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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: St Matthew's Church, Northampton

Music: Classical

21/09/2011

St Matthew's Church, Northampton

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, St Matthew's Church, Northampton

The choir of Clare College, Cambridge, from St Matthew's Church, Northampton.

The choir of Clare College, Cambridge, from St Matthew's Church, Northampton, on the Feast of St Matthew.

The choir of Clare College, Cambridge, live from St Matthew's Church, Northampton, on the Feast of St Matthew. 

Introit: Let all the world in every corner sing (Leighton)
Responses: Kenneth Leighton
Psalms: 119 vv33-40, 89-96 (Jones, Crotch)
First Lesson: Ecclesiastes 5 vv4-12
Canticles: Walton Chichester Service
Second Lesson: Matthew 19 vv16-end
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)
Hymn: Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old (St Matthew)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Victoria (Britten)

Nicolas Haigh (Senior Organ Scholar)
Peter Harrison (Junior Organ Scholar).

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