Services

Sunday	Sung Eucharist 10.30, Choral Evensong 18.30, organ recital 18.00
Daily, except Monday	Choral Evensong 18.30

Service Sheet www.joh.cam.ac.uk/chapel_and_choir/chapel/

Facilities

Entrance: Adults £3.50, Concessions £2.00

Website: www.joh.cam.ac.uk

E-mail address: enquiries@joh.cam.ac.uk

Telephone
College 01223 338600
Chaplain 01223 338617

Music

Director of Music
Andrew Nethsingha (since 2007)

Former Directors of Music included:

David Hill (2003 - 2007)

Christopher Robinson (1991 - 2003) President of the FCM

George Guest (1951 - 1991) former President of the FCM

Herbert Howells (1941 - 1945)

Choir

This choir, one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, is known and loved by millions for its recordings, broadcasts and concert tours. It has an extraordinary discography dating back to the 1950s when George Guest was Director of Music. The choir consists of 20 boy choristers, who are educated at St John's College School, and gentleman Choral Scholars, usually undergraduates of the college, who sing the other parts. There are two organ scholars who assist with the Chapel music.

Choir website  www.sjcchoir.co.uk

 

Organ

1839 Hill, rebuilt Hill 1869, Norman & Beard 1902, Hill, Norman & Beard 1955, 1974, Mander 1994

4 manuals 64 stops

Pedal 15 stops, Choir 11 stops, Great 15 stops, Swell 15 stops, Solo 8 stops

Organ specification www.joh.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/Specification_of_the_new_Mander_Organ.pdf

College

Dean of Chapel
The Revd Duncan Dormor (since 2002)

Chaplain
The Revd Elizabeth Adekunle (since 2011)

Building
St John's was founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry V11. Buildings of this century include The Great Gate of 1516 with its fine fan faulting and distinctive tower by William Swayne, the First Court, 1511-1520, with its classical styled South range and pointed windows of East range and the Second Court, 1589 - 1599, with its fine brickwork and harmonious proportions, the finest example of this type in Cambridge. Later building includes Third Court, 1669 - 1672, with its fine Library in early Gothic Revival and the cloistered range along the river bank, New Court, 1831, a classical plan in the Gothic style, the famous Bridge of Sighs, linking New Court and Third Court and the Chapel, 1869, replacing a much smaller 13th century building, by Sir George Gilbert Scott with fine Clayton & Bell stained glass and a painted ceiling.