Event Category: Engagements
Choral Evensong – 19th Century: Agnes and Margaret Smith
VOLUNTARY Brahms 11 Choral Preludes, Op. 122: v. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele INTROIT Farrenc Ô Père qu’adore mon Père RESPONSES Cecilia McDowall PSALM 121 (Walford Davies) CANTICLES Beach in A ANTHEM Brahms Warum ist das Licht gegeben PREACHER Professor Simon Gathercole HYMNS 468 (Marching); 435 (St Gertrude) VOLUNTARY C. Schumann Prelude and Fugue in […]
Choral Evensong
VOLUNTARY Sigurður Sævarsson Tears of Stone INTROIT Duruflé Ubi caritas RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 53 (Stanford) READINGS John XI: 45–55; John XII: 1–11 CANTICLES Sigurður Sævarsson ANTHEM Cardoso Nos autem gloriari HYMN 76 (Breslau) VOLUNTARY Alain Le jardin suspendu, JA 71
Compline
INTROIT Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson Ave Maria PSALM 4 READING Matthew XI: 25–30 ANTHEM Tarik O’Regan Care charminge Sleepe
Choral Evensong
VOLUNTARY Bankole (Clare 1961) Toccata INTROIT Bankole (Clare 1961) Òrìșà bí òfun kò sí RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 71 (Gray; Silorn) READINGS John XII: 12–19; 20–36 CANTICLES Blair in b ANTHEM Bankole (Clare 1961) Adura fun Alafia (Prayer for Peace) HYMN 82 (Song 46) VOLUNTARY Bankole (Clare 1961) Fugue
Choral Evensong – 20th Century: Siegfried Sassoon
VOLUNTARY Demessieux Attende Domine INTROIT Graham Ross (Clare 2003) Secret Music RESPONSES Leighton PSALM 46 (adapt. from Luther) CANTICLES Denis Browne (Clare 1911) in A ANTHEM Giles Swayne The Dug-Out PREACHER Professor Michael Hurley HYMNS 423 (O waly waly); 376 (Kingsfold) VOLUNTARY J. S. Bach Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733
Great Hall Concert
TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2026, 7.45 P.M. GREAT HALL, CLARE COLLEGE Tickets £20 (£10 students) : www.adcticketing.com BENJAMIN BRITTEN SINFONIETTA, OP. 1 REJOICE IN THE LAMB, OP. 30 (orch. IMOGEN HOLST) ST NICOLAS, OP. 42 Instrumentalists from across Cambridge University and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge perform three of Britten’s masterpieces, marking 50 years after […]
Choral Evensong
VOLUNTARY Byrd My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home INTROIT Gibbons Drop, drop, slow tears RESPONSES Joshua Pacey (Clare 2013) PSALM 114 (anon.) READINGS John XII: 37–41; 42–50 CANTICLES Ives Edington Service ANTHEM Joshua Pacey (Clare 2013) Now the day is over HYMN 443 (Gopsal) VOLUNTARY J. S. Bach Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529: i. Allegro
Choral Evensong – 21st Century: Looking forward
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 […]
Choral Evensong
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
Choral Evensong
VOLUNTARY J. S. Bach Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529: ii. Largo INTROIT Tchaikovsky The Crown of Roses (Legend) RESPONSES Smith PSALM 1 (Ley) READINGS John XIII: 31–38; John XIV 1–14 CANTICLES Howells Collegium Regale ANTHEM Byrd Ne irascaris, Domine & Civitas sancti tui HYMN 467 (Wiltshire) VOLUNTARY J. S. Bach Trio Sonata in C, […]

