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About Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly - live at 3.30pm on Wednesday and repeated at 4pm Sunday.
Choral Evensong was first broadcast on Thursday 7 October 1926 live from Westminster Abbey and has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio ever since.
- It is the longest running outside broadcast in the world
- Now visiting a different venue every week
- Featuring many new commissions, particularly in 2012 the Choirbook for the Queen, the anthology of music to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee
- Regularly broadcasting from Festivals in this country and abroad
If you would like to be in the congregation for Choral Evensong, please be seated by 3.15pm.
The Choirbook for The Queen
A new collection of anthems has just been published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. The Choirbook for The Queen consists of 33 pieces composed in the decade since her Golden Jubilee in 2002 and 11 brand new compositions. These new anthems will be given their broadcast premieres throughout 2012 during BBC Radio 3’s live relays of Choral Evensong and there will be further pieces from the collection sung at other venues.
The dates of the premieres are:
Wednesday 8 February – Manchester Cathedral (Judith Bingham – Corpus Christi Carol)
Wednesday 29 February – King’s College, Cambridge (Alexander Goehr – Cities and thrones and powers)
Wednesday 7 March – Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (Francis Grier – Prayer for the Church’s banquet)
Wednesday 21 March – Bristol Cathedral (David Bedford – May God shield you on every step)
Wednesday 9 May – Truro Cathedral (Julian Philips – Church music)
Wednesday 23 May – Wells Cathedral (Michael Finnissy – Sincerity)
Wednesday 13 June – York Minster (David Sawer – Wonder)
Wednesday 15 August – St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh (Nigel Osborne – Prayer for Africa)
Wednesday 17 October – Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (Roxanna Panufnik – Joy at the sound)
Wednesday 21 November – Westminster Cathedral (Diana Burrell – O joyful light) TBC
Wednesday 5 December – Westminster Abbey (Peter Maxwell Davies – Advent Calendar) -
Choral Evensong Advance Schedule
Here are the services coming up in the next few months on Choral Evensong.
2012
Weds 7th March
(rpt. Sun 11th March)
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Introit: Beati mundo corde (Byrd)
Responses: Francis Pott
Office Hymn: God is the refuge of his saints (Cannock)
Psalm: 37 (Russell, Gauntlett)
First Lesson: Job 1 vv1-22
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: Luke 21 v34 - 22 v6
Anthem: Prayer for the Church's Banquet (Francis Grier) ('Choirbook for The Queen'- first performance)
Final Hymn: Hark what a sound (Highwood)
Organ Voluntary: Joie et clarté from Les Corps Glorieux (Messiaen)
Stephen Darlington (Director of Music)
Michael Heighway (Organ Scholar)
Weds 14th March
(rpt. Sun 18th March)
Guildford Cathedral
Introit: The Holy Spirit (Philip Moore)
Responses: Ebdon
Psalms: 73, 74 (Clark, Soaper, Battishill, Vann, Walmisley)
Office Hymn: Word of the Father (Verbum Dei)
First Lesson: Genesis 9 vv8-17
Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (Philip Moore)
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 3 vv18-end
Anthem: The last and greatest Herald (John McCabe) (Choirbook for the Queen)
Organ Voluntary: Psalm Prelude Set 2 No.1 (Howells)
Katherine Dienes-Williams (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Paul Provost (Sub Organist)
Weds 21st March
(rpt. Sun 26th March)
Bristol Cathedral
Introit: Timor et Tremor (Poulenc)
Responses: Rose
Psalms: 11, 12, 13 (Kelway, Crotch, Battishill)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 13 vv20-27
Office Hymn: Forgive us when our deeds ignore (Bow Brickhill)
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1 v17 - 2 v3
Anthem: May God shield you on every step (David Bedford) ('Choirbook for the Queen' - first performance)
Final hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Organ Voluntary: For the Iron Voice (Philip Wilby)
Mark Lee (Director of Music)
Paul Walton (Assistant Organist)
Weds 28th March
(rpt. Sun 1st April)
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London with the BBC Singers (Schubert celebration)
A Passiontide Devotion live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, led by the Revd Alan Gyle and based around the movements of Schubert's 'Stabat Mater' in F minor D.383 which he composed in 1816 to F.G.Klopstock's paraphrase into German of the Latin sequence. It wasn't performed publicly until 5 years after Schubert's death. With the BBC Singers directed by David Hill. Organist Richard Pearce.
Weds 4th April
(no repeat)
Southwark Cathedral
Introit: Salvator Mundi (Tallis)
Responses: Morley
Psalm: 88 (Howells)
First Lesson: Isaiah 63 vv1-9
Office Hymn: The royal banners forward go (Gonfalon Royal)
Canticles: The Short Service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: Revelation 14 v18 - 15 v4
Anthem: Miserere mei, Deus (Byrd)
Final Hymn: When you prayed beneath the trees (Witford)
Organ Voluntary: Crucifixion from Symphonie-Passion (Dupré)
Stephen Disley (Director of the Girl's Choir)
Peter Wright (Organist)
Jonathan Hope (Organ Scholar)
Easter Sunday 8th April
(no repeat)
Gloucester Cathedral
Introit: My beloved spake (Hadley)
Responses: Sanders
Psalm: 66 vv1-11 (Howells)
First Lesson: Ezekiel 37 vv1-14
Canticles: Gloucester Service (Neil Cox)
Second Lesson: Luke 24 vv13-35
Anthem: In exitu Israel (Samuel Wesley)
Final Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert)
Organ Voluntary: Final from Symphonie No.6 Op.42 (Widor)
Adrian Partington (Director of Music)
Ashley Grote (Assistant Director of Music)
Weds 11th April
(rpt Sun 15th April)
Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, with Trinity Laban Chapel Choir and the Athenian Ensemble of Viols.
Introit: Haec Dies (Byrd)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms: 59, 60, 61 (Barnby, Howells, Stainer)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3
Office Hymn: Love's redeeming work is done (Savannah)
Canticles: The Second Service (Gibbons)
Second Lesson: Matthew 28 vv16-end
Anthem: My beloved spake (Julian Anderson - Choirbook for the Queen)
Final Hymn: The strife is o'er (Victory)
Voluntary: In Nomine 5 à 5 (Byrd)
Richard Tanner (Director of Music)
James Grainger (Assistant Organist)
Weds 18th April
(rpt 22nd April)
Keble College, Oxford
Introit: Rise, heart, thy Lord is risen (Five Mystical Songs - Vaughan Williams)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms: 93, 94 (Rose, Atkins, Howells)
First Lesson: Hosea 5 v15-6 v6
Canticles: Evening Service in D (Brewer)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv1-11
Anthem: Thou, O God, art praised in Sion (Malcolm Boyle)
Hymn: Rejoice today with one accord (Ein' feste Burg)
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Fantasia on 'Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott' Op. 27 (Reger)
Simon Whalley (Director of Music)
Leonard Sanderman (Henshall Organ Scholar)
Richard Dawson (Junior Organ Scholar)
Weds 25th April
(rpt Sun 29th April)
Chichester Cathedral
Introit: O sing unto the Lord (Andrew Simpson) (Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Sumsion
Office Hymn: Glory to thee, O God (Harewood)
Psalm: 45 (Rose, Smart, Cooper)
First Lesson: Ezekiel 1 v4-14
Canticles: The Second Service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 4 v1-11
Anthem: Give me the wings of faith (Leighton)
Final Hymn: God has spoken by his prophets (Gowanbank)
Organ Voluntary: Final from Symphony No 2 Op. 20 (Vierne)
Sarah Baldock (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Timothy Ravalde (Assistant Organist)
Weds 2nd May
(rpt Sun 8th May)
St John’s College, Cambridge
Live from the chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge with the College Choir and St John's Sinfonia
Responses: Ayleward
Psalms: 12, 13, 14 (Goss, Hylton Stewart, Stanford)
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 10 vv12-end
Magnificat (Vivaldi)
Second Lesson: Ephesians 5 vv1-14
Nunc Dimittis (plainsong on the first tone)
Anthem: Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192 (Bach)
Final Hymn: Let all the world (Luckington)
Organ Voluntary: Fugue in G major BWV 541 (Bach)
Andrew Nethsingha (Director of Music)
John Challenger and Freddie James (Organ Scholars)
Weds 9th May
(rpt Sun 13th May)
Truro Cathedral
Live from Truro Cathedral, including the first broadcast of a new composition commissioned for the Choirbook for the Queen, a collection of contemporary anthems, published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.
Responses: Clucas
Office Hymn: Jesus shall reign (Truro)
Psalms: 47, 48, 49 (Bamby, Goss, Camidge)
First Lesson: Hosea 13 vv4-14
The Truro Evening Canticles (Philip Stopford)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv50-end
Anthems: Church Music (Julian Philips) (first broadcast – Choirbook for the Queen)
Ave Maris Stella (James MacMillan)
Final Hymn: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (St Clement)
Organ Voluntary: Magna voce cane et magno cum jubilo (David Bednall)
Christopher Gray (Director of Music)
Luke Bond (Assistant Director of Music)
Weds 16th May
(rpt Sun 20th May)
St Pancras Church, London (London Festival of Contemporary Church Music)
Live from St Pancras Church, as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
Introit: Adoro te Devote (Gabriel Jackson) first broadcast
Responses: Phillip Cooke
Office Hymn: O Christ, our hope, our hearts’ desire (Bedford Row)
Psalms: 15, 24 (Léon Charles)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23 vv1-5
St Pancras Canticles (Joseph Phibbs) first broadcast
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 v20 – 3 v4
Anthem: Viri Galilei (Patrick Gowers)
Final Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia 150 (Paul Ayres)
Christopher Batchelor (Director of Music)
Léon Charles (Assistant Organist)
Weds 23rd May
(rpt Sun 27th May)
Wells Cathedral
Live from Wells Cathedral during the New Music Wells Festival including the first performance of a new composition commissioned for the Choirbook for the Queen, a collection of contemporary anthems, published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.
Introit: Sincerity (first broadcast) (Michael Finnissy – Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalms: 114, 115 (Tonus Peregrinus, South)
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 31 vv30–32 v14
Office Hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (Llanfair)
Canticles: The Wells Service (first broadcast) (Howard Skempton)
Second Lesson: 1 John 3 vv11-24
Anthem: Love divine (Howard Goodall)
Final Hymn: O for a thousand tongues to sing (Richmond)
Organ Voluntary: Dance-Rondo (Philip Moore)
Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Jonathan Vaughn (Assistant Organist)
Weds 30th May
(rpt Sun 3rd June)
New College, Oxford
Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford
Introit: Come Holy Ghost (Boyce)
Responses: Gibbons and Barnard
Psalm: 45 (Ashfield)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 2 vv8-14
Office Hymn: Now in holy celebration (Oriel)
Canticles: HK Andrews in D
Second Lesson: Luke 1 vv26-38
Anthems: The King shall rejoice (Boyce)
O Lord grant the Queen a long life (Francis Pott) (Choirbook for the Queen)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro from Concerto Op 7 No 4 (Handel)
Edward Higginbottom (Director of Music)
Steven Grahl (Assistant Organist)
Weds 6th June
(rpt Sun 10th June)
St Davids Cathedral during the 2012 Cathedral Festival
Introit: Corpus Christi Carol (Judith Bingham) (Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms: 110, 111 (Stanford, Lloyd)
First Lesson: Exodus 16 vv2-15
Canticles: Jesus College Service (William Mathias)
Second Lesson: John 6 vv22-35
Anthem: In the year that King Uzziah died (Matthew Martin) (first performance)
Final Hymn: Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Festival Te Deum (William Mathias)
Organ Voluntary: Paean (Kenneth Leighton)
Daniel Cook (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Simon Pearce (Assistant Organist)
Weds 13th June
(rpt Sun 17th June)
York Minster
Weds 20th June
(rpt Sun 24th June)
Magdalen College, Oxford
Introit: Jesu, grant me this I pray (Christopher Robinson)
Responses: Radcliffe
Office Hymn: The duteous day now closeth (Innsbruck)
Psalm: 104 (Walford Davies, Parratt)
First Lesson: Isaiah 30 :15-22
Canticles: Howells in B minor
Second Lesson: Matthew 5 vv13-24
Anthem: Lo, the full, final sacrifice (Finzi)
Final Hymn: All creatures of our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Organ Voluntary: Rhapsody on a Ground (Statham)
Daniel Hyde (Informator Choristarum)
Benjamin Giddens (Sub Organist)
Weds 27th June
(rpt Sun 1st July)
Sheffield Cathedral
Introit: Vast Ocean of Light (Jonathan Dove) (Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Leighton
Psalms: 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 (Garrett, Turle, Goss, Garrett, Walford Davies, Rhodes)
First Lesson: Job 29 vv1-20
Office Hymn: Palms of Glory (Palms of Glory)
Canticles: Edington Service (Grayston Ives)
Second Lesson: Romans 12 vv9-end
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Bairstow)
Final Hymn: Ye holy angels bright (Darwall's 148th)
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Fantasia on "O God our help in ages past" (Parry)
Neil Taylor (Director of Music)
Anthony Gowing (Assistant Director of Music)
Weds 4th July
(rpt Sun 8th July)
Canterbury Cathedral
Weds 11th July
(rpt 15th July)
Chester Cathedral
Weds 18th July
(rpt 22nd July - 3.30pm-4.30pm)
Eton College Chapel with the second Eton Choral Course
Weds 25th July
(rpt Sun 29th July - 7pm-8pm)
Hereford Cathedral (Three Choirs Festival)
Weds 1st August
(Pre-rec 21st July)
(rpt Sun 5th August – 6.30pm-7.30pm)
Salisbury Cathedral (Southern Cathedrals Festival)
Weds 8th August
(rpt Sun 12th August – 7pm-8pm)
Buckfast Abbey with the Exon Singers
Weds 15th August
(rpt Sun 19th August)
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Weds 22nd August
(rpt Sun 26th August)
Edington Priory (Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy)
Weds 29th August
(rpt Sun 2nd September – 6.30pm–7.30pm)
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh with the Charles Wood Summer School
Weds 5th September
(rpt Sun 9th September)
Neresheim Abbey, Germany with the Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Weds 19th September
(rpt Sun 23rd September)
Southwell Minster
Weds 26th September
(rpt Sun 30th September)
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
