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Choir History
20010-2011
| 26 October |
Commemoration of Benefactors service in Chapel |
| 30 October |
Choir deputises for the Cathedral Choir at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. |
| 31 October |
Cantata Evensong: Choir performs Bach Cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis during evensong |
| 15 November |
Girton College Music Society Concert in Chapel, featuring Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb |
28 November
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Carol Service in Chapel |
3 February
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Joint evensong in Clare College Chapel with Clare College Choir
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18 February
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Choir sings evensong in St John's College Chapel
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26-27 February
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Choir deputises for the Cathedral Choir for all services at Lincoln Minster.
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9 March
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Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist
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| 13 March |
Concert for the Friends of Girton Choir in Chapel (featuring Durufle's Requiem)
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Service of readings and music for Lent & Passiontide |
| 19 March |
Concert at St Sepulchre's, London, (featuring Allegri: Miserere mei, Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine, & Durufle: Requiem |
| 21-31 July |
Tour to Manchester, Angers and Paris. |
2009-2010
| 27 October |
Commemoration of Benefactors service in Chapel |
31 October -
1 November |
Choir deputises for the Cathedral Choir for all services on the feast of All Saints at Worcester Cathedral. |
| 3 November |
140th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION & CONCERT: Choir performs with the London Mozart Players at Goldsmiths' Hall, London. |
| 15 November |
Girton College Music Society Concert in Chapel, featuring Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb |
| 17 November |
Cambridge Music Festival, King's College Chapel: The Far Theatricals of Day.
Combined concert with the choirs of Selwyn and Jesus Colleges.
Christopher Robinson, Director. |
| 29 November |
Carol Service in Chapel |
| 2 December |
Concert: Grantham Music Society |
| 17 February |
Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist |
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20-21 February
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Choir deputises for the Minster Choir for all services on the first Sunday in Lent at York Minster.
(featuring Robert Whyte's Lamentations (a 5), Cristobal de Morales: Missa Vulnerasti cor meum & Magnificat primi toni) |
| 7 March |
Concert for the Friends of Girton Choir in Chapel (featuring Gabriel Faure's Requiem, Anthony Fort, organ; & Caesar Frank's Chorale in a minor, Chad Kelly, organ)
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Service of readings and music for Lent & Passiontide |
| 19 June |
Concert with the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford (in the chapel of The Queen's College, Oxford), featuring Iberian and English polyphony of the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| 8-18 July |
Tour to Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands. |
| 22-25 July |
Choir travels to Sardinia to participate in the Festival Internazionale Voci D’Europa. |
2008–9
| 18–19 October |
Mini-tour to Milton Keynes |
| 16 November |
Concert in Chapel (“Nine Centuries of Choral Music”) |
| 30 November |
Carol Service in Chapel |
| 8 December |
Christmas Concert at Girton Parish Church |
| 17 January |
CUMS concert (directed by Christopher Robinson) |
| 14 February |
Concert with the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford (in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge) |
| 21–22 February |
Weekend Services at Salisbury Cathedral |
| 1 March |
Service for the Friends of Girton Chapel Choir: J.S. Bach Cantatas Aus der Tiefen [131] & Himmelkönig sei willkommen [182]; Charivari Agréable, period instrument ensemble |
| 30 July-17 August |
US Summer Tour – outline itinerary (.pdf file) |
2007–8
| 20–21 October |
Weekend at Canterbury Cathedral |
| 18 November |
Concert in Chapel (Bach cantatas and Purcell verse anthems) |
| 1 December |
Advent Concert in West Mersea, Essex |
| 19 January |
Verdi Requiem in King’s College Chapel |
| 2 February |
Candlemas service, Lyddington Parish Church, Rutland |
| 10 February |
Visit from Karen Brunssen, vocal coach |
| 16–17 February |
Weekend at Lincoln Cathedral |
| 2 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir: Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem |
| 20 June |
May Week concert: Monteverdi Beatus Vir; Bach Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe |
| 21–22 June |
Mini tour to Worcester and Shropshire |
| 8–17 September |
Tour to Slovakia and Vienna |
2006–7
| 28–29 October |
Weekend at Norwich Cathedral |
| 19 November |
Concert in Chapel |
| 3 December |
Advent Carol Service in Great St Mary’s Church |
| 6 February |
Joint Evensong with Clare College Chapel Choir, Clare College |
| 17–18 February |
Weekend at York Minster |
| 25–26 February |
Visit from Judith Clurman, Head of Choral Studies, Juilliard School, New York; workshop on Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms |
| 4 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir: Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms |
| 11 March |
Joint Evensong with St Mark’s, Newnham |
| 17 May |
Ascension Day Eucharist at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge |
| 22 June |
May Week concert: Brahms Nänie |
| 23–24 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex and Chatham, Kent |
| 30 June-16 July |
Tour to Slovenia, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; third place in international choir competition in Spittal an der Drau |
2005–6
| 21 October |
Mozart Requiem with the Fitzwilliam Quartet, Fitzwilliam Auditorium |
| 23 October |
Exeter Cathedral Evensong |
| 30 October |
Liturgical performance of Mozart Requiem in Robinson Chapel |
| 5–9 December |
Christmas mini-tour: Mersea Island, Essex, St Andrew’s Girton, Strethall, Cambs., Peterborough and Ely Cathedrals |
| 29 January |
Evensong at St Mark’s, Newnham |
| 18–19 February |
Weekend at Salisbury Cathedral |
| 5 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| 20 June |
May Week Concert |
| 24–25 June |
Pre-tour concerts in West Malling, Kent and Linton, Cambs |
| 27 August-19 September |
Tour to Singapore and Australia |
2004–5
| 23–24 October |
Weekend at Canterbury Cathedral as part of Canterbury Festival |
| 7 November |
Visit from Judith Clurman, Head of Choral Conducting Studies at the Juilliard School, New York |
| 15 November |
Concert to mark the 25th anniversary of Girton going mixed (with John Longstaff and Lucy Bowen) |
| 18 November |
Joint Evensong with Selwyn College Chapel Choir, Selwyn College |
| 3–7 January |
Mini-tour to Cornwall |
| 19–20 February |
Weekend at Lincoln Cathedral |
| 6 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir: Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms |
| 8 March |
Repeat performance of Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms in Robinson Chapel |
| 22 May |
Masterclass from David Lowe |
| 21 June |
May Week Concert |
| 25–26 June |
Mini-tour to Brighton |
| 4–15 July |
Tour to Czech Republic, followed by CD recording (Res Miranda) |
2003–4
| 1–2 November |
Mini-tour to Bradford and Skipton |
| 15 November |
Concert in St Andrew’s Parish Church, Girton |
| 16 November |
Concert in Chapel |
| ?? December |
Tour to Cornwall |
| 6 February |
Concert for Impington Music Society |
| 21–22 February |
Weekend at York Minster |
| 29 February |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| 16 April |
Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, London |
| 17–18 April |
CD recording for Priory Records (The Complete New English Hymnal Volume 17) |
| 2 May |
Masterclass with Christopher Robinson |
| 6 May |
Joint evensong with Clare College Chapel Choir, directed by Sir David Willcocks |
| 15 June |
May Week Concert: Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music |
| 18–20 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Trumpington, Dulwich and West Croydon |
| 29 July-10 August |
Tour to Hong Kong and Japan |
2002–3
| 20 October |
Visit from Judith Clurman, Head of Choral Conducting Studies at the Julliard School, New York |
| 26–27 October |
Weekend at Lichfield Cathedral |
| 17 November |
Concert in Chapel |
| 14 December |
Handel’s Messiah in Brighton |
| 11 January |
Concert in Chapel with Xacona |
| 7 February |
Inaugural recital on new organ by Guy Bovet |
| 15 February |
Concert in Chapel: programme included Bach’s Cantata, BWV 29 |
| 22–23 February |
Weekend at Salisbury Cathedral |
| 9 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| 18 March |
Bach’s St John Passion, in St Sepulchre’s Church, London; with Xacona; soloists included Neil Jenkins and James Bowman |
| 11 May |
Joint evensong with Clare College choir |
| 17 June |
May Week Concert |
| 20–22 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Thatcham, Shipton-under-Wychwood and Walthamstow |
| Summer |
Tour to China (cancelled owing to SARS) |
2001–2
| 27–28 October |
Weekend at Canterbury Cathedral |
| 18 November |
Concert in Chapel (with Great St Mary’s Girls’ Chamber Choir) |
| 3 December |
Carol concert in St Sepulchre’s, London (the Musicians’ Church) with Xacona |
| 25 January |
Concert for Impington Music Society |
| 8 February |
College concert |
| 15–17 February |
Mini-tour to Dorset |
| 3 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| 12 May |
Joint Evensong with Clare College Chapel Choir |
| 18 June |
May Week Concert |
| 21–23 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Ely Cathedral, Trumpington, West Malling and Walthamstow |
| 29 June-13 July |
Tour to Switzerland, including festival in St-Imier; CD recording on 8 – 9 July (The Ages of Elizabeth) |
2000–1
| 21–22 October |
Weekend at Lincoln Cathedral |
| 19 November |
Concert in Chapel |
| 3 February |
College Concert in Hall: Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden |
| 24–25 February |
Mini-tour in Brighton area (concerts in Brighton and Worth and service in Hove) |
| 11 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir: Tallis’s Lamentations, Stainer’s Crucifixion and Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs |
| 16 March |
Concert in Little St Mary’s, Cambridge (Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs) |
| 17–20 April |
Mini-tour to Dorset (concerts in Sherborne and Blandford) |
| 29 April |
Joint concert in Emmanuel United Reformed Church with Tomon Glee Club from Japan and Churchill Chorus |
| 6 May |
Joint Evensong with Clare College Chapel Choir |
| 19 June |
May Week Concert: programme included Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes |
| 25 June |
Pre-tour concert in Trumpington Parish Church |
| 26 June |
Concert in St John’s, Smith Square, London with the London Mozart Players: Mozart Requiem |
| 27 June |
Pre-tour concert in Dorchester Abbey |
| 6–25 August |
Tour to Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Sarawak |
1999–2000
| 22 October |
Evensong in Westminster Abbey |
| 23 October |
Prizewinners’ Concert (to celebrate the choir’s gold medal awarded in the Takarazuka International Chamber Chorus Competition in Japan) |
| 20–21 November |
Weekend at Coventry Cathedral |
| 7 February |
College concert: programme included Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass |
| 19–20 February |
Weekend at York Minster |
| 5 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir: Magnificats by Albinoni and Pergolesi and works by Monteverdi |
| 14–19 April |
Tour to Switzerland; concerts in St-Imier, Bienne (Millennial Festival of Sacred Music), Bern and Thun |
| 7 May |
Joint Evensong with Clare College Chapel Choir |
| 20 June |
May Week Concert |
| 2–16 July |
Tour to North Wales and Ireland; CD recording in Manchester (O Porta Coeli) |
1998–9
| 24–25 October |
Weekend at Canterbury Cathedral |
| 15 November |
Concert in Girton College |
| 20–21 January |
Mini-tour of West Country, including Sherborne Abbey |
| 5 February |
Impington Music Society |
| 7 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| June |
Pre-tour concerts in Stamford Hill, Hove and Reading |
| 2–24 August |
Tour to Japan |
1997–8
| 27 October |
St Paul’s Cathedral Evensong |
| 9 November |
Concert in Chapel |
| 30 November |
Concerts in Sanderstead and Croydon |
| 14–15 February |
Recording, Norwich Cathedral |
| 3 March |
Concert for Friends of the Choir |
| 24–25 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Girton Parish Church and Middle Temple |
| 2–15 July |
Tour to Switzerland |
1996–7
| 25 October |
Canterbury Cathedral Evensong |
| 7 March |
Concert for Impington Music Society |
| 16–17 February |
Tour to Selby Abbey, Malton and Old Malton |
| 25–26 June |
Concerts in Burnham-on-Crouch, Girton Parish Church, Leamington |
| 4–15 August |
Tour to Mexico |
1995–6
| 25 October |
Ely Cathedral Evensong |
| 12 January |
Evensong in Westminster Abbey |
| 12–18 February |
Weekend at Peterborough Cathedral |
| 20–21 June |
Pre-tour concerts in Girton Parish Church and Downham Market |
| 6–15 July |
Tour to Rome |
