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14th May 2026

Morning Anthem for Ascension Day, Old Court

8:45am

Weelkes All people, clap your hands

14th May 2026

Choral Evensong

6:15pm

VOLUNTARY  Hurford Laudate Dominum iv. Scherzo
INTROIT  Finzi God is gone up
RESPONSES Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange
PSALM  47 (Monk)
READINGS  Daniel VII: 9-14; Acts I: 1-11
CANTICLES  Dyson in D
ANTHEM  Laura Sheils Regina caeli
HYMN  130 (Llanfair)
VOLUNTARY  Lemmens Fanfare

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  • What an incredible weekend we had celebrating 700 years of @clarecollege! More than 150 Clare musicians past and present on one stage together to perform Haydn’s Creation, with soloists @philippa.boyle @simonthetenor @edbllrd, conducted by @mrgrahamross. Instrumentalists, including those from @bbcsymphonyorchestra @londonmozartplayers @brittensinfonia1 @auroraorchestra @orchestraoftheageenlightenment (to name but a few) who all began their journeys at Clare, formed a stellar orchestra to support a 120-strong chorus of @choirofclarecollege alumni and current Choral Scholars. The weekend included the annual Clare Choir Alumni Association Dinner in Great Hall, beginning with a new Grace written for the occasion by Graham Ross. A thrilling highlight of our year-long celebrations. 

Our eighth century begins!

#Clare #Clare700 #ClareMusic #ClareChoirAlumniAssociation #Creation
  • Join us at 8.45am tomorrow (Thursday) as we perform Thomas Weelkes’ ‘All people, clap your hands’ to greet Ascension Day morning, performed (for the first time in 6 years) outdoors in a blissfully-scaffolding-free Old Court! 
@clarecollege #AscensionDay
  • 🎫 Last few tickets!!

Haydn’s The Creation, this coming Sunday 10 May at 5.15pm in @westroadconcerthall in Cambridge, performed by a massed choir and orchestra comprised of more than 150 @clarecollege and @choirofclarecollege alumni - probably the largest assembled group of Clare musicians past and present, with soloists @philippa.boyle @simonthetenor and @edbllrd, conducted by @mrgrahamross.

Final tickets (£20, £10 students): https://www.adcticketing.com/whats-on/concert/the-creation/

#haydn #creation #Clare700 #choiralumni #concert
  • Drinks in the Scholars’ Garden last night after our Choral Evensong of polychoral works by Palestrina, Lassus, Howells and Monteverdi 👌🏻 

Join us this Easter Term for a wonderful series of choral services, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays: 📖 https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • Congratulations to former Clare Organ Scholar Daniel Blaze (Clare 2022) and current third-year Clare Music student Isaac Chan (Clare 2023) on their debut at London’s @wigmore_hall yesterday as part of the @camunicmp Showcase Concert 👏
  • 📣 2 days left to apply! Job Vacancies with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge for the 2026-2027 academic year

Applications open for the role of Choir Administrator, and the role of Lay Clerk and Librarian, with the internationally-renowned mixed-voice Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross. 

🔹 Choir Administrator (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/choir-administrator)
🔹 Lay Clerk and Choir Librarian (https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/about/careers/current-vacancies/lay-clerkship-and-choir-librarian)

🗓️ Closing date for entries: 9am, 30 April 2026

@choirofclarecollege @clarecollege
  • Wonderful to sing Choral Evensong today at @westminsterabbeylondon, performing Howells, Walton and @lucywalker.music.  Thank you to all who joined us!

👀 Our choral services resume at @clarecollege this Thursday. Check out our Easter Termcard here: https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Easter%20Termcard%202026.pdf
  • 📣 BBC Proms launch day! Wonderful as always to have so many @clarecollege @choirofclarecollege alumni featured throughout the season. @josephinestephenson_ is commissioned for First Night of the Proms, Nicholas Collon conducts @auroraorchestra in Mahler 1 from memory, @heloisewerner receives a BBC commission for @fantasiaorchestra, Robin Ticciati conducts ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ with @glyndebourne, @tessjacksonconductor conducts @bbcconcertorchestra in winners of BBC Young Composer competition, and @andrewmanze587 conducts @liverpool_philharmonic. #Proms #BBCProms #ClareCollege #Clarealumni
  • Join us next week at @westminsterabbeylondon on Monday 27 April at 5pm for a special Choral Evensong as part of our ongoing @clarecollege 700th anniversary musical celebrations. @mrgrahamross conducts us in Responses by @lucywalker.music, Howells canticles in b minor, and Walton’s ‘Where does the uttered music go’? All welcome. 

#Clare #Clare700 #EasterTerm #WestminsterAbbey #ChoralEvensong

What an incredible weekend we had celebrating 700 years of @clarecollege! More than 150 Clare musicians past and present on one stage together to perform Haydn’s Creation, conducted by @mrgrahamross. Our eighth decade begins!

#Clare #Clare700 #ClareMusic

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