THE CHOIR OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE and conductor, Graham Ross, will offer a festive program that marks the end of their year-long celebration of Clare College’s 700th anniversary. Traditional carols and Christmas motets and anthems, including those from the time of the College’s founding such as Angelus ad virginem and In dulci jubilo sit alongside more recent additions to the canon, including works written especially for the Choir by the late Sir John Tavener, former Director of Music Sir John Rutter, and Cecilia McDowall. The program also includes the première of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s The Nativity, commissioned for the College’s 700th anniversary. Since the founding of a ‘mixed voice’ choir in 1972, THE CHOIR OF CLARE COLLEGE has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading ensembles. In addition to its primary function of leading services three times a week in the College chapel, the Choir keeps an active schedule recording, broadcasting, and performing, and has been universally praised for its consistently ‘thrilling’ and ‘outstanding’ performances worldwide. The Choir tours extensively throughout the world, and has produced an impressive discography of more than forty recordings.