Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and conductor Graham Ross return to Bury St Edmunds with a programme that explores the rich tapestry of polychoral Renaissance works by composers closely associated with the city of Rome, interspersed with English motets, partsongs and childhood lyrics. Victoria’s double-choir Missa Ave Regina caelorum and Lassus’s thrilling 10-part Eastertide Magnificat super ‘Aurora lucis rutilat’ are heard alongside Stanford’s The blue bird, Graham Ross’s arrangement of Abide with me, and John Rutter’s mischievous The owl and the pussycat. The concert begins with Allegri’s famous Miserere, composed for the Sistine Chapel during the 1630s, and closes with English works in celebration of music itself, including Edward Naylor’s soaring hymn How shall I sing that majesty. This is truly life-affirming music – join us for an unforgettable sonic experience.

GREGORIO ALLEGRI (c. 1582-1652) Miserere