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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with Rev Ian Adams at Ridley Hall

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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After the service at St Botolph’s

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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With Bishop Alan Hopes and Fr Alban McCoy after Mass at St Edmund’s

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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View from the organ loft

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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‘Doorkins Magnificat,’ Southwark Cathedral

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.

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

After the service at St Mark's.
After the service at St Mark’s.

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 at Selwyn.

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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With Rev Terry Hemming at St Andrew's, Hurstbourne Priors.
With Rev Terry Hemming at St Andrew’s, Hurstbourne Priors.

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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With Patrick Allies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
With Patrick Allies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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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vestryAugust 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

The Tickell organ at Downing College, Cambridge.
The Tickell organ at 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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Organist Ian Tindale.
Organist Ian Tindale.

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

Vox Cantab at Rochester Cathedral
Vox Cantab at Rochester Cathedral

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