Clare Choir
has been at
the very heart
of my
experience
of Cambridge
07 July 2018
7.30pm
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
01 July 2018
7.30pm
Beaminster Festival, St Mary's Church, Beaminster
30 June 2018
6.00pm
Moulins Cathedral, France
29 June 2018
8.00pm
Musiques Vivantes Festival, Vichy, France
28 June 2018
8.30pm
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
25 June 2018
8.00pm
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
11 May 2018
7.30pm
Haydn's Nelson Mass - Wiltshire Music Club
17 April 2018
7.30pm
St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and conductor Graham Ross return to Bury St Edmunds with a programme that explores the rich tapestry of polychoral Renaissance works by composers closely associated with the city of Rome, interspersed with English motets, partsongs and childhood lyrics. Victoria’s double-choir Missa Ave Regina caelorum and Lassus’s thrilling 10-part Eastertide Magnificat super ‘Aurora lucis rutilat’ are heard alongside Stanford’s The blue bird, Graham Ross’s arrangement of Abide with me, and John Rutter’s mischievous The owl and the pussycat. The concert begins with Allegri’s famous Miserere, composed for the Sistine Chapel during the 1630s, and closes with English works in celebration of music itself, including Edward Naylor’s soaring hymn How shall I sing that majesty. This is truly life-affirming music – join us for an unforgettable sonic experience.
24 March 2018
7.30pm
St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
‘In peace’
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and conductor Graham Ross explore the theme of peace across the centuries, and how composers from around the world have responded to it in their writing for unaccompanied voices. With works from the UK, Estonia, France and Iceland, the programme includes Nunc dimittis settings by Josquin des Prez, Christopher Tye and Gustav Holst, and James MacMillan’s recent stunning setting of the famous Miserere text.
ROBERT RAMSEY (c. 1590–1644) How are the mighty fallen
JOHN BLITHEMAN (1525–91) In Pace
GRAHAM ROSS (b. 1985) Come to me in the silence of the night
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT (1936–2012) A Good-Night
ARVO PÄRT (b. 1935) Spiegel im Spiegel
JUDITH BINGHAM (b. 1952) The Drowned Lovers
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852–1924) The blue bird
- Interval -
JOSQUIN DES PREZ (c. 1450/55–1521) Nunc dimittis
JOHN SHEPPARD (c. 1515–58) In Pace
JAMES MACMILLAN (b. 1959) Miserere
CHRISTOPHER TYE (1505–72) Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
SIGURÐUR SÆVARSSON (b. 1963) Nunc dimittis
HOWARD SKEMPTON (b. 1947) He wishes for the cloths of heaven
GUSTAV HOLST (1874–1934) Nunc dimittis
Tickets available from: www.liveatstwilfrids.co.uk or 01925 263183
23 March 2018
6.00pm
Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri: Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge
