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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Music: Classical

18/05/2011

St Edmundsbury Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, St Edmundsbury Cathedral

From St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

Introit: We wait for thy loving-kindness (James Thomas)
Responses: Leighton
Office Hymn: Drop, drop, slow tears (Song 46)
Psalms: 93, 94 (Macfarran, Bertalot)
First Lesson: Genesis 2 vv4b-9
Canticles: Wood in F (Collegium Regale)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv35-49
Anthem: Blessed city, heavenly Salem (Bairstow)
Hymn: Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise (Lux Eoi)
Organ Voluntary: Rhapsody No 3 in C sharp minor (Howells)

Director of Music: James Thomas
Assistant Director of Music: David Humphreys.

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