14 November 2009

10:30am

Exploring Cambridge's Medieval High Street

Cambridge Voices
Ian de Massini conductor

New Cambridge Singers
Graham Ross conductor

New Cambridge Singers:
Little St Mary’s
O quam gloriosum (Byrd and Victoria)
St Botolph’s
Christus Vincit (James Macmillan)
St Bene’t’s
O sing joyfully (Batten), Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Kenneth Leighton), Sing joyfully (Byrd)
St Edward’s
Jesu dulcis memoria (Victoria), Laetentur coeli (Byrd), Jesu the very thought of thee (Bairstow)

Both choirs at Great St Mary’s:
Salve Regina (Gesualdo arr. De Massini), Hymn to the Virgin (Britten), Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninov)

Cambridge Voices:
Michaelhouse
Factum est silentium (Dering), Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus (Plainsong), Gaudent angeli (Sweelinck arr. De Massini)

Round Church
Drop, drop, slow tears (Gibbons arr. De Massini), Tulerunt Dominum (Josquin arr. De Massini), Eya, resurrexit Jesu Christus hodie (De Massini - first performance)

St Clement's
Kyrie eleison from Missa Brevis (Fauré arr. De Massini ), Funeral Ikos (Tavener), For he shall give his angels charge over thee (Mendelssohn, arr. De Massini)

Quayside
The University Fugue (Toch arr. De Massini), Full fathom five thy father lies (Wood)

We are planning two more of our popular Church Crawls, both exploring the churches of Cambridge's medieval High Street. Both crawls will visit the same churches, one crawl going north, the other working its way south.

Elisabeth Everitt and Jeanette Luckhurst have devised the timetable for the day and will each be leading one group. They have many years' experience as Blue Badge guides introducing people to the beauty, the history and the eccentricities of Cambridge. They are both inspired by a love of the City and its ancient buildings, of which they never tire.

We shall visit the following churches. At each church there will be 10 minutes introduction, about the same length of music, then time to explore and move on to the next stop.

St Bene't's
St Botolph's
St Clement's
St Edward's
Great St Mary's
Little St Mary's
Michaelhouse
Round Church


At lunchtime both choirs will join up, and then go their separate ways again.

North Crawl:
Start 10am Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street
South Crawl:
Start 10.30am Quayside

We expect both Crawls to finish around 4pm.

Your ticket will say whether you are North or South Crawl.
Both Crawls will involve considerable walking.
Admission at each church by programme: £4,
on sale approx. half an hour beforehand.

Information will be sent to all “crawlers” a week beforehand giving full details of the Crawl’s route and timetable.

Crawl Churches

Church Crawl Full Day ticket: in advance from the Box Office: £15.

Booking code 14.1

01223 357851



A detailed schedule for the day can be found here.

The Church Crawls are arranged with the support and help of the clergy, church wardens and staff of each parish. The Crawl has been devised by Elisabeth Everitt and Jeanette Luckhurst.