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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Bristol Cathedral

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21/03/2012

Bristol Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Bristol Cathedral

From Bristol Cathedral, including the first performance of a new commission for The Choirbook for The Queen - a collection of contemporary anthems, published for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.

Introit: Timor et Tremor (Poulenc)
Responses: Rose
Psalms: 11, 12, 13 (Kelway, Crotch, Battishill)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 13 vv20-27
Office Hymn: Forgive us when our deeds ignore (Bow Brickhill)
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1 v17 - 2 v3
Anthem: May God shield you on every step (David Bedford) ('Choirbook for the Queen' - first performance)
Final hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Organ Voluntary: For the Iron Voice (Philip Wilby)

Mark Lee (Director of Music)
Paul Walton (Assistant Organist).

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