from York Minster
Sung by boys from parish church and school choirs affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music
Versicles and Responses (Ferial)
Psalms 108 and 109
First Lesson: Jeremiah 43
Magnificat (Walmisley in D minor)
Second Lesson: St. John 1, vv. 29-51
Nunc dimittis (Walmisley in D minor)
Creed and Collects
Come, my way, my truth, my life (Harris)
Come. my way. my truth, my life:
Such a way as gives us breath.
Such a truth as ends all strife.
Such a life as killeth death.
Come. my light, my feast, my strength :
Such a light as shows a feast,
Such a feast as mends in length,
Such a strength as makes his guest.
Come, my joy, my love, my heart:
Such a joy as none can move
Such a love as none can part,
Such a heart as joys in love.
Prayers
Organ Voluntary: Postlude in D minor (Stanford)
Organist: Francis Jackson (Organist and Master of the Choristers York Minster)
Choirmaster: Edred J. Wright (Choirmaster of St. Nicholas' College, Canterbury)
For the last fortnight the services in York Minster have been sung, in the absence of the regular choir, by the choir that broadcasts today. The trebles are parish church choirboys selected from those who nave attended the instructional courses of the Royal School of Church Music, and the altos, tenors, and basses are senior boys of school choirs.
Edred Wright was a choirboy in Westminster Abbey under the late Sir Sydney Nicholson, who founded the Royal School of Church Music in 1927 In addition to being choirmaster of St. Nicholas' College, Canterbury, he is a special commissioner of the Royal School of Church Music.