Clare’s musical life
is so rich and varied
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
VENI EMMANUEL: Music for Advent
Harmonia Mundi USA CD release tour
Programme:
Plainsong: Veni, veni Emmanuel (4′)
Antiphon I: O Sapientia
Robert Ramsey (c.1590-1644) O Sapientia
Herbert Howells (1892-1983): The fear of the Lord
Antiphon II: O Adonai
William Byrd (c. 1539-1623): Vigilate
Roderick Williams (b. 1965): O Adonai et Dux domus Israel
Antiphon III: O Radix Jesse
Stanley Vann (1910-2010): There is a flow’r sprung of a tree
Elizabeth Poston (1905-87): Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Herbert Howells (1892-1983): A Spotless Rose
Antiphon IV: O Clavis David
John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558): Audivi vocem de caelo
Vytautas Miškinis (b. 1954): O Clavis David
Traditional: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
- interval -
Antiphon V: O Oriens
Benjamin Britten (1913-76): A Hymn to the Virgin
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): O Morgenstern
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47): When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem
Antiphon VI: O Rex Gentium
John Rutter (b. 1946): O Rex Gentium first concert performance
Peter Warlock (1894-1930): Bethlehem Down
Graham Ross (b. 1985): I sing of a maiden
Antiphon VII: O Emmanuel
John Tavener (b. 1944): God is with us
Herbert Howells: Magnificat from Gloucester Service
Traditional arr. Graham Ross: O come, O come, Emmanuel
Clare Parish Church
Clare
Suffolk
CO10 8NY
United Kingdom
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Clare Baroque (Margaret Faultless | leader)
Graham Ross | conductor)
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232
Alice Halstead, Janneke Dupre, Caroline Meinhardt, Sophie Horrocks, Gabrielle Haigh | sopranos
Abigail Gostick, Kiki Betts-Dean, Emma Simmons | alto
Alexander Walmsley, Christopher Loyn | tenor
James Proctor, Elliot Fitzgerald | bass
Clare College Great Hall
Tuesday 5 December 2013, 7.30pm
Tickets available from Clare College Old Court Porters' Lodge.
Tickets: £20; £10 (Students, Clare Fellows & Staff)
BBC Radio 3 - In Tune
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Listen to 'In Tune' with Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3 for a live broadcast and interview with the choir in promotion of their December concert engagements and latest CD recording.
Earth Song: Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Aurora Orchestra (Nicholas Collon | conductor)
Andrew Staples | tenor/stage director
Jane Irwin | soprano
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Graham Ross | conductor)
The choir joins forces with the Aurora Orchestra in a programme that includes a semi-staged performance of Britten's 'Rejoice in the Lamb', the UK premiere of Ian Farrington's orchestral arrangement of Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erder' and a performance of Tears for Fears' 'Mad World' for choir and orchestra.
Tears For Fears (arr. Gary Jules Michael Andrews Iain Farrington) Mad World
Britten (arr Imogen Holst) Rejoice in the Lamb
Mahler (arr Iain Farrington) Das Lied von der Erde
LSO St. Luke's - London
Tickets: £12 £18 £25 £30 (20% student discount)
http://lso.co.uk/aurora-orchestra-earth-song
Earth Song: Britten - 'Rejoice in the Lamb'
Aurora Orchestra (Nicholas Collon | conductor)
Andrew Staples | tenor/stage director
Jane Irwin | soprano
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Graham Ross | conductor)
The choir joins forces with the Aurora Orchestra in a programme that includes a semi-staged performance of Britten's 'Rejoice in the Lamb', the UK premiere of Ian Farrington's orchestral arrangement of Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erder' and a performance of Tears for Fears' 'Mad World' for choir and orchestra.
Tears For Fears (arr. Gary Jules Michael Andrews Iain Farrington) Mad World
Britten (arr Imogen Holst) Rejoice in the Lamb
Mahler (arr Iain Farrington) Das Lied von der Erde
The Apex - Bury St. Edmunds
Tickets: £21, £18, £2 discount for concessions, Under 25s £5
Victoria - Requiem a 6
The choir performs Victoria's Requiem a 6, coupled with his motet Versa est in luctum as part of the Vigil for All Souls Day service.
Free Admission (Chapel Service)
Summer tours with the European Union Baroque Orchestra
Concerts:
3 August - Brugge
29 August - Milan
31 August - Utrecht
1 September - Hagen
2 September - Darmstadt
3 September - London
Director & organ Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Countertenor Alex Potter
Concertmaster Zefira Valova
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Director of Music Graham Ross)
All concerts featuring works by G F Handel (1685-1759):
Zadok the Priest HWV 258
Birthday Ode for Queen Anne HWV 74
My heart is inditing HWV 261
Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 in B flat HWV 313
Let thy hand be strengthened HWV 259
The King shall rejoice HWV 260
Te Deum HWV 278
Jubilate HWV 279
More information can be found on the EUBO webpage: http://www.eubo.eu/calendar/2013/August/brugge
Fringe in the Fen Festival
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Joy Lisney | ‘cello
The Choir of Clare College presents an unmissable programme to open the 2013 Fringe in the Fen Festival. They will perform 'Music for Passiontide': beautiful a cappella works for Holy Week spanning across the centuries, including works for choir and cello by Tarik O'Regan and the UK premiere of 'Before Dawn' by Cecilia McDowall.
Saturday 6 July, 8.00pm
Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Fenstanton
Tickets £15, Concessions £12
Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral
CHORAL EVENSONG, 5.00pm
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
PSALM 103
MAGNIFICAT A. Gabrieli a 12
NUNC DIMITIS Josquin
ANTHEM Elgar The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
VOLUNTARY Prelude from Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Stabat Mater: Music for Passiontide
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Peter Harrison, Matthew Jorysz | organ
Stabat Mater: Music for Passiontide
Plainchants interspersed with music including:
Leighton - Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Tallis - In ieunio et fletu
Stainer - God so loved the world
Bach - Er nahm alles wohl in acht
Byrd - Ave verum corpus
Tallis - Salvator mundi I
Mozart - Fugue in G minor, K.401/375e (organ duet)
Bruckner - Christus factus est
Friday 28 June 2013, 7.30 p.m
Dingley Church
Tickets: Concert: £25 (Friends of Music of Dingley:£22) Supper:£16 (Friends of Music of Dingley:£13)
