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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: York Minster

Music: Classical

13/06/2012

York Minster

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, York Minster

From York Minster including the first broadcast of a new composition commissioned for the Choirbook for the Queen, a collection of contemporary anthems published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee

Introit: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth (Byrd)
Responses: Smith
Psalms: 69, 70 (Noble, Naylor, Talbot)
First Lesson: Genesis 42 vv17-38
Canticles: The Great Service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: Matthew 18 vv1-14
Anthem: Wonder (David Sawer) (Choirbook for the Queen) first broadcast
Final Hymn: Take up the song, and sing the praise of God (Radcliffe Square)
Organ Voluntary: Praeludium in E minor (Bruhns)

Robert Sharpe (Director of Music)
David Pipe (Assistant Director of Music)
Ben Horden (Organ Scholar).

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