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18th February 2026

Ash Wednesday: Vigil with Imposition of Ashes

10:00pm

INTROIT Walton A litany
PSALM 51 (Allegri Miserere)
THE LENT PROSE plainsong
READING Matthew IV: 1–11
HYMN 67 (Aus der tiefe)

19th February 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY Frescobaldi Canzona
INTROIT Bruckner Locus iste
RESPONSES Ebdon
PSALM 61 (Bairstow)
READINGS John X: 1–10; 11–21
CANTICLES Héloïse Werner (Clare 2010) Magnificat; Victoria Nunc dimittis a 4
ANTHEM Bruckner Christus factus est
HYMN 160 (t. 190 (Coelites plaudant))
VOLUNTARY Langlais Hommage à Frescobaldi: viii. Épilogue

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  • 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
  • 40 parts united 😍 The final section of Thomas Tallis’ ‘Spem in alium’, performed in the round amidst our congregation at yesterday’s Choral Eucharist, welcoming back some recent @choirofclarecollege alumni to join us as part of our @clarecollege 700th anniversary celebrations. 🎥 Watch the full service at https://www.youtube.com/live/ewOhLNyoQZs?si=NyrQEblWQN_-FDpE Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Alumni of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Graham Ross, conductor #clarecollege #clarechoir #Tallis #choir #Clare
  • 700 years, celebrated with Taverner and 40-part Tallis, tonight! 🎶 5.25pm GMT Recital by @bruegel_consort 🕯️ 6pm GMT Choral Eucharist with @choirofclarecollege and Alumni Live in @chapelofclarecollege (early arrival recommended) 🎥 LiveStreamed at https://www.youtube.com/live/ewOhLNyoQZs?si=YhGgkcm3UvYXarVN 📖 Follow Recital programme and Order of Service online in 🔗 link above #Clare #Clare700 #anniversary #choirofclarecollege #ClareCollege @clarecollege @mrgrahamross
  • An eccentric alchemist 🧪, western wind 💨, and a 4️⃣0️⃣-part masterpiece All this Sunday for the third week of our musical celebrations of @clarecollege’s 700th anniversary, live from 5.25pm GMT in @chapelofclarecollege and LiveStreamed on YouTube #Clare700 #ClareCollege #ClareChoir #Eucharist #choir
  • The Gloria from Christopher Tye’s sublime Nunc dimittis at yesterday’s Choral Evensong. Catch up on the whole service on our Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/hKDwspM9nIY?si=bGWb-JaaxbSanpXE Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Graham Ross, conductor #Clare #ClareChoir #choir #Cambridge #Evensong @clarecollege @choirofclarecollege @chapelofclarecollege @mrgrahamross
  • Tonight in @chapelofclarecollege, from 5.25pm GMT or 🎥 LiveStreamed at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDwspM9nIY @ladyclaresconsort @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege @mrgrahamross #Clare700 #15thcentury #ChoralEvensong #Fayrfax #EtonChoirbook
  • Tuesday 10 March 2026, 7.45pm BENJAMIN BRITTEN Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (orch. Imogen Holst) St Nicolas, Op. 42 Andrew Staples, tenor Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Cambridge University instrumentalists Graham Ross, conductor Instrumentalists from across Cambridge University and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge 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. Tickets (£20, £10 students): https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/britten-st-nicolas/ @ajrstaples @choirofclarecollege @clarecollege @cambridgeuniversity @camunicmp @mrgrahamross
  • Continuing our 700th anniversary celebrations this Sunday in @chapelofclarecollege with a 15th-century focus! 🎶 5.25pm recital with @ladyclaresconsort 🕯️ 6pm Choral Evensong with music from the Eton Choirbook 🎥 also online via the YouTube LiveStream #Clare700 #HughLatimer #15thcentury #clarecollege #choir @clarecollege
  • A rarely-seen illuminated view of the von Beckerath organ in @chapelofclarecollege during its tuning today @clarecollege

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mrgrahamross Graham Ross @mrgrahamross ·
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Today marks 15.5 years that I’ve been @ClareCollege Director of Music. Which is precisely a mere HALF of the tenure of my predecessor, Tim Brown!

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