PETITION & OPEN LETTER

To help #saveSJV you can:

- Sign the petition: chng.it/LmVcG9CpTY

- Read our open letter to college (below) which has attracted some remarkable supporters.

Many thanks for all the love!

SJV TO BE DISBANDED

We were devastated to hear yesterday that the college has decided to disband SJV at the end of this academic year.

We are so proud of what we have achieved and will miss singing together every Monday.

Thank you for your support

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Tonight is the night! (8pm, the Chapel)

Tickets are now unavailable online but there will be plenty to buy on the door so do consider coming along!

...the music is sublime!

Our final Evensong of term features some glorious music. 6:30pm in chapel - all welcome!

Introit - Cherubic Hymn (Golovanov)
Responses - Leighton
Canticles - Second Service (Leighton)
Anthem - And I Saw a New Heaven (Bainton)

Brilliant stuff from our incoming dean!

Rehearsal under way with St John's Voices What a glorious sound!

What an absolute pleasure & privilege for the Wellington College Wellington College Music Chapel Choir to be in such illustrious company & surroundings today. Thanks for having us St John's Voices

We are delighted to be singing alongside the choir of Wellington College (Wellington College Wellington College Music) at tonight’s 18:30 Evensong.

Responses - Ayleward
Canticles - Blair in B Minor
Anthem - Os Justi (Bruckner)

All are welcome!

Pioneers of a ‘new voice’ for twentieth-century Russian Orthodox choral music, Rachmaninov and Golovanov have been a joy to sing this term.

Come and share in our joy:

Today’s Evensong features a glorious three-movement anthem by Golovanov and the ebullient G canticles by Stanford. All welcome at 6:30pm

Responses - Ebdon
Canticles - Stanford in G
Anthem - Rejoice in God our helper (Golovanov)

Here is a very brief teaser for our Evensong tonight at 6:30pm. We will be singing two settings of ‘Gladsome Light’.

Introit - Gladsome Light (Rachmaninov)
Responses - Ebdon
Canticles - Dyson in F
Anthem - Gladsome Light (Golovanov)

CHORAL AWARDS

Only a couple of days remaining to apply for Choral Awards to come and sing with us! We warmly welcome any St John's offer-holders to come and sing, so get an application in by this Thursday.

More info: cmp.cam.ac.uk/choral-awards/
Cambridge Choral Award Scheme

Rehearsals underway for our joint Evensong tonight at St John’s, 6:30pm!

We are delighted to welcome Emmanuel College Choir to sing a joint Evensong in the chapel tonight at 6:30pm. You’re in for a treat:

Introit - Salvation is Created (Chesnokov)
Responses - Tomkins
Canticles - Howells St Paul’s
Anthem - Agnus Dei from Mass for Double Choir (Martin)

Tonight’s 6:30 Evensong features three different settings of Simeon’s prayer in the Temple - by Rachmaninov, Golovanov, and Rubbra.

Introit - Nunc Dimitis (Golovanov)
Responses - Tomkins
Canticles - Rubbra in A Flat
Anthem - Nunc Dimitis (Rachmaninov)