The Choir regularly sings Evensongs, Complines, and other services in Cambridge and further afield.
Past Services
August 2024
Trefin Chapel, Trefin, nr. Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Compline
Introit Round me falls the night – Annabel Rooney
Psalm 91
Canticle Nunc dimittis from the Short Service – Gibbons
Anthems Upon your heart – Eleanor Daley & God be in my head – Richard Lloyd
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August 2024
St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Saturday 24 August ~ Choral Evensong
Responses Clucas
Psalms 91 & 116
Magnificat Hassler quinti toni
Nunc dimittis Mendelssohn Op.69 No.1
Anthem Ich liebe, weil erhoret der Herr, Op. 40 No. 1 – Rheinberger
Organ 1st movement, Sonata No. 4 – Mendelssohn
Sunday 25 August ~ Choral Eucharist
Introit I sat down – Bairstow
Psalm 34.15-22
Mass Missa brevis – Neil Cox
Anthem Jesu, the very thought of thee – Bairstow
Organ Toccata giocosa – Mathias
Choral Evensong
Introit God be in my head – Richard Lloyd
Responses Clucas
Psalm 116.9-16
Canticles Gibbons Short Service
Anthem Round me falls the night – Annabel Rooney
Organ Psalm Prelude, Set 2, No. 1 – Howells
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Anthony Gray
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January 2024
Great St Mary’s, Cambridge
Parish Eucharist
Mass Missa brevis – Neil Cox
Motet Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina
University Sermon
Anthem Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt – Mendelssohn
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Alex Berry
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September 2023
St Laurence RC Church, Petersfield
Parish Mass
Mass Inwood Gathering Mass
Psalm 94
Motet Sicut cervus – Palestrina
Organ Fanfare – Kenneth Leighton
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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August 2022
St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Saturday 27 August ~ Choral Evensong
Responses Spicer
Psalm 81 (Hopkins)
Canticles Brewer in E flat
Anthem A Hymn for St Cecilia – Herbert Howells
Organ Ode – Kenneth Leighton
Director Marnus Greyling
Organ Louisa Denby
Sunday 28 August ~ Choral Eucharist
Introit O sacrum convivium – Tallis
Psalm 112 (Turle)
Mass Ave Maris Stella – Victoria
Motet Ave verum – Lassus
Organ Praeludium in D minor, BuxWV140 – Buxtehude
Evensong
Introit Abendlied – Rheinberger
Responses Spicer
Psalm 119vv81-88 (Skeats)
Canticles Kelly in C
Anthem Like as the hart – Herbert Howells
Organ Sonata No 3 in A Major – Felix Mendelssohn
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Marnus Greyling
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October 2021
Great St Mary’s, Cambridge
Human Anatomy Centre Thanksgiving Service, University of Cambridge
In Paradisum, from Requiem – Fauré
Jesu, the very thought of thee – Bairstow
The Lord Bless You And Keep You – John Rutter
Organ Pièce d’Orgue BWV572 – J. S. Bach
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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September 2021
St John the Evangelist, Langrish, nr. Petersfield
Eucharist to celebrate 150 years since the consecration of the church
Locus iste – Bruckner
Missa brevis No 1 in E flat – Healey Willan
Ave verum – Mark Jordan
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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August 2021
St Andrew & St Mary, Grantchester, nr. Cambridge
Parish Communion
Psalm 100 (Turle)
Mass of St Thomas – David Thorne
Ave verum – Mark Jordan
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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March 2020
St Patrick’s RC Church, Edinburgh
Parish Mass
Missa octavi toni – Lassus
Miserere mei – Lassus
Director Louisa Denby
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July 2019
Church of Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge
Latin Mass
Populum humilem – Lassus
O sacrum convivium – Tallis
Mass for four voices – Byrd
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February 2019
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Choral Evensong
Introit O most merciful – Wood
Responses Radcliffe
Canticles Howells St Paul’s
Anthem Geistliches Lied – Brahms
Organ Psalm Prelude (Set 1, No 1) – Howells
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Will Mason
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January 2019
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Nunc dimittis Gibbons Short
Anthem Here is the little door – Howells
Director Louisa Denby
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Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
Latin Mass (Novus Ordo)
Mass Byrd a3
Motet Benedictus qui venit II – Rogier
Director Louisa Denby
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December 2018
St Botolph’s Church, Cambridge
Choral Eucharist
Mass Missa tertii toni – Rodrigo de Ceballos
Communion Dicite Pusillanimes
Organ Chorale Prelude on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ BWV659 – J. S. Bach
Organ Louisa Denby
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St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Mass for Advent Sunday
Mass Missa tertii toni – Rodrigo de Ceballos
Communion Dominus dabit
Organ Chorale Prelude on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ BWV659 – J. S. Bach
Organ Louisa Denby
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St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Choral Matins
Te Deum Anerio
Jubilate Lassus a4
Anthem Away in a manger – Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks
Choral Evensong
Introit O little one sweet – German trad., harm. Bach
Canticles Gibbons Short
Anthem Out of your sleep – Rodney Bennett
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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August 2018
Southwark Cathedral
Choral Eucharist
Doorkins Magnificat, Southwark Cathedral
Mass Misa quarti toni – Victoria
Motets Jesu dulcis memoria – Victoria; Tantum ergo – Victoria
Director Oliver Hancock
Organ Louisa Denby
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Southwark Cathedral
Choral Evensong
Responses Leighton
Canticles Edington Service – Ives
Anthem View me, Lord – Richard Lloyd
Director Oliver Hancock
Organ Louisa Denby
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St Alban’s Cathedral
Choral Evensong
Responses Radcliffe
Canticles Watson in E
Anthem Like as the hart – Howells
Director Christopher Robinson CVO CBE
Organ Marnus Greyling
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St Andrew’s, Hurstbourne Priors, nr. Winchester
Choral Eucharist
Mass Misa quarti toni – Victoria
Anthem Jesu, dulcis memoria – Victoria
Director Louisa Denby
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May 2018
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Mass for Pentecost
Mass Byrd a3
Communion motet Veni creator, Spiritus – Victoria
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December 2017
St Botolph’s Church, Cambridge
Choral Matins
Responses Plainsong
Psalm 25 – Plainsong
Canticles Te Deum – Anerio; Jubilate – Lassus
Anthem Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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November 2017
St Edmund’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Mass for All Saints’
Mass a3 – Byrd
Anthem In manus tuas – Parsons
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August 2017
St Davids Cathedral, Wales
Choral Matins
Responses Leighton
Canticles Stanford in C
Anthem Prelude – Gjeilo
Choral Evensong
Introit Ubi Caritas – Gjeilo
Responses Leighton
Canticles Howells in G
Anthem Set me as a seal – Walton
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Trefin Chapel, Trefin, nr. Haverfordwest, Wales
Choral Compline
Introit Ubi Caritas – Gjeilo
Psalm 91
Anthem Set me as a seal – Walton
Marian Antiphon Salve Regina – Poulenc
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July 2017
St Michael & All Angels, Caldecote, nr. Cambridge
BCP Choral Evensong in celebration of the Dartford Warbler
Introit Scapulis suis – Palestrina
Responses Plainsong
Psalm 84 – Plainsong
Canticles Gibbons Short Service
Anthem The Blue Bird – Stanford
Voluntary Voluntary in C – Blow
Director & Organ Louisa Denby
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May 2017
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Hymn O Christ, who art the light and day – Tallis
Anthem Abendlied – Rheinberger
Director Louisa Denby
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April 2017
St Edmund’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Compline for Holy Week
Anthem Eripe me de inimicis meis – Lassus
Marian Antiphon Ave Regina coelorum
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St Peter’s, Barton, nr. Cambridge
Choral Evensong
Introit O vos omnes – Victoria
Responses Plainsong
Psalm Plainsong
Canticles Gibbons Short Service
Anthem Abendlied – Rheinberger
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Luke Fitzgerald
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Old Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich
Sung Eucharist
Introit Ubi caritas – O. Gjeilo
Mass Missa brevis – Lennox Berkeley
Anthem Civitas sancti tui – William Byrd
Director Oliver Hancock
Organ Jonathan Eyre & Louisa Denby
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February 2017
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Responsory In manus tuas – Tallis
Psalm 91
Anthem O nata lux – Tallis
Marian Antiphon Ave Regina coelorum
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January 2017
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Mass for The Epiphany
Missa ‘Salve Regina’ – Christoph Dalitz
The Kings – Peter Cornelius
Organ Louisa Denby
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November 2016
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Psalm 91 (plainchant)
Marian Antiphon Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina
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Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Anthem Beatus vir – Lassus
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September 2016
St Mark’s Church, Newnham, Cambridge
BCP Evensong
Introit Hail, gladdening light – Wood
Responses Radcliffe
Psalm 59
Canticles Wood No. 2 in Eflat
Anthem Save us, O Lord – Bairstow
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Luke Fitzgerald
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August 2016
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
Choral Eucharist
Missa sine nomine – Palestrina
Ave verum – Byrd
Prelude in Bm BWV544 – J. S. Bach
Evensong
Responses Rose
Canticles Howells in E
Anthem View me, Lord – Wood
Voluntary Toccata from Suite V – Duruflé
Director Louisa Denby
Organ David Warren
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July 2016
St Mark’s Church, Newnham, Cambridge
Evensong to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme
Introit Call to remembrance – Farrant
Psalm 46
Preces & Responses Tomkins
Canticles Arnold in A
Anthem They are at rest – Elgar
Voluntary Nimrod from Enigma Variations – Elgar
Organ Louisa Denby
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May 2016
Selwyn College Chapel, Cambridge
Evensong
Introit Tibi laus – Lassus
Responses Ayleward
Canticles Gibbons Short
Anthem O lux beata – Gabrieli
Voluntary Praeludium in D (BuxWV137) – Buxtehude
Organ Ian Tindale
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April 2016
St Andrew’s, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire
BCP Matins
Responses Clucas
Canticles Boyce in C
Anthem God so loved the world – Stainer
Voluntary Sortie in Eb – Lefébure-Wély
Organ Jack Butterworth
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March 2016
Corpus Christi College Chapel, Cambridge
Sung Eucharist for Mothering Sunday
Bach Prelude & Fugue in F
Palestrina Missa Brevis
Willcocks Prelude on ‘Irby’
Director Patrick Allies
Organ Hugh Taylor
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February 2016
St Edmund’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Remember not, Lord, our offences – Purcell
Civitas sancti – Byrd
Ave Regina coelorum Dufay
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December 2015
St Edward King & Martyr, Cambridge
Carol Service
Introit Alma redemptoris mater – Palestrina
Magnificat Arnold in A
Anthem Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anon.
Organ Louisa Denby
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November 2015
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Introit Miserere mihi – Byrd
Salve Regina Lassus
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October 2015
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Compline with special guests Don Gillthorpe & Oliver Tarney
Introit Jesu dulcis memoria – Victoria
Anthem How calmly the evening – Elgar
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August 2015
St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Evensong
Responses Reading
Canticles Tomkins Second
Anthem Locus iste – Bruckner
Director Timothy Parsons
Organ Louisa Denby
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August 2015
Trefin Presbyterian Chapel, Trefin, Pembrokeshire
Choral Compline
Introit Jesu, the very thought of thee – Bairstow
Anthem My soul, there is a country – Parry
Salve Regina Poulenc
Directors Louisa Denby & Timothy Parsons
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July 2015
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Introit Locus iste – Bruckner
Anthem My soul, there is a country – Parry
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June 2015
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Salve Regina Webbe
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May 2015
Downing College, Cambridge
Evensong
Introit I lift my heart to thee – Mundy
Responses Plainchant
Canticles Plainchant
Anthem Come, let us rejoice – Byrd
Organ Louisa Denby
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May 2015
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Hymn Jesu salvator saeculi – Tallis
Anthem Salvator mundi – Tallis
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May 2015
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Introit Abendlied – Rheinberger
Hymn Jesu salvator saeculi – Tallis
Regina coeli Morales
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April 2015
All Saints’, Steep, Hampshire
Choral Eucharist
Mass Byrd a5
Communion motet Ave verum – Lassus
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March 2015
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Introit Adoramus te – Palestrina
Ave Regina coelorum Dufay
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February 2015
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Ave Regina coelorum Aichinger
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November 2014
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Hymn Te lucis (festal) – Tallis
Salve Regina Philips
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November 2014
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Hymn Te lucis (ferial) – Tallis
Anthem Sicut cervus – Palestrina
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October 2014
St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Canticle Salva nos & Nunc dimittis – Palestrina
Salve Regina Poulenc
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October 2014
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Choral Compline
Responsory In manus tuas – Byrd
Anthem Jesu dulcis memoria – Victoria
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August 2014
Portsmouth Cathedral
Choral Eucharist
Offertory motet Jesu dulcis memoria – Victoria
Mass Haydn Little Organ
Anthem Ave verum corpus – Lassus
Evensong
Introit Blest are the pure in heart – Walford Davies
Responses Clucas
Canticles Brewer in D
Anthem Lord, I call upon thee – Bairstow
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Ian Tindale
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August 2014
All Saints’ Church, East Meon, Hampshire
Evensong
Introit Give almes of thy goods – Tye
Responses Smith
Canticles Arnold in A
Anthem Justorum animae – Byrd
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January 2014
Rochester Cathedral
Evensong
Responses Clucas
Canticles Stanford in A
Anthem Blest pair of sirens – Parry
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Timothy Parsons
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August 2013
St Davids Cathedral
Evensong
Responses Ayleward
Canticles Wood No 2 in Eb
Anthem O for the wings of a dove – Mendelssohn
Evensong
Responses Leighton
Canticles Gibbons Short
Anthem Justorum animae – Stanford
Matins
Responses Rose
Canticles Te Deum – Britten & Jubliate – Walton
Anthem O Lord, the maker of al thing – Joubert
Evensong
Introit Beati quorum via – Stanford
Responses Rose
Canticles Howells St Paul’s
Anthem Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Timothy Parsons
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February 2013
Peterborough Cathedral
Evensong
Introit Blest are the pure in heart – Walford Davies
Responses Leighton
Canticles Noble in Bm
Anthem Light of the world – Elgar
Director Louisa Denby
Organ Timothy Parsons