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Choral Evensong: St David's Cathedral

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01/06/2011

St David's Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, St David's Cathedral

From St David's Cathedral on the eve of the Ascension.

From St David's Cathedral on the Eve of the Ascension.

Introit: Jubilate Deo (David Briggs)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms: 15, 24 (Hurford, Barnby)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23 vv1-5
Office Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 v20 - 3 v4
Anthem: God is gone up (Finzi)
Hymn: Eternal Monarch, King most high (Gonfalon Royal)
Organ Voluntary: Chorale-Improvisation on 'Der Hölle Pforten sind zerstört' (Karg-Elert)

Alexander Mason (Organist & Master of the Choristers)
Simon Pearce (Assistant Organist).

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