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15th March 2026

Choral Evensong – 21st Century: Looking forward

6:00pm

VOLUNTARY Alain Chant donnée, JA 37
INTROIT Luca Zucchi (Clare 2021) Drop, drop, slow tears
RESPONSES Joshua Pacey (Clare 2013) *
PSALM 23 (Turle)
CANTICLES Graham Ross (Clare 2003) Clare Service
ANTHEM Nico Muhly Reaching Farther (world premiere)
PREACHER The Dean
HYMNS 77 (University); 466 (Moscow)
VOLUNTARY Graham Ross (Clare 2003) Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir

17th March 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY Ireland Sursum corda
INTROIT Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse Dyevo
RESPONSES Smith
PSALM 80 (Holden)
READINGS John XIII: 1–17; 18–30
CANTICLES Arvo Pärt
ANTHEM Arvo Pärt The Deer’s Cry
HYMN 159 (St Patrick’s Breastplate)
VOLUNTARY Stanford Six short preludes and postludes, Op. 101: v. Andante maestoso in G

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  • ➡️➡️ 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
  • 📣 Change of artist Due to leg injuries, Andrew Staples has sadly had to withdraw from our concert performance of Britten St Nicolas next Tuesday. We all wish him a swift recovery. We are delighted to welcome tenor Andrew Kennedy to perform with us. Andrew studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London, was a member of the Young Artists Programme at Covent Garden and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. He won the Rosenblatt Recital Prize in the 2005 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and was awarded a Borletti Trust Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists Award in 2006. His 2013 recording of Saint Nicolas received rave reviews: “Kennedy is a gripping Nicolas, palpably a man of practical Christian action, though careful not to over-project operatically...he has a storyteller’s subtlety and sensitivity”. Tuesday 10 March, 7.45pm Great Hall, Clare College, Cambridge Andrew Kennedy, tenor Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Instrumentalists from across Cambridge University 🎫 Final tickets: https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/britten-st-nicolas/
  • At our services this week we remember and give thanks for the life of Robert Rice, who died on Thursday. Berty, as he was known, was appointed to Clare as a singing teacher in 2011. Over fifteen years he taught countless Choral Scholars at Clare, continuing with many of them after their graduation as part of his flourishing private teaching practice in London. A magnificent and highly-respected teacher, he shared his extensive knowledge, expertise and talents with everyone who was fortunate to study with him. His last days were spent teaching his students at Clare and other other Colleges in Cambridge. Director of Music Graham Ross writes: “To my mind, Berty embodied everything that it means to teach: the generous imparting of knowledge, a bespoke care and attention to every individual in his roster, an expectation of excellence combined with an easy-going approach, and a dedicated nurturing that always saw the long game and was never ever about him. He was also, naturally, hugely fun company for us all at so many sun-kissed end of year dinners. I am so grateful for having known him, and that hundreds of my students past and present got to benefit from his brilliance, dedication, knowledge, and kindness. We will all miss him so much.” We are hugely saddened at the loss of such a wonderful teacher, colleague, and friend. Rest in peace, Berty.
  • Nineteenth-century week in our @clarecollege 700th anniversary celebrations 🎉 Brahms, the Schumanns, and the Sisters of Sinai… #Clare700 #ClareCollege #ClareChoir @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege @mrgrahamross
  • Tomorrow!! 🔹JS Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 🔸Nystedt: Immortal Bach 🔹JS Bach: Cantata BWV 150 🔸Durante: Magnficat Live in @chapelofclarecollege from 5.25pm 🎥 LiveStreamed at https://www.youtube.com/live/NS1A2c-uKMs?si=Dqkwo_SXvPj2pkBy #Clare700 #ClareCollege #ChoirofClareCollege #Clare #CantataEvensong @clarecollege @chapelofclarecollege @choirofclarecollege @mrgrahamross
  • J. S. BACH! ❤️ Join us this Sunday for our special 18th-century celebration and Bach Cantata Evensong, from 5.25pm! #Clare700 #ClareCollege #JSBach #Cantata #Clare @clarecollege @choirofclarecollege @mrgrahamross
  • Rise heart ❤️ Strozzi songs, Eliot set by Stravinsky, Pelham Humfrey canticles, and Vaughan Williams’ Mystical Songs 👌🏻 Join us this Sunday for our 17th-century focus as part of our ongoing 700th anniversary celebrations! #Clare700 #ClareCollege #ClareChoir #Cambridge #choir @choirofclarecollege @chapelofclarecollege @clarecollege @mrgrahamross

clarechoir Clare College Choir @clarechoir ·
9 Mar

📣 Tomorrow! Our celebration of Benjamin Britten as part of our 700th anniversary series 🎶

Instrumentalists from across @Cambridge_Uni & @ClareChoir perform 3 of Britten’s masterpieces, with tenor Andrew Kennedy & conductor @mrgrahamross

Final 🎫: https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/britten-st-nicolas/

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