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13th December 2025

Sinfonia Smith Square

7:30pm

The Choir of Clare College return to Smith Square Hall for their annual Christmas concert, presenting a programme of familiar and new Christmas choral music and celebrating the music of former Director of Music Sir John Rutter in his 80th birthday year.

 

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Dmitri Ensemble

John Rutter | conductor

Graham Ross | conductor

Saturday 13th December, 7.30pm

Sinfonia Smith Square, London

 

18th December 2025

Wiltshire Music Centre

7:00pm

The Choir return to Wiltshire Music Centre with their new Christmas programme: ‘Christmas with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge’, featuring a selection of beloved choral Christmas music spanning 9 centuries.

 

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Evie Perfect | piano

Jacob Costard | piano

Graham Ross | conductor

Thursday 18th December 2025, 7pm

Social Media

  • 📣 Very last few tickets remaining for our concerts next week in Belgium and Netherlands with @mrgrahamross! 

🗓️ Fri 19.12, 20:30 @fermedubiereau, Louvain-la-Neuve 🇧🇪 (https://www.laferme.be/event/christmas-with-the-choir-of-clare-college-cambridge-100/register)

🗓️ Sat 20.12, 19:30 Sint-Catharinakerk, Heusden 🇳🇱 (https://heusdenvestingklassiek.nl/kerstconcert/)

🗓️ Sun 21.12, 11:00 @concertgebouw, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 (https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/concerts/7407988-christmas-with-choir-of-clare-college-cambridge)
  • 📣 📻 Radio announcements! All our forthcoming concerts at @sinfoniasmithsq @olemcambridge @wiltshiremusic and @concertgebouw are now fully sold out 😊
But for those who missed out on tickets, we’ll be performing live on @bbcradio3 In Tune with @mrgrahamross at BBC Broadcasting House on 17 December at 5pm, presented by @petroc_trelawny, and our concert this week at @sinfoniasmithsq with The Dmitri Ensemble celebrating @johnrutter.composer will be broadcast on @classicfm on Christmas Eve at 5pm, hosted by @zebsoanes. The perfect start to Christmas!

🎄 📻
  • 🎥 💿 One week to go until the deluxe Christmas Edition of our new album ‘John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration’, is released! Stream / Download / Listen: lnk.to/RutterChristmas

John Rutter: Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
The Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross, conductor
  • 🙏 The closing Amen of our performance of Handel’s Messiah last night with the magnificent @orchestraoftheageenlightenment and soloists @marycbevan @hugh.cutting @jameswaytenor JonathanBrown, conducted by @mrgrahamross. Thank you to all who came!

#ClareCollege #ClareChoir #Messiah
  • “Ther is no rose of swych vertu as is the rose that bare Jhesu;
Alleluia.”

The opening of the beautiful anonymous 15th century carol, as performed at our Advent Carol Service this weekend.

🎥 Watch the whole-service again here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS7FmoOa_1g

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
  • 🕯️ Advent Carol Service from the Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge
Sunday 30 November 2025, 6pm GMT

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Evie Perfect, Sir William McKie Senior Organ Scholar
Jacob Costard Junior Organ Scholar

📖 Order of Service, with all texts and translations, in link above and here: https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-11/Advent%20Carol%20Service%202025.pdf

🎥 LiveStreamed on YouTube and available after: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS7FmoOa_1g
  • A Clare College Christmas
Saturday 6 December 2025, 4pm
Tickets £10, which includes a glass of mulled wine! 🎄🍷 
Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor 

🎫 https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/a-clare-college-christmas/
  • 9️⃣ days to go! 🎺 Handel MESSIAH in concert next week, Tuesday 2 December, 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge. Tickets £10-£30 https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/messiah-clare-college-choir/

Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Graham Ross | conductor
Mary Bevan | soprano
Hugh Cutting | countertenor
James Way | tenor
Jonathan Brown | bass

@choirofclarecollege @orchestraoftheageenlightenment @mrgrahamross @marycbevan @hugh.cutting @jameswaytenor @westroadconcerthall @cambridgeuniversity @camunicmp #Handel #Messiah #concert
  • 🎥 💿 New single! The first track from the forthcoming deluxe ✨ Christmas Edition ✨ of our new album ‘John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration’, is released today!
➡️ Stream / Download / Listen: lnk.to/RutterChristmas 

John Rutter: Mary’s Lullaby
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
The Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross, conductor

🔔#Bells #Noels and #Candlelight fill tomorrow’s #SoundsSacred at 5. Do join me @bbcradioulster/@BBCSounds with @CovCathChorus @HuddsChoral @Bryn_Terfel @garrettsgossip @GrimethorpeBand @rendcollective @TrinCollChoir @ClareChoir @WinCathedral and more.

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