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Choral Evensong

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Music: Classical: Choral

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Chester Cathedral during the Chester Summer Music Festival

Chester Cathedral during the Chester Summer Music Festival

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Chester Cathedral during the Chester Summer Music Festival

From Chester Cathedral with music by Richard Rodney Bennett, Francis Pott, Parry and Bridge.

From Chester Cathedral during the 2012 Chester Summer Music Festival.

Introit: These Three (Richard Rodney Bennett)
Responses: Sanders
Psalms: 59, 60, 61 (Cook, Kelway, Fisher)
First Lesson: Isaiah 26 vv1-9 
Canticles: The Chester Service (Francis Pott)
Second Lesson: Romans 8 vv.12-27
Anthem: Blest Pair of Sirens (Parry)
Final Hymn: All praise to thee (Engelberg)
Voluntary: Allegro Marziale (Bridge)

Philip Rushforth (Director of Music)
Benjamin Chewter (Assistant Director of Music)

First broadcast 11 July 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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