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Tuesday 19 December 2017 7.30pm

St John's, Smith Square, London

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Eleanor Carter, Ashley Chow | organ
Graham Ross | conductor

Of one that is so fair and bright

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and their director Graham Ross present a sumptuous Christmas programme in praise of the Virgin Mary and the coming of the light. Renaissance masterpieces, including Tallis's sublime 'Videte miraculum’ and Hieronymus Praetorius’s Christmas Magnificat (performed with its original interpolated carols) sit alongside more recent seasonal works, including much-loved motets by Howells, Britten, Tavener, and Rutter, two world premières by Joshua Pacey and Graham Ross, and some highly-catchy arrangements guaranteed to put you in the festive mood. A perfect start to the Christmas season.

Programme

THOMAS TALLIS (c. 1505–85) Videte miraculum

PLAINSONG Verbum supernum prodiens

WILLIAM BYRD (c. 1539/40–1623) Vigilate

HOWARD SKEMPTON (b. 1947) Adam lay ybounden

RICHARD WILBERFORCE (b. 1985) Remember Bethlehem

CECILIA MCDOWALL (b. 1951) Now may we singen

HIERONYMUS PRAETORIUS (1560–1629) Magnificat quinti toni (with Josef lieber and In dulci jubilo)

JOHN TAVENER (1944–2013) Today the Virgin

JOHN TAVENER God is with us

- interval -

CHARLES WOOD (1866–1926) Hail, gladdening light!

TRADITIONAL Gaudete

JOHN JOUBERT (b. 1927) Torches

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–76) A Hymn to the Virgin

PIERRE VILLETTE (1926–98) Hymne à la Vierge

JOSHUA PACEY (b. 1995) I sing of a maiden (world première)

TRADITIONAL arr. DAVID WILLCOCKS (1919–2015) The infant king

JOHN RUTTER (b. 1945) What sweeter music

WILL TODD (b. 1970) My Lord has come

FRANZ GRÜBER (1787–1863) arr. GRAHAM ROSS (b. 1985) Silent night (world première)

WILLIAM MATHIAS (1934–92) A babe is born

JAMES BURTON (b. 1974) Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Arr. JAMES MAWSON (b. 1988) Santa Baby

Tickets: £38/£28/£15/£10 from SJSS Box Office (https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/choir-clare-college-cambridge).

Thursday 21 December 2017 7.30pm

Leeds Howard Assembly Rooms

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Eleanor Carter, Ashley Chow | piano
Graham Ross | conductor

Of one that is so fair and bright

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and their director Graham Ross make their debut at the Howard Assembly Rooms with ‘Of one that is so fair and bright’, a sumptuous Christmas programme in praise of the Virgin Mary and the coming of the light. Renaissance masterpieces, including Tallis's sublime 'Videte miraculum’ and Hieronymus Praetorius’s Christmas Magnificat (performed with its original interpolated carols) sit alongside more recent seasonal works, including much-loved motets by Howells, Britten, Tavener, and Rutter, two world premières by Joshua Pacey and Graham Ross, and some highly-catchy arrangements guaranteed to put you in the festive mood. A perfect start to the Christmas season.

Programme

THOMAS TALLIS (c. 1505–85) Videte miraculum

PLAINSONG Verbum supernum prodiens

WILLIAM BYRD (c. 1539/40–1623) Vigilate

HOWARD SKEMPTON (b. 1947) Adam lay ybounden

RICHARD WILBERFORCE (b. 1985) Remember Bethlehem

CECILIA MACDOWALL (b. 1951) Now may we singen

HIERONYMUS PRAETORIUS (1560–1629) Magnificat quinti toni (with Josef lieber and In dulci jubilo)

JOHN TAVENER (1944–2013) Today the Virgin

JOHN TAVENER God is with us

- interval -

CHARLES WOOD (1866–1926) Hail, gladdening light!

TRADITIONAL Gaudete

JOHN JOUBERT (b. 1927) Torches

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–76) A Hymn to the Virgin

PIERRE VILLETTE (1926–98) Hymne à la Vierge

JOSHUA PACEY (b. 1995) I sing of a maiden (world première)

TRADITIONAL arr. DAVID WILLCOCKS (1919–2015) The infant king

JOHN RUTTER (b. 1945) What sweeter music

WILL TODD (b. 1970) My Lord has come

FRANZ GRÜBER (1787–1863) arr. GRAHAM ROSS (b. 1985) Silent night (world première)

WILLIAM MATHIAS (1934–92) A babe is born

JAMES BURTON (b. 1974) Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Arr. JAMES MAWSON (b. 1988) Santa Baby

Tickets: £22.50

https://www.operanorth.co.uk/productions/choir-of-clare-college-cambridge

Box Office 0844 848 2727

Wednesday 31 January 2018 7.30pm

Mozart Requiem - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Graham Ross | director)

Manchester Camerata

Ailish Tynan | soprano

Anna Harvey | mezzo soprano

Nicholas Mulroy | tenor

Keel Watson | bass

Gábor Takács-Nagy | conductor

Arvo Pärt Da Pacem Domine

Mozart Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 'Linz'

Mozart Requiem Mass in D minor

Mozart's sublime and moving Requiem is performed by the stunning Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and four outstanding soloists.

Tickets: £42-£17, concessions available (£7 student standby tickets available on the day)

https://tickets.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=36134

Saturday 10 March 2018 7.30pm

Loughborough University Martin Hall

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, Italy, France and Iceland, the programme includes Nunc dimittis settings by Arvo Pärt, Josquin des Prez and Gustav Holst, and both Gregorio Allegri and James MacMillan’s stunning settings of the famous Miserere text – two masterpieces set four centuries apart.

ARVO PÄRT (b. 1935) Nunc dimittis
JOHN BLITHEMAN (1525–91) In Pace

GREGORIO ALLEGRI (c. 1582–1652) Miserere

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT (1936–2012) A Good-Night
GRAHAM ROSS (b. 1985) Come to me in the silence of the night

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: £13|£10|£5

Tickets available from: https://www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk/events/2018/03/10/choir_of_clare_...

Box office number: 01509 231914

Thursday 22 March 2018 7.45pm

Bedford Music Club

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) Nunc dimittis

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 £18, £5, £2

available from enquiries@bedfordmusicclub.co.uk or call 01234 261811

Engagements

St John's, Smith Square, London

Leeds Howard Assembly Rooms

Mozart Requiem - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Loughborough University Martin Hall

Bedford Music Club

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