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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

From Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with music by Byrd, Dyson, Grier and Messiaen.

From Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Introit: Beati mundo corde (Byrd)
Responses: Francis Pott
Psalm 37 (Russell, Gauntlett)
First Lesson: Job 1 vv.1-22
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: Luke 21 v.34 - 22 v.6
Anthem: Prayer for the Church's Banquet (Francis Grier)
Voluntary: Joie et clarté from Les Corps Glorieux (Messiaen)

Stephen Darlington (Director of Music)
Michael Heighway (Organ Scholar).

First broadcast 7 March 2012.

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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