Choir of Clare College:
Recent Performances & Reviews
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Saturday 22 March 2008, 19:30
Concert for Holy Saturday
Messiaen - Apparition de l'église éternelle
Poulenc - Litanies de la Vierge noire
Poulenc - Organ Concerto
Messiaen - Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine
David Briggs organ
Matthew Schellhorn piano
Peter Stevens organ and celeste
Jacques Tchamkerten ondes martenot
Choral Scholars of Clare and Gonville and Caius Colleges (ladies voices)
Members of the Dante and Maggini Quartets
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury conductor
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
1 December 2007
Harvey Brough - Requiem in Blue
Harvey Brough director
http://www.harveybrough.com/
14 November 2007
London Bach Society
Diamond Jubilee Concert
Joh. Michael Bach - Sei lieber Tag willkommen
Joh. Christoph Bach - Der Gerechte, ob er gleich
Joh. Ludwig Bach - Das ist meine Freude
Tavener - The Lamb
Timothy Brown conductor
11 November 2007
Evensong Broadcast for Remembrance Sunday
BBC Radio 3
Bryan Kelly - For the Fallen
Tim Brown - Responses
W Denis Browne - Evening Service in A
Giles Swayne - The Dug-out
Graham Ross - Secret Music (premiere)
Schütz - Selig sind die Toten
Bach – Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
Timothy Brown conductor
Simon Thomas Jacob organ
16 September 2007
Encounters Early Music Weekend
When Bach met Buxtehude
Choir of Clare College & Fretwork
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Buxtehude's Membra jesu nostri was 'so ravishingly sensuous... espescially in the throats of the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge under Timothy Brown... that most other composers would blush to be seen, let alone heard, in their company.'
-The Observer
'The aura of impressive technical training was evident in the choir’s solid performance of these works, and the soloists demonstrated a delicate tonal blend, some sensitive phrasing and a certain poise.'
-Edward Lewis, www.classicalsource.com
18 March 2007
St Luke's, Sydney Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6NH
CONCERT TO LAUNCH LATEST NAXOS CD
OF ANTHEMS BY S. S. WESLEY
Ascribe unto the Lord
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Wash me throughly
Cast me not away from thy presence
The wilderness
Stainer - The Crucifixion
Timothy Brown & Dr Christopher Robinson conductors
Simon Wall tenor
Simon Bailey bass
Timothy Harper organ
10 December 2006
Sung Mass and Recital
Timothy Brown conductor
Herz Jesu Kirche, Munich
9 December 2006
Music by Mozart, Parsons, Bruckner,
Verdi, Gabrieli, and Rutter
Ivor Bolton, Timothy Brown conductors
Bayerische Staatsorchester
St Anna Kirche, Munich
14 November 2006
Cambridge Music Festival
Mozart Masonic Funeral Music
Bach Komm Jesu, komm
Berg Violin Concerto
Mozart Mass in C minor
Elin Thomas, Lucy Thomas sopranos
Ross Buddie tenor
Jonathan Brown baritone
James Campbell violin
University Festival Chorus
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Timothy Brown conductor
King's College Chapel, 8pm
Tour to Austria: August 2006
Monday 21 August
Stift Stams (Basilika), Stams, Tirol, Austria
'The Teares and Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule'
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah (Parts I and II)
Carissimi: Jephte
Works by Josquin, Byrd, and Gibbons
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Organist: James McVinnie
Lutenist: Shizuoko Noiri
Tuesday 22 August
Innsbrucker Festwochen
Dom zu St. Jakob, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
'The Teares and Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule'
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah (Parts I and II)
Carissimi: Jephte
Works by Josquin, Byrd, and Gibbons
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Organist: James McVinnie
Lutenist: Shizuoko Noiri
Wednesday 23 August
Sautens, Oetztal, Tirol, Austria
Conductor: James McVinnie
Thursday 24 August
Wenns, Pitztal, Tirol, Austria
Conductor: James McVinnie
1 July 2006
Concert of music related to St Michael's College
St Michael's Church
Tenbury
Worcestershire
Conductor: Christopher Robinson
Organist: James McVinnie
Sunday 25 June 2006, 9.00 pm
Munich Opera Festival
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Motets by Byrd
Carissimi - Jephte
Leighton - Crucifixion
Howells - Requiem
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Organist: James McVinnie
Lutenist: Axel Wolf
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Herz-Jesu Kirche, Munich
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A Festspiel+ 2005 choral concert.
Saturday 4 March 2006
Evensong and concert in Leeds Parish Church
St Peter's House
Kirkgate
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS2 7DJ
Evensong: 3.00 p.m.
Responses: Byrd
Psalm 23
Canticles: Walmisley in D major
Anthem: Cast me not away Wesley
Concert: 3.45 p.m.
Schütz: Unser Herr Jesus Christus, SWV 495
Howells: Requiem
Leighton: Crucifixus pro nobis
Messiah Tour
8 - 31 December 2005
The
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Freiburger
Barockorchester
René Jacobs
- Conductor
Athens, Megaron
Thursday 8 December
Friday 9 December
Paris, Theatre des Champs
Elysées
Monday 12 December
Tuesday
13 December
Brussels, Palais des Beaux
Arts
Wednesday 14 December
Castellón, Auditorio Palacio
de Congresos
Saturday 17 December
Valencia, Palau de la Música i Congressos de Valencia
Sunday 18 December
Milan, Sala Verdi, Conservatorio
de Musica Giuseppe Verdi
Tuesday 20 December
Rome, Sala Santa Cecilia,
Auditorium Parco della Musica
Wednesday 21 December
Freiburg, Paulusaal Freiburg
Sunday 31 December
USA Tour 2005
7 - 25 September 2005
DALLAS, TX
Thursday 8 September
Preston Hollow Presbyterian
Church
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LUBBOCK, TX
Sunday 11 September
11.00am : Service with the
Choir of First United Methodist Church
5.00 pm : Choral Concert
with the Choir of First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church,
Lubbock
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FORT WORTH, TX
Tuesday 13 September
First Presbyterian Church,
Fort Worth
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HOT SPRINGS, AR
Wednesday 14 September
St Luke's Episcopal Church
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MEMPHIS, TN
Thursday 15 September
Rhodes College
Friday 16 September
St Peter's Catholic Church
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ST LOUIS, MO
Sunday 18 September
Cathedral Basilica of St
Louis
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In review:
"Those of us who believe that music is - almost always - best heard live have many arguments in our arsenals. There is the electricity that comes with a performance that's really "on"; there's the opportunity to hear familiar artists in works new to them. And to be a part of the audience is to be a part of the performance and contribute to its energy, or lack thereof. Sunday afternoon's performance by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis offered another good reason to climb out of one's comfy chair: the chance to hear a work in an acoustical setting almost impossible to replicate with a home sound system. The concert's centerpiece and high point was the Messe Solennelle by Louis Vierne, a true sonic spectacular. Vierne's quasi-operatic Mass setting is scored for choir and two organs; the choir headed (in slow procession) for the loft in the back of the nave and then sang with admirable passion and accuracy. The synchronization between the choir, the big organ (in the sanctuary) and the little organ (in the loft) was impeccable; the interplay and coordination were incredible, and the overall effect was stunning. The program, this season's initial offering by St. Louis Cathedral Concerts, was musically varied, with works ranging from a trio of motets by Thomas Tallis to an uncommonly thoughtful and intriguing organ piece by Nico Muhly. Muhly's "Hudson Preludes" was dedicated to its performer, senior organ scholar James McVinnie. Muhly, who writes for the organ in a non-bombastic fashion, is a composer to watch. McVinnie gave the piece an intelligent and engaged performance.
This was choral singing to be cherished for its blend, subtlety and nuance, its exquisite diminuendos and its ravishingly floated soprano lines, making for a memorable afternoon. "
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- Sarah Bryan Miller CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC 21 September 2005
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DECATUR, IL
Sunday 18 September
Central Christian Church
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ST CHARLES, IL
Tuesday 20 September
Baker Memorial United Methodist
Church
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NEW YORK, NY
Wednesday 21 September
Christ Church
520 Park Avenue
Thursday 22 September
Saint Thomas Church
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NEW HAVEN, CT
Saturday 24 September
Woolsey Hall, Yale University
Sunday 25 September
Christ Church New Haven
For further details
or to book Clare College Choir, please contact Brendan Gillis, the Choir Administrator.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 333 206
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 333 219
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