Choral Evensong

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• They shall mount up with wings like eagles

  An introit by Benedict Tanner, composed while he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral.

  Duration: 0:46

• Premiere: The Maida Vale Service

  Composer Ben Ponniah introduces his new setting of the Evening Canticles.

  Duration: 1:04

• Christ conquers

  The choir of Guildford Cathedral sing Christus vincit by James MacMillan.

  Duration: 6:16

• My soul is athirst

  The choir of Portsmouth Cathedral sing 'Like as the hart' by Herbert Howells.

  Duration: 5:35
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• St George's Cathedral

• Portsmouth Cathedral

• The Choristers of St John's College

• Roderick Williams and James Burton
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• Choral Evensong Schedule

  Wed 8th Dec (repeated Sun 12th Dec)

  Choral Vespers for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary live from Buckfast Abbey with the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

   

  Introit: Ave Maria (Stravinsky)

  Hymn: Ave Maris Stella (Plainsong arr. Matthew Martin)

  Psalms 109, 112, 121, 126 (Plainsong/Falsebordone, Matthew Martin/Patrick Russill)

  Scripture Reading: Romans 5 vv.21-25

  Motet: Vidi speciosam (Victoria)

  Magnificat Primi toni (inter pares) (Victoria)

  Marian Antiphon: Tota pulchra es (James Macmillan)

  Voluntary: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l‘Ave Maris Stella (Tournemire)

   

  Matthew Martin (Precentor)

  Kyoko Canaway and Martin Baker (Organists)

   

  Wed 15th Dec (repeated Sun 19th Dec)

  From Sacred Trinity Salford with HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholars.

   

  Introit: Thou shalt know him (Mark Sirett)

  Responses: Joanna Forbes L’Estrange

  Office hymn: Longing for light, we wait in darkness (Christ be our light)

  Psalm 82 (Turle)

  First Lesson: Joel 3 vv.9-16

  Canticles: Sumsion in A

  Second Lesson: Matthew 24 vv.29-35

  Anthem: A Spotless Rose (Bob Chilcott)

  Hymn: Long ago, prophets knew (Personet hodie)

  Blessing anthem: People, look East (Steel)

  Voluntary: Fugue sopra Magnificat BWV733 (Bach)

   

  Andrew Earis (Director of Music)

  Olivia Tait (Choral Conducting Fellow)

  John Hosking (Organist)

   

  Recorded 26 November 2021.

   

  Wed 22nd Dec (no repeat)

  From Manchester Cathedral

   

  Introit: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61(i) (J.S. Bach)

  Responses: Christopher Stokes

  Psalm 89 vv1-19 (Barnby)

  Office hymn: Creator of the stars of night (Mode iv)

  First Lesson: Isaiah 39

  Canticles: Sumsion in G

  Second Lesson: Matthew 17 vv14-21

  Anthem: Vox dicentis: Clama (Naylor)

  Hymn: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard)

  Amen, Amen, komm du schöne Freudenkrone BWV 61(vi) (J.S. Bach)

  Voluntary: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544 (J.S. Bach)

   

  Christopher Stokes, Organist and Master of the Choristers

  Jeffrey Makinson, Sub-organist

   

  First broadcast 17 December 2014.

   

  Sun 26th December (no repeat)

  From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, on the Feast of St Stephen.

   

  Introit: Welcome Yule! (Parry)

  Responses: Radcliffe

  Office hymn: Jesu, the father’s only Son (Christe Redemptor omnium)

  Psalms 57, 86 (Hine, Battishill, Lord Mornington)

  First Lesson: Genesis 4 vv.1-10

  Canticles: Dyson in D

  Second Lesson: Acts 7 vv.51-60

  Anthem: And I saw a new heaven (Bainton)

  Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel)

  Voluntary: Cantata No 29, BWV.29 (Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir) (Sinfonia) (Bach, arr. Guilmant)

   

  Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music)

  Alex Little & Tom Fetherstonhaugh (Organists)

   

  First broadcast 26 December 2018.

   

  Wed 29th Dec (repeated Sun 2nd Jan)

  From the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.

   

  Introit: Gaudete! (Trad., arr. Luke Fitzgerald)

  Responses: Rose

  Office hymn: Of the Father’s heart begotten (Divinum Mysterium, arr.Willcocks)

  Psalms 131, 132 (Lloyd, Howells, Edwards)

  First Lesson: Isaiah 57 vv.15-21

  Magnificat octavi toni (Bevan)

  Second Lesson: John 1 vv.1-18

  Nunc dimittis (Holst)

  Anthem: A babe is born (Mathias)

  Hymn: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles)

  Voluntary: Fantaisie No 1 in E flat major (Saint-Saëns)

   

  Oliver Hancock (Director of Music)

  Mark Swinton (Assistant Director of Music)

   

  Recorded 21 September 2021.

   

  Wed 5th January (repeated Sun 9th Jan)

  From Winchester College on the Eve of the Epiphany.

   

  Introit: The Wise Men and the Star (Oliver Tarney)

  Responses: Clucas

  Psalms 96, 97 (Ley, Day)

  First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.1-13

  Office hymn: Songs of thankfulness and praise (St Edmund)

  Canticles: Wood in E flat No 2

  Second Lesson: John 4 vv.7-26

  Anthem: There shall a star from Jacob come forth (Mendelssohn)

  Hymn: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (Was Lebet)

  Voluntary: A George Herbert Trilogy No 3 (Church bells beyond the stars) (Cecilia McDowall)

   

  Howard Ionascu (Director of Chapel Music)

  Benjamin Cunningham (Assistant Director of Chapel Music)

   

  Recorded 7 October 2021.

   

  Wed 12th January (repeated Sun 16th Jan)

  From St Albans Holborn, London with Genesis Sixteen.

   

  Introit: Videntes stellam Magi (Palestrina)

  Responses: Rose

  Psalms 65, 66, 67

  First Lesson: Exodus 15 vv.1-19

  Office hymn: O Trinity of blessed light (O lux beata)

  Magnificat Primi toni a8 (Victoria)

  Second Lesson: Colossians 2 vv.8-15

  Nunc dimittis: Dorian Mode (Tallis)

  Anthem: Psalm 56 (Bernard Hughes)

  Hymn: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Epiphany)

  Voluntary: Epiphanie (Litaize)

   

  Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan, Olivia Tait (Conductors)

  James Orford (Organist)

   

  Recorded 7 January 2022.

   

  Wed 19th January (repeated Sun 23rd Jan)

  From Ripon Cathedral

   

  Introit: O nata lux de lumine (Tallis)

  Responses: Ayleward

  Office Hymn: Tis good, Lord, to be here (Carlisle)

  Psalm 106 (Mann; Goss; Armes)

  First Lesson: 1 Kings 19 vv.9b-18

  Canticles: Stanford in A

  Second Lesson: Mark 9 vv.2-13

  Anthem: Blessed City, heavenly Salem (Bairstow)

  Hymn: Jesu, these eyes have never seen (Nun danket all)

  Voluntary: Nuages ensoleillés sur le Cap Nègre from 'Promenades en Provence' (Reuchsel)

   

  Andrew Bryden (Director of Music)

  Tim Harper (Assistant Director of Music)

   

  First broadcast 21 January 2015.