The quantity and
quality of Music
at Clare seems
in retrospect almost
unbelievable
Wednesday 14 December 2016 8.00pm
Christmas Carols and Anthems
Clare College Chapel, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TL
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Nicholas Morris & Eleanor Carter | organ
Graham Ross | director
CHAPEL
Plainsong Antiphon: Hodie
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
Simon Preston: There is no rose
Michael Praetorius arr. Jan Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen
Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater
J.S. Bach: Wie schön leuchtet
Felix Mendelssohn: When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem
Trad. arr. Richard Allain: Coventry Carol
Trad. Cornish arr. John Rutter: Sans Day Carol
Trad. arr. Frederic Austin arr. Ian Humphris: The Twelve Days of Christmas
HALL
Trad. arr. Stuart Nicholson: Ding dong! Merrily on high
CAROL O come, all ye faithful
Johann Sebastian Bach: O Jesulein süß
arr. Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be
CAROL Good King Wenceslas
Trad. arr. Graham Ross: Still, Still, Still
Peter Warlock arr. Andrew Carter: Lullaby my Jesus
CAROL O little town of Bethlehem
Tickets: available from Clare College Porter's Lodge.
Mulled wine and mince pies included.
Sunday 27 November 2016 6.00pm
Second Advent Carol Service
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Nicholas Morris & Eleanor Carter | organ
The Advent Carol Service is held in the Chapel of Clare College each year, interspersing music with Biblical readings.
Clare College Chapel
Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TL
Tickets
Due to heavy demand, tickets for the Advent Carol Services are allocated by ballot.
Current College members will be invited to apply for tickets by the Chapel Administrator.
Alumni and members of the public who wish to attend should contact the Chapel
Administrator (email nr399@cam.ac.uk).
Saturday 26 November 2016 6.00pm
First Advent Carol Service
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Nicholas Morris & Eleanor Carter | organ
The Advent Carol Service is held in the Chapel of Clare College each year, interspersing music with Biblical readings.
Clare College Chapel
Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TL
Tickets
Due to heavy demand, tickets for the Advent Carol Services are allocated by ballot.
Current College members will be invited to apply for tickets by the Chapel Administrator.
Alumni and members of the public who wish to attend should contact the Chapel
Administrator (email nr399@cam.ac.uk).
Saturday 12 November 2016 8.00pm
Cambridge Music Festival
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Britten Sinfonia
Combined choirs of Jesus, Clare, Gonville & Caius, St Catharine’s and Selwyn colleges, and Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Mark Williams | conductor
Under the direction of Mark Williams the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge performs Elgar'sThe Dream of Gerontius together with the Cambridge Chapel Choirs of Jesus, Gonville & Caius, St Catherine's and Selwyn Colleges, Ely Cathedral Girls Choirs and Britten Sinfonia in the spectacular venue of Ely Cathedral.
Tickets: £16.00-£36.00
Available at
http://www.cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/events/elgar-the-dream-of-geront...
https://tickets.elycathedral.org/
Tickets are not refundable
Thursday 01 September 2016 2.00pm to Monday 19 September 2016 11.00pm
Tour to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia
Dates include:
4th September, Hong Kong University
5th September, Hong Kong City Hall
7th September, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Singapore
9th September, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Singapore - Concert with Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra
15th September, Petronas Filharmonik Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17th & 18th September, Petronas Filharmonik Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Concerts with Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday 31 August 2016 7.30pm
Bury St Edmunds
St. Mary's Church, Crown Street, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 1QU
The Choir of Clare College return to Bury St Edmunds to perform a programme of choral works spanning the centuries under the direction of Graham Ross. English work by Byrd and Purcell sit alongside Bach's motet 'Der Geist hilft' and Heinrich Schütz's double-choir Magnificat, with 20th century works of the Anglican choral repertoire by Holst, Harris, Bainton, Vaughan Williams and Tippett, including Benjamin Britten's 'A Hymn to St Cecilia'. The programme concludes with Gershwin's 'Summertime', a sumptuous arrangement of 'Nobody does it better' and Ward Swingle's popular 'Country Dances'.
Tickets £15, £20, £30
01284 769505
Tuesday 30 August 2016 7.00pm
St Andrew's Church, Stapleford
An opportunity to hear the choir in the intimate setting of St. Andrew’s church in a one hour programme with music by Bach, Byrd, Purcell, Holst, Rutter and others.
Glass of wine included in the ticket price (£12, under 16s £6)
Tickets available online or in church
Mingle Ln, Stapleford CB22 5SY
Saturday 09 July 2016 8.00pm
Fringe in the Fen Festival
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Tanya Houghton | harp
Michael Papadopoulos | piano/organ
Joseph Cowie | double bass
Graham Ross | director
The Choir of Clare College returns to Fenstanton once again under the direction of Festival Director Graham Ross for a programme of works drawn from the great English choral tradition that celebrate nature and landscapes, commemorating the 300th anniversary of Fenstanton’s most distinguished former inhabitant, Capability Brown. Joined by distinguished harpist Tanya Houghton, the Choir perform Holst's beautiful 'Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda' and Graham Ross's 'And since to look at things in bloom', a recent cycle of settings of five Renaissance poems, performed here for the first time in a version for choir and harp. In addition to other works by Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Nicholas Maw, and many others, pianist Michael Papadopoulos and double bassist Joe Cowie join forces with the Choir for John Rutter's jazz-inspired 'Birthday Madrigals', fittingly celebrating that other great anniversary of 2016: the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth.
Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fenstanton
Tickets £15
01480 352826
Sunday 03 July 2016 10.30am
Joint Eucharist with The Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge sing Choral Eucharist with the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris.
Saturday 02 July 2016 7.30pm
Joint Concert with The Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge perform together with the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris works by Francis Poulenc, Pierre Villet, Gabriel Fauré and many more in the intimate Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge.
Tickets £15, £10 (students, Clare Fellows & Staff)
Available on the door
