Choral Evensong

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  The RSCM Millennium Youth Choir perform Matthew Kelley's Morning Thoughts.

  Duration: 3:15

• Behold, the tabernacle of God

  The choirs of Chichester, Salisbury, and Winchester Cathedrals sing an introit by Harris.

  Duration: 2:24

• This is the sun's birthday!

  The choir of Wells Cathedral perform 'i thank You God' by Eric Whitacre.

  Duration: 5:38

• O for the wings of a dove

  The choir of Rugby School perform Mendelssohn's 'Hear my prayer' on Choral Evensong.

  Duration: 10:20
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• Choral Evensong Schedule

  
  Wed 11th March (repeated Sun 15th Mar)

  Live from Manchester Cathedral.

  
  Introit: Geistliches Lied (Brahms)

  Responses: Christopher Stokes

  Psalms 60, 61 (Hopkins, Hesford)

  First Lesson: Job 1 vv.1-22

  Canticles: Edington Service (Judith Bingham)

  Second Lesson: Luke 21 v.34 – 22 v.6

  Anthem: Verleih uns frieden (Mendelssohn)

  Hymn: Take up thy cross, the Saviour said (Breslau)

  Voluntary: Sonata in A major, Op 65 No 3 (Con moto maestoso) (Mendelssohn)

   

  Christopher Stokes (Organist & Master of the Choristers)

  Geoffrey Woollatt (Sub-Organist)

   

   

  Wed 18th March (repeated Sun 22nd Mar)

  An archive recording from Birmingham Cathedral

  Introit: Miserere nostri (Tallis)
  Responses: Sanders
  Psalms 47, 48, 49 (Davy, Lang, Barnby)
  First Lesson: Job 36 vv1-12
  Office Hymn: Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (Pange lingua)
  Canticles: Blair in B minor
  Second Lesson: John 14 vv1-14
  Anthem: Lamentations a 5 (Part 2) (White)
  Hymn: We sing the praise of him who died (Bow Brickhill)
  Organ Voluntary: Fantasy on the tune ‘Babylon’s Streams’ (Harris)

  Marcus Huxley (Director of Music)
  Tim Harper (Assistant Director of Music)

   

  Wed 25th March (repeated Sun 29th Mar)

  From the Temple Church, London for the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary (recorded 25th February).

  
  Introit: Tota pulchra es (Duruflé)

  Responses: Tomkins

  Office hymn: For Mary, mother of the Lord (St Botolph)

  Psalms 131, 146 (Lloyd, Ashfield)

  First Lesson: Isaiah 7 vv.10-14

  Canticles: Stanford in A

  Second Lesson: Luke 1 vv.26-38

  Anthem: Ave Maria (Mendelssohn)

  Prayer Anthem: Mother of God, here I stand (Tavener)

  Hymn: Sing we of the Blessed mother (Abbots Leigh)

  Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV 733 (Bach)

   

  Roger Sayer (Director of Music)

  Charles Andrews (Organist)

   

   

   

   

  Wed 1st April (repeated Sun 5th Apr)

  From the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford

   

  Prelude: In nomine (Ferrabosco)

  Introit: Call to remembrance (Farrant)

  Responses: Morley

  Psalms 12, 13, 14 (Barnby, Rose, Smart)

  First Lesson: Genesis 9 vv.8-17

  Canticles: Fifth Service (Tomkins)

  Second Lesson: 1 Peter 3 vv.18-22

  Anthem: Down, caitiff wretch (Ward)

  Hymn: Teach me, my God and King (Sandys)

  Organ Voluntary for Double Organ (Purcell)

   

  Daniel Hyde (Informator Choristarum)

  Phantasm (Laurence Dreyfus, director)

  Anna Lapwood (Organ Scholar)

   

  First broadcast 2 March 2016.

   

   

  Wed 8th April (no repeat)

  Choral Vespers for Holy Week from Westminster Cathedral.

   

  Introit: Verba mea auribus percipe (Schutz)

  Office Hymn: Vexilla regis prodeunt (plainsong)

  Psalms 61, 66 (plainsong)

  New Testament Canticle: Colossians 1 vv.2-20 (in Falsobordone)

  Reading: Ephesians 4 vv.7, 20-24, 30-32; 5, vv.1-2

  Responsory: Adoramus te, Christe (Monteverdi)

  Homily by the Rev Mgr George Stack

  Magnificat Quarti Toni a 6 (Palestrina)

  Motet: Hei mihi, Domine (Guerrero)

   

  James O'Donnell (Master of the Music)

  Andrew Reid (Organist)

   

  First broadcast 8 April 1998.

   

   

  Sun 12th April (no repeat)

  Easter Festal Evensong from Norwich Cathedral

   

  Introit: My beloved spake (Hadley)

  Responses: Ayleward

  Office Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert)

  Psalm 105 (Hawes, Brooksbank)

  First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 vv.2-5 ; 8 vv.6-7

  Canticles: Dyson in D

  Second Lesson: John 20 vv.11-18

  Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father (S S Wesley)

  Te Deum in C (Stanford)

  Organ Voluntary: Carillon-Sortie (Mulet)

   

  Ashley Grote (Master of Music)

  David Dunnett (Organist).

   

  First broadcast 16 April 2017.

   

   

  Wed 15th April (repeated Sun 19th Apr)

  From the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas.

   

  Introit: King of glory, King of peace (Harold Friedell)

  Responses: Bruce Neswick

  Psalm 105 (Ritchie, Dettra, Fenstermaker)

  First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3

  Office Hymn: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Fisk of Gloucester)

  Canticles: Dallas Service (Howells)

  Second Lesson: Matthew 28 vv.16-20

  Anthems: I was glad (Leo Sowerby)

  Light's Glittering Morn (Horatio Parker)

  Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Vincent Persichetti)

   

  Scott Dettra (Director of Music)

  L. Graham Schultz (Assistant Organist)

   

  First broadcast 19 April 2017.

   

   

  Wed 22nd April (repeated Sun 26th Apr)

  Live from the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London.

  
  Introit: Lighten our darkness (Ben Parry)

  Responses: Ben Parry

  Office hymn: Rise, heart (Barry Ferguson)

  Psalms 108, 109 (Russell, Cooper)

  First Lesson: Hosea 5 v.15 – 6 v.6

  Canticles: Evening Service in G (Ben Parry)

  Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv.1-11

  Anthem: Live for ever, glorious Lord (Dyson)

  Hymn: Love’s redeeming work is done (Savannah)

  Voluntary: Pièce héroïque (Franck)

   

  Rupert Gough (Director of Music)

  Luke Saint (Senior Organ Scholar)