Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day: Thursday 13th May 7.30pm

This Thursday evening we will be celebrating a Eucharist for the Feast of the Ascension. You are invited to join us in person at St Clement's Church, but the service will also be streamed live via Zoom if you prefer to attend from home (see our website for details of how to join us). 

To mark the festival occasion, soloists from the choir will be singing Byrd's Mass for Three Voices, alongside motets by Couperin and Carturan. The service begins at 7.30pm, and will last about an hour, following a traditional Book of Common Prayer order. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there.

All Souls Choral Service: Tuesday 3rd Nov, 8.00pm

We will be marking the feast of All Souls with a contemplative choral service on the evening of Tuesday 3rd November. The service blends together readings, poetry and silence with beautiful choral music, including works by Bainton, Harris, Wesley and Joubert. 

To keep everyone as safe as possible, the service will be streamed live from church, and only available online via YouTube. We regret it will not be possible to allow congregation to attend the service in person at the church. 

The service will be available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNvhZWJetI, and you are encouraged to join us from your homes, and to have a candle with you which you can light alongside the choir and officiant in the church, in commemoration of the departed.

The service begins at 8.00pm, and will last about an hour. We look forward to you joining us online.

Motet: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

This Sunday at our online Zoom Eucharist, the choir presented their next multi-track recording, singing Wesley's sublime anthem, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace". It's a great joy that even though the choir isn't able to meet in the same space to rehearse and sing, they are at least able to stay in touch and create music from their own homes for our congregation to share and enjoy.

Motet for Corpus Christi

Last Sunday at our online Zoom Eucharist, we celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi. To enhance our worship, the choir prepared their first ever multi-track recording, singing Byrd's beautiful setting of Ave Verum Corpus. Like many others, the choir can't wait to be back singing together in the same space, but for now we are pleased we are able to bring the singers together virtually for this performance. We hope you enjoy!

Stations of the Resurrection at St Clement's

We're pleased to share our "Stations of the Resurrection" this Eastertide at St Clement's. This is a companion to our Stations of the Cross which we released during Holy Week, and features a meditative reading of twelve 'Stations' telling of Jesus's resurrection, ascension, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

The sequence incorporates scripture, alongside poetry by Malcolm Guite, read by parishioners of St Clement's Church, Cambridge. The readings are accompanied by images of both the modern world, and depictions of Jesus's actions after the resurrection. The sequence finishes with a recording of The Choir of St Clement's singing Thomas Morley's "I am the resurrection and the life", sung at St Clement's in November 2019.

Holy Week 2020 at St Clement's

We hope you can join us online for our Holy Week services at St Clement's. These are available to access via Zoom at: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6200111351.

Our services are:

• Sunday 5th April, 11.00am, Sung Mass for Palm Sunday
• Thursday 9th April, 6.30pm, Low Mass for Maundy Thursday
• Friday 10th April, 2.00pm, "An hour by the Cross"
• Sunday 12th April, 11.00am, Sung Mass for Easter Day

On Good Friday, we will also be releasing a video for the Stations of the Cross you are welcome to use in your own prayers and reflections, featuring devotional images, scripture and poetry. Please check back here for more details.

Sunday 22nd March 2020: Sung Mass at St Clement's

We invite you to join in with our Communion, at a celebration of this Sunday morning's Sung Mass at St Clement's. With celebrant and preacher Fr Robert van de Weyer, and cantors from the Choir of St Clement's Church.

Please do follow our website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page to participate in new services when they are broadcast.

Sat 29th Feb: Recital POSTPONED

We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen personal circumstances, this week’s recital by the Alauda Quartet will be postponed to later in 2020. We apologise for the short notice of this announcement, and for any inconvenience caused.

We look forward to welcoming you to next term’s series, beginning in late May / early June 2020.

Choral Eucharist for Ash Wednesday: 26th Feb, 7.30pm

We hope you can join us this Wednesday evening for a choral Eucharist as we celebrate Ash Wednesday. The choir will be singing Byrd's 4-part Mass setting, alongside Lassus' Super flumina Babilonys and a setting of Psalm 51.  All are welcome, and we hope to see you there.

Sat 22nd Feb: String Serenades with the St Clement's Players

This Saturday we're excited to see the return of the St Clement's Players to our recital series. They will be playing a strings-only programme of music by Mozart, Elgar and Grieg. The orchestra will also be joined by saxophonist Rob Burton in Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto. Rob is a student at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2018 was Grand Finalist and Category Prize Winner of BBC's coveted Young Musician of the Year competition.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Sat 15th Feb: Flute works by Debussy, Martinu and others (recital)

We're delighted to welcome back flautist Chloë Gamlin to our recital this Saturday. Chloë last performed at St Clement's as a soloist in a Mozart Flute Concerto, alongside the St Clement's Players. This time she is appearing with a solo flute programme of works by Martinu, Debussy, Woodall and Bizet. She will be accompanied by pianist Daniel Quigley.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Sat 8th Feb: Erasmus Chamber Ensemble - Coffee Cantata (recital)

We're excited to be welcoming back the Erasmus Chamber Ensemble at this Saturday's Lunchtime Recital at St Clement's. They will be performing two chamber works, including Bach's witty "Coffee Cantata", one of his rarer secular works. The ensemble will be directed by Dan Tidhar from the harpsichord.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

A Candlemas choral service: Sun 2nd Feb, 5.00pm

Please do join us this Sunday evening as we celebrate a choral service on the feast of Candlemas. This candlelit, contemplative service will feature Bible readings alongside poetry by TS Eliot, Malcolm Guite and Francis Quarles. The choir will sing anthems by Eccard, Lauridsen, Tavener, Tchaikovsky and Moore.

The service begins at 5.00pm, lasting about an hour. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Sat 1st Feb: "Hungarian Variations" (recital)

This Saturday we're pleased to welcome musical duo of Veronica Henderson and Ian de Massini. Their programme, Hungarian Variations, showcases arrangements of music by composers from, or inspired by, Hungary, including Martinu, Bartok, Seiber and Brahms. Their music is arranged for the unusual and exciting pairing of accordion and 'cello.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Sat 25th Jan: "Our Planet" with The Cantabrigians (recital)

This Saturday we're delighted to welcome The Cantabrigians to our recital series for the first time. An exciting vocal ensemble of female voices, they will be presenting a programme "Our Planet", with music on themes of nature and the world. The recital forms part of the #andrewdownes70 series too, a number of concerts throughout 2020 celebrating the work of composer Andrew Downes in his 70th birthday year. The recital will include music by Purcell, Handel, Mendelssohn and Howells, and of course Andrew Downes himself.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Sat 18th Jan: Brahms and Schumann clarinet works (recital)

We're delighted to open our first recital series of 2020 with clarinettist Tim Bossanyi presenting a programme of Brahms and Schumann, including the latter's Fantasiestücke Op. 73. He will be accompanied by pianist Cleo Loi, who will also be performing some of Brahms' Intermezzi for solo piano in the recital.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

Lunchtime Recitals at St Clement's: Winter 2020

Happy New Year to all! We're excited to announce our recital series for Winter 2020, beginning on Saturday 18th January at 1.00pm. We have a diverse programme for the term ahead, with returning favourites such as the St Clement's Players or the Erasmus Chamber Ensemble, alongside recital series debuts by soloists such as Tim Bossanyi (clarinet) and Chloë Gamlin (flute) and acclaimed ensembles including The Cantabrigians, and the London-based Alauda String Quartet.

Full details of each recital will be published on our website and Facebook pages - do stay tuned for more information!

As ever, the recitals remain free to enter, with a retiring collection taken after the recital which supports our performers, as well as contributes to our ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!

A Festival of Lessons and Carols: Sun 15th Dec, 5.00pm

Please do join us this Sunday evening at 5.00pm for our Festival of Lessons and Carols at St Clement's. The is beautiful, candlelit service features magnificent choral music and favourite congregational carols as we are taken on a journey from Isaiah's prophecies of the Messiah through to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and the Word Incarnate.

The music is supported by the joint choirs of St Clement's and The Orlando Singers. Mince pies and mulled wine (or apple juice) will be available after the service, and all are welcome.

Sat 30th Nov: Bach, Schubert and Haydn piano works (recital)

This Saturday, our Autumn 2019 series concludes with a piano recital by the inimitable John Bryden. He'll be performing works by Bach, Schubert and Haydn, including Schubert's delightful Six Moments Musicaux.

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. We hope to see you there!

Sat 16th Nov: Weber and Beethoven with The Mitchison Ensemble (recital)

We're delighted to welcome back The Mitchison Ensemble this Saturday, returning with another fabulous programme of chamber music for strings and winds. They will be performing Weber's Clarinet Concerto in B-flat Major, followed by Beethoven's graceful string quartet in E-flat Major, "The Harp".

The recital begins at 1.00pm, and as ever entry to the recitals is free, with a retiring collection taken to support our performers, as well as to contribute to the ongoing Organ Redevelopment Fund. We hope to see you there!