All people, clap your hands
RESPONSES  Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange
PSALM  147 (Longhurst)
READINGS  Acts I: 1-11; Hebrews VII: 23-28
CANTICLES  Leighton Second Service
ANTHEM  Cecilia McDowall O clap your hands re-imagined
HYMNS  486 (Fulda); 128 (Gonfalon Royal)
VOLUNTARY  Leighton Fanfare

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

Social Media

  • 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
  • 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

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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