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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 23/06/2010

23/06/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 23/06/2010

From Westminster Abbey on the eve of the birth of John the Baptist.

Live from Westminster Abbey on the eve of the birth of John the Baptist.

Introit: This is the record of John (Gibbons)
Responses: Byrd
Psalm: 71 (Bennett)
First Lesson: Isaiah 40 vv1-11
Canticles: The Full Service (Hooper)
Second Lesson: Luke 1 vv57-68, 80
Anthem: Benedictus (The Great Service) (Byrd)
Hymn: Lo, in the wilderness (Nun freut euch)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia in G (Byrd)

Organist and Master of the Choristers: James O'Donnell
Sub-Organist: Robert Quinney.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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