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 university choirs. 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. Former directors have included John Rutter and Timothy Brown. Under the direction of Graham Ross, Director of Music since 2010, it has been praised for its consistently outstanding performances worldwide. Recent engagements include concerts with the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Britten Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfonia Nacional de Mexico, as well as recitals in Barcelona’s Palau de Musica, El Escorial Madrid, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and across the USA and Canada.

In addition to live performances, the Choir has produced an impressive discography of more than fifty recordings. Their recordings under Graham Ross on the Harmonia Mundi label have been released to great critical acclaim, earning a Le Choix de France Musique, a Diapason d’Or, and a Gramophone Award nomination. The Choir has toured widely, including the USA, Australia, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, the Middle East, Iceland, and mainland Europe.

Graham Ross is Director of Music and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, co-founder and Principal Conductor of The Dmitri Ensemble, and in demand as a regular guest conductor. Recent collaborations have included LPO, LMP, OAE, BBC Singers, BBCCO, Aurora Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 25 he made his BBC Proms and Glyndebourne debuts, and he has conducted and recorded many world premières including James MacMillan, Judith Bingham, Palestrina, Giles Swayne, Vaughan Williams, Imogen Holst, Nico Muhly, Brett Dean, Lydia Kakabadse and Matthew Martin. As a composer commissions have included BBCCO, City of London Sinfonia, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Park Lane Group, and Wigmore Hall. He is founder and Artistic Director of Singers Abroad, running annual courses for singers of all ages, and a Trustee and Patron of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio, an Honorary Fellow of the University of Macau. He studied music at Clare College, Cambridge - where he first met the Bevans - and conducting at the Royal College of Music, London. He is delighted to have collaborated again with the Bevan Family Consort on this recording.