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Pictured is the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.

6 Mar 2018

World-leading choir to perform at Loughborough University

The renowned Choir of Clare College will be performing in Loughborough on Saturday 10 March as part of the University’s programme of Spring/Summer events.

The choir, which has been given an international reputation as one of the best in the world, will be taking to the stage at 7:30pm in Martin Hall. 

The mixed-voice group, founded in 1972, sings in services three times a week at the College chapel in Cambridge and regularly records, broadcasts and performs across the globe.

Led by conductor Graham Ross, the musicians will be at the University with ‘In Peace’ – a programme that explores the theme of peace over a number of centuries and looks at how composers from countries including France, Iceland and the UK have responded to it in writing.

The full programme is listed as follows:

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) Nunc dimittis 
John Blitheman (1525–91) In Pace 

Gregorio Allegri (c. 1582–1652) Miserere 

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012) A Good-Night 
Graham Ross (b. 1985) Come to me in the silence of the night 

Judith Bingham (b. 1952) The Drowned Lovers 
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) The blue bird 

Interval

Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/55–1521) Nunc dimittis 
John Sheppard (c. 1515–58) In Pace

James MacMillan (b. 1959) Miserere 

Christopher Tye (1505–72) Lord, now lettest thou thy servant 
Sigurður Sævarsson (b. 1963) Nunc dimittis 

Howard Skempton (b. 1947) He wishes for the cloths of heaven 
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) Nunc dimittis 

The concert in Loughborough is one of many exciting events that make up the LU Arts Spring/Summer events programme.

General tickets are £13, concession tickets are £10 and student tickets are priced at £5. These can be booked online or by contacting the LU Arts Box Office at Loughborough Town Hall on 01509 231914.

For further information contact Nick Slater, Director of Arts, on 01509 222960 or visit the website.

The LU Arts Spring/Summer 2018 brochure can be viewed online here.