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Choral Evensong Schedule
Wed 29th May (repeated Sun 2nd Jun)
Live from St Davids Cathedral on the Eve of the Ascension.Introit: O clap your hands (Vaughan Williams)
Responses: Rose
Office hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Psalms 15, 24 (Hurford, Thalben-Ball)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23 vv.1-5
Canticles: St Paul’s Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 v.20 – 3 v.4
Anthem: God is gone up (Owain Park)
Hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (Llanfair)
Voluntary: Ricercar on ‘Llanfair’ (David Briggs)Oliver Waterer (Director of Music)
Simon Pearce (Organist)Wed 5th June (repeated Sun 9th June)
From Portsmouth Cathedral, marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings (recorded 2nd June).Introit: Fair Chivalry (Ashfield)
Responses: Spicer
Psalms 36, 46 (Stafford Smith, After Luther)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 19 vv.1-18
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Second Lesson: Matthew 3 vv.13-17
Anthem: Viri Galilaei (Gowers)
Hymn: Rejoice the Lord is King (Gopsal)
Voluntary: Carillon-Sortie (Mulet)David Price (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Sachin Gunga (Sub-Organist)
James Furniss-Roe (Organ Scholar)Wed 12th June (repeated Sun 16th June)
Choral Vespers for Wednesday in Whitsun week, live from the Church of the London Oratory.Prelude: Plein jeu (Tone VIII) (Nivers)
Invitatory: Deus in adjutorium meum intende (Russill)
Psalms 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 (Plainsong)
Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (Washington)
Canticle: Magnificat primi toni à 8 (Palestrina)
Antiphon of Our Lady: Regina caeli à 8 (Guerrero)
Voluntary: Variations on Veni Creator (Duruflé)Patrick Russill (Director of Music)
Ben Bloor (Organist)Wed 19th June (repeated Sun 23rd June)
An archive recording from Truro Cathedral (first broadcast 17 June 1998).Introit: Prevent Us, O Lord (Byrd)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 119 vv.41-56 (Hopkins)
First Lesson: Joshua 9 vv.3-27
Office Hymn: O Lux Beata Trinitas (Plainsong)
Canticles: Stanford in A
Second Lesson: Luke 9 vv.51-62
Anthem: Steal Away (Trad spiritual, arr Adelmann)
Hymn: Fill Thou My Life (Richmond)
Voluntary: Psalm Prelude, Set 1 No 1 (Howells)Andrew Nethsingha (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Simon Morley (Assistant Organist)Wed 26th June (repeated Sun 30th June)
An archive recording from St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA (first broadcast 24 July 1987).Introit: I sat down under his shadow (Bairstow)
Responses: Rose
Psalm vv.1-32 (Thalben-Ball)
First Lesson: Isaiah 52 vv.7-10
Office hymn: Christ is made the sure foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Canticles: Service No 2 in E flat (Wood)
Second Lesson: Revelations 21 vv.1-4, 9-14
Anthem: Blessed city, heavenly Salem (Bairstow)
Voluntary: Sinfonia (Wir danken dir Gott) (Bach, transc. Dupre)Gerre Hancock (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Judith Hancock (Associate Organist)Wed 3rd July (repeated Sun 7th July)
Live from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, marking the retirement of Stephen Cleobury as Director of Music.Introit: O sing unto the Lord (Cecilia McDowall) (première)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 18 (Ouseley, Goss, Wesley)
First Lesson: Isaiah 40 vv. 27-31
Canticles: Collegium Regale (Tavener)
Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 12 vv.1-10
Anthem: One foot in Eden still, I stand (Maw)
Voluntary: Missa Brevis ‘The Road to Emmaus’ Bingham (Voluntary — Et cognaverunt eum) (Judith Bingham)Stephen Cleobury (Director of Music)
Henry Websdale and Dónal McCann (Organ Scholars)Wed 10th July (repeated Sun 14th July)
Live from Southwark Cathedral, marking the retirement of Peter Wright as Director of Music.Introit: Locus iste (Bruckner)
Responses: Philip Moore
Psalm 119 vv.81-104 (Walmisley, Martin, Pye)
First Lesson: Isaiah 5 vv.8-24
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: James 1 vv.17-25
Anthem: God is our refuge and strength (Philip Moore)
Voluntary: Pièce Héroïque (Franck)Peter Wright (Director of Music)
Stephen Disley (Assistant Organist)Wed 17th July (repeated Sun 21st July)
Live from York Minster.Introit: O radiant dawn (James MacMillan)
Responses: Matthew Martin
Psalm 89 (Pring, Goss, Camidge, Battishill)
First Lesson: Isaiah 24 vv.1-15
Canticles: The Short Service (James MacMillan)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 6 vv.1-11
Anthem: Behold, thou hast made my days (Gibbons)
Voluntary: Fantasia in D minor (Byrd)Robert Sharpe (Director of Music)
Ben Morris (Assistant Director of Music)Wed 24th July (repeated Sun 28th July)
From Chichester Cathedral during the Southern Cathedrals Festival (recorded 19th July).Introit: The Call (Harold East)
Responses: Leighton
Office hymn: O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace (Tallis’s Ordinal)
Psalm 119 vv.1-32 (Noble, Goodenough, Matthews, Stainer)
First Lesson: Isaiah 26 vv.1-9
Canticles: Chichester Service (Frederick Stocken)
Second Lesson: Romans 8 vv.12-27
Anthem: Ascribe unto the Lord (Wesley)
Voluntary: Toccata (Terence Allbright)Charles Harrison (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Tim Ravalde (Assistant Organist)Wed 31st July (repeated Sun 4th Aug)
Live from Gloucester Cathedral during the Three Choirs Festival.Introit: The Strathclyde Motets (Benedicimus Deum Caeli) (James MacMillan)
Responses: Hunt
Psalms 149, 150 (Stanford, Sanders)
First Lesson: Isaiah 33 vv.2-10
Canticles: MacMillan
Second Lesson: Philippians 1 vv.1-11
Anthem: O give thanks unto the Lord (James MacMillan)
Hymn: King of Glory, King of Peace (Redland)
Voluntary: Meditation (James MacMillan)Adrian Partington (Director of Music)
Jonathan Hope (Assistant Director of Music)Wed 7th August (repeated Sun 11th Aug)
A recording from the Choral Evensong archives.Wed 14th August (repeated Sun 18th Aug)
Live from St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.Wed 21st August (repeated Sun 25th Aug)
Live from Edington Priory during the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy.Wed 28th August (repeated Sun 1st Sept)
From St Albans Church. Holborn, London with Genesis Sixteen (recorded 18th July).
