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God is gone up - Spitalfields Festival 2014
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | director
Peter Harrison & Matthew Jorysz | organ
‘God is gone up’
Philips Ascendit Deus
Hassler Omnes gentes, plaudite
Finzi God is gone up
*Brett Dean New work (London premiere)
Martin ‘Credo’ from Mass for double choir
Vaughan Williams O clap your hands
Patrick Gowers Viri Galilaei
Stanford Caelos ascendit hodie
Gibbons O clap your hands together
*Nico Muhly Let all the world in every corner sing (London premiere)
*Graham Ross Ascendo ad patrem (world premiere)
*Giles Swayne God is gone up (London premiere)
Judith Weir Ascending into heaven
G Gabrieli Hodie completi sunt
Tallis Loquebantur variis linguis
Grieg Whitsun Hymn
Grayston Ives Listen sweet dove
Harvey Come, Holy Ghost
Elgar The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
Tallis If ye love me
Byrd Veni, Sancte Spiritus
*commissioned by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
The Christian season of the Ascension and Pentecost has been a wealth of inspiration to composers for centuries. The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge presents a collection of joyous music from mostly British composers across 500 years, from the lively counterpoint of Tallis and Gibbons to new works by Brett Dean, Nico Muhly, Graham Ross and Giles Swayne, Clare College’s Composer-In-Residence.
Supported by George Law
Christ Church, Spitalfields
Commercial Street, London, E1 6LY
£35-£5
Box Office
https://secure.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/choose-seats/?EventInstanceId=9449
Evensong at Westminster Abbey
VICTORIA Requiem and other works for All Saints and All Souls
VICTORIA Requiem
and other works for All Saints and All Souls
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA's sublime six-part Requiem is sung by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge under their director Graham Ross, heard alongside other works for All Saints and All Souls in a performance at the Southend-on-Sea Festival.
Masterclass with Joan Rodgers CBE
The Clare College Masterclass Series, in partnership with AOTOS, welcomes Joan Rodgers CBE for a masterclass with choral scholars on Saturday 1 March.
Music for the Departed
Veni Emmanuel: USA CD launch tour
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross | conductor
VENI EMMANUEL: Music for Advent
Harmonia Mundi USA CD launch tour
Programme:
Plainsong: Veni, veni Emmanuel
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
Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ
33 Mercer Street
Princeton
NJ
08540
United States
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
