Here are the services coming up in the next few months on Choral Evensong.

Weds 16th Nov 2011
(rpt.) Sun 20th Nov 2011
Lincoln Cathedral
Introit: Christe Jesu, pastor bone (John Taverner)
Responses: Tomkins
Hymn: O God, thy loving care for man (Exultet caelum laudibus)
Psalms: 133, 134, 135 (Ley, Stainer, South)
First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 50 vv1-22
Canticles: The Fifth Service (Tomkins)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 12 vv18-end
Anthem: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Brahms)
Hymn: Come, lift your joyful voices (Ellacombe)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro from Symphony no.2 op.20 (Vierne)
Aric Prentice (Director of Music)
Colin Walsh (Organist)

Weds 23rd Nov 2011
(no repeat)
St George's Chapel, Windsor
Introit: One thing have I desired of the Lord (Sumsion)
Responses: Francis Grier
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum (Tallis)
Psalms: 114, 115 (Garrett, South)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 31 vv1-9
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Second Lesson: Matthew 15 vv21-31
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Bairstow)
Hymn: We have a gospel to proclaim (Fulda)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C minor (Willan)
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Director of Music)
Richard Pinel (Assistant Director of Music)

Sun 27th Nov 2011
A Service for Advent with Carols,
St John’s College, Cambridge
Carol: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (arr. Nield)
Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel) (descant: Hill)
Bidding Prayer
Carol: The Cherry Tree Carol (arr. Cleobury)
I The Message of Advent
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonai
First lesson: Isaiah 11 vv.1-5
Carol: A Tender Shoot (Goldschmidt)
Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv. 1-11
Out of your Sleep (Milner)
II The Word of God
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David
Anthem: Adam lay ibounden (Swayne)
Third lesson: Micah 4 vv.1-4
Carol: The Truth from Above (arr. Vaughan Williams/ Robinson)
Fourth lesson: Luke 4 vv.14-21
Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus) (descant: Robinson)
III The Prophetic Call
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium
Motet: Rorate coeli (Guerrero)
Fifth lesson: Malachi 3 vv.1-7
Anthem: How lovely are the messengers (Mendelssohn)
Sixth lesson: Matthew 3 vv.1-11
Hymn: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New) (descant: Robinson)
IV The Christ-Bearer
Sentence and Collect
Antiphon: O Emmanuel
Carol: The Annunciation (first performance) (Harvey)
Seventh lesson: Luke 1 vv.39-49
Motet: Übers Gebirg Maria geht (Eccard)
Magnificat: Stanford in B flat
Eighth lesson: John 3 vv.1-8
Sentence and Christmas Collect
Carol: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Gardner)
Hymn: Lo! He comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) (descant: Robinson)
College Prayer and Blessing
Organ Voluntary:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (J.S. Bach)
Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha
Assistant Organist: John Challenger

Weds 30th Nov 2011
(rpt Sun 4th Dec 2011)
London Oratory- Choral Vespers
Organ Prelude: Intonazione octavo tono (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Invitatory: Deus in adjutorium meum (Victoria)
Antiphons & Psalms: 110, 113, 116, 126, 117 (Victoria)
Hymn: Exsultet orbis gaudiis (Victoria)
Antiphon: Cum pervenisset (Plainsong)
Canticle: Magnificat primi toni (Victoria)
Antiphon of Our Lady: Alma Redemptoris mater (Victoria)
Organ Voluntary: Tiento de quinto tono (Francisco Correa de Arauxo)
Celebrant: The Revd Fr. George Bowen
Director of Music: Patrick Russill
Organist: Matthew Martin

Weds 7th Dec 2011
(rpt Sun 11th Dec 2011)
Live from Norwich Cathedral on the First Evensong of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Introit: Hail gladdening light (Wood)
Responses: Ayleward
Hymn: O strength and stay (O strength and stay)
Psalm: 37 (Goss, Ouseley)
First Lesson: Amos 9 vv11-end
Canticles: Howells in B minor
Second Lesson: Philippians 4 vv4-9
Anthem: And I saw a new heaven (Bainton)
Anthem: A hymn to the Virgin (Britten)
Organ Voluntary: Moderato con moto from Sonata in A minor (William Harris)
Thomas Primrose (Conductor)
David Dunnet (Organist)

Weds 14th Dec 2011
(rpt Sun 18th Dec 2011)
Chapel of Worksop College with the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Introit: Sanctus (Alcock)
Responses: Geoffrey Webber
Office Hymn: Sancte Cuthberte (Laus Patrono)
Psalm: 38 (Webber)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 7 vv1-11
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor (Vaughan Williams)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 2 vv1-10
Anthem: Komm, Jesu, komm (Bach)
Hymn: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C minor (Vaughan Williams)
Geoffrey Webber (Director of Music)
Annie Lydford and Nick Lee (Organ Scholars)
Timothy Uglow (Director of Music at Worksop College)

Weds 21st Dec 2011
(no repeat)
Portsmouth Cathedral
Introit: Hymn to the Mother of God (John Tavener)
Responses: Clucas
Hymn: Creator of the stars of night (Conditor alme)
Psalms: 81, 84 (Plainsong)
First Lesson: Isaiah 55
Canticles on Plainsong Tones (Arthur Wills)
Second Lesson: 2 Peter 2vv4-end
Anthem: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius)
Hymn: Hark, what a sound (Highwood)
Organ Voluntary: Les enfants de Dieu from La Nativité du Seigneur (Messiaen)
David Price (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
William Drakett and Nick Miller (Acting Sub-Organists)

Christmas Day 25th Dec 2011
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2011
Once in royal David's city (descant Cleobury)
Bidding Prayer read by the Dean
I wonder as I wander (Rütti)
First lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-19 read by a Chorister
Remember, O thou man (Ravenscroft)
Adam lay ybounden (Ord)
Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar
Angels from the realms of glory (arr Jacques)
Riu, riu, chiu (Flecha)
Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a Member of College Staff
Nowell sing we now all and some (medieval)
Sussex Carol (arr Willcocks)
It came upon the midnight clear (descant Cleobury)
Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a Representative of the City of Cambridge
A spotless rose (arr Ledger)
The Lamb (Tavener)
Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-35, 38 read by a Representative of Eton College
Blessed be that maid Mary (arr Cleobury)
Bogoróditse Dyévo (Pärt)
Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1, 3-7 read by the Chaplain
Christmas Eve (Tansy Davies - first performance, commissioned by King's College) Sans Day Carol (arr Rutter)
Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music
The Shepherd's Carol (Chilcott)
While shepherds watched (descant Cleobury)
Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost
The Three Kings (Cornelius arr Atkins)
Illuminare, Jerusalem (Weir)
Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost
O come, all ye faithful (arr Willcocks)
Collect and Blessing
Hark! the herald angels sing (descant Willcocks)
Organ voluntaries:
In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (Bach)
Toccata, Op 104 (Jongen) [broadcast on Radio 3 on Christmas Day only]
Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholar: Ben-San Lau
Producer: Simon Vivian

Weds 28th Dec 2011
(rpt 1st Jan 2012)
St John's Church, Upper Norwood, London with the Choir of King's College, London on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
Introit: Vox in Rama (Bernadino de Ribera)
Responses: Tomkins
Office Hymn: Salvete flores martyrum (Victoria)
Psalms: 123 (Roseingrave) 124 (Knight) 127 (Garrett) and 128 (Turle)
First lesson: Jeremiah 31, vv15-17
Magnificat sexti toni a 12 (Victoria)
Second lesson: Matthew 2, vv13-18
Nunc dimittis (Victoria)
Anthem: Singet dem Herrn BWV 225 (Bach)
Hymn: Unto us is born a Son
Organ Voluntary: Prelude in G major BWV 541 (Bach)
Director of Music: David Trendell
Organ Scholars: Richard Hall and Christopher Woodward

2012
Weds 4th January
(rpt. Sun 8th Jan)
Eton College Chapel with the Rodolfus Choir (Epiphany Sequence)
'A Cold Coming we had of it' - A Sequence for Epiphany live from Eton College Chapel led by Canon Jeremy Davies with the Rodolfus Choir.
Videntes Stellam (Poulenc)
Hymn: Where is this stupendous stranger (Ottery St Mary)
Reading: Journey of the Magi (T S Eliot)
Three Kings from Persian lands afar (Cornelius)
Hymn: Brightest and best (Epiphany)
Reading: Matthew 2 vv1-12
Bethlehem Down (Warlock)
Hymn: O worship the Lord (Was lebet)
Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland (Richard Strauss arr. Shephard)
Hymn: As with gladness men of old (Dix)
Tribus miraculis ornatum (David Bednall)
Hymn: Lord for the years (Lord of the years)
Organ Voluntary: Dieu parmi nous (Messiaen)
Director of music: Ralph Allwood
Organist: Alexander Ffinch

Weds 11th January
(rpt. Sun 15th January)
Tewkesbury Abbey
Introit: The Magi (Gabriel Jackson)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalms: 59, 60, 61 (Flintoft, Smart, Hopkins, Camidge)
First Lesson: Amos 3
Canticles: Jesus College Service (William Mathias)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 2
Anthem: A Hymn on the Nativity (Nico Muhly)
Hymn: Hail to the Lord's Anointed (Cruger)
Organ Voluntary: Epiphanie (Gaston Litaize)
Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music)
Carleton Etherington (Organist)

Weds 18th January
(rpt. Sun 22nd January)
Winchester Cathedral
Introit: Cradle Song (Richard Causton)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms: 93, 94 (Harris, Wesley)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 19vv9b-18
Canticles: Collegium Regale (John Tavener)
Second Lesson: Mark 9vv2-13
Anthem: The Three Kings (Jonathan Dove)
Hymn: Brightest and best (Wessex)
Organ Voluntary: Dans le Verbe était la Vie et la Vie était la Lumière (Messiaen)
Andrew Lumsden (Director of Music)
Simon Bell (Assistant Director of Music)

Weds 25th January
(rpt. Sun 29th January)
Durham Cathedral on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul.
Introit: Happy and blest are they (Mendelssohn)
Responses: Ayleward
Office Hymn: We sing the glorious conquest (King's Lynn)
Psalm: 119, vv41-64 (Turle)
First Lesson: Isaiah 56vv1-8
Canticles: The St Hild Service (Richard Lloyd)
Second Lesson: Colossians 1v24-2v7
Anthems: How lovely are the messengers (Mendelssohn)
See what love hath the Father (Mendelssohn)
Hymn: Disposer supreme (Old 104th)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro maestoso from Sonata in D, Opus 65 No 5 (Mendelssohn)
James Lancelot (Master of the Choristers and Organist)
Francesca Massey (Sub-Organist)

Weds 1st February
(rpt. Sun 5th February)
St Paul’s Cathedral on the Eve of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Introit: Senex puerum portabat (Byrd)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm: 118 (Gray)
First Lesson: 1 Samuel 1 vv19b-end
Office Hymn: Quod chorus vatum (Tallis)
Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (Tippett)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 4 vv11-end
Anthem: Videte miraculum (Tallis)
Final Hymn: New light has dawned (West Ashton)
Organ Voluntary: Rédemption (Franck, arr. Daniel Roth)
Andrew Carwood (Director of Music)
Simon Johnson (Organist)

Weds 8th February
(rpt. Sun 12th February)
Manchester Cathedral
Introit: Corpus Christi Carol (Judith Bingham) ('The Choirbook for The Queen' -first performance)
Responses: Tomkins
Office Hymn: O Trinity of blessed light (Plainsong)
Psalms: 42, 43 (Camidge, Stokes)
First Lesson: Ecclesiastes 3vv1-15
Magnificat (Stadlmayr)
Second Lesson: John 17vv20-26
Nunc Dimittis (Giorgi)
Anthem: Judicame, Deus (Andrea Gabrieli)
Jubilate Deo in E flat (Britten)
Hymn: Songs of thankfulness and praise (St Edmund)
Organ Voluntary: Moto ostinato from Musica Dominicalis (Petr Eben)
Christopher Stokes (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Jeffrey Makinson (Sub Organist)

Weds 15th February
(rpt. Sun 19th February)
St Alban's Church, Holborn, London with the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Introit: Lighten mine eyes (Bo Hansson)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms: 59, 60, 67 (Turle, Tomkins, Crotch, Stewart, Pike)
First Lesson: Isaiah 52v13-53v6
Canticles: Arvo Pärt
Second Lesson: Romans 15vv14-21
Anthem: Time is endless (Vytautas Miškinis)
Final Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer (Cypress Court)
Organ Voluntary: Praeludium in E minor (Nicolaus Bruhns)
Rupert Gough (Director of Choral Music)
William Mason, Matthew Searles (Organ Scholars)

Ash Wednesday 22nd February
(rpt. Sun 26th February)
Hereford Cathedral
Introit: Memento homo (Byrd)
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 51 Miserere mei (Allegri)
First Lesson: Isaiah 1vv 10-18
Canticles: In Fauxbourdon (Tallis)
Second Lesson: Luke 15vv 11-end
Anthem: Da mihi auxilium (Byrd)
Hymn: Now is the healing time decreed (Jena)
Organ Voluntary: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV 671 (Bach)
Geraint Bowen (Organist & Director of Music)
Peter Dyke (Assistant organist)

Weds 29th February
(rpt. Sun 4th March)
King’s College, Cambridge
Organ Prelude on Selna (Robin Orr)
Introit: Cities and Thrones and Powers (Alexander Goehr) (first performance)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalms: 142, 143 (Camidge, Pring)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 5vv20-end
Office Hymn: Audi Benigne Conditor (Plainsong)
Magnificat quarti toni (Palestrina)
Second Lesson: John 5vv30-end
Nunc Dimittis tertii toni (Victoria)
Anthems: The Fayrfax Carol (Thomas Adès)
To Keep a True Lent (Richard Baker)
Final Hymn: Lord Jesu, think on me (Southwell)
Organ Voluntary: Postlude in D Minor Op. 105 no. 6 (Stanford)
Stephen Cleobury (Director of Music)
Ben-San Lau, Parker Ramsay (Organ Scholars)

Weds 7th March
(rpt. Sun 11th March)
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Weds 14th March
(rpt. Sun 18th March)
Guildford Cathedral

Weds 21st March
(rpt. Sun 26th March)
Bristol Cathedral

Weds 28th March
(rpt. Sun 1st April)
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London with the BBC Singers (Schubert celebration)