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Choral Evensong: Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

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08/08/2012

Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

Recorded in Buckfast Abbey, Devon during the 2012 Exon Singers Festival.

Choral Evening Prayer recorded in Buckfast Abbey, Devon during the 2012 Exon Singers Festival 

Introit: Ave Virgo Sanctissima (Howard Skempton - Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Plainsong
Office Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky (Deus creator)
Psalms: 41, 42, 43 (Plainsong)
First Lesson: Ephesians 4 vv1-6
Anthem: Safe where I cannot lie yet (Brian Chapple - first performance)
Second Lesson: John 6 vv1-15
Homily: The Rt Revd David Charlesworth, Abbot of Buckfast
Canticle: Magnificat tertii toni (Palestrina)
Lord's Prayer (Sheppard)
Motet: Te lucis ante terminum (Francis Jackson - Choirbook for the Queen)
Final Hymn: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (St Clement)
Organ Voluntary: For a Festal Occasion (Alan Bush)

Richard Wilberforce (Director of Music)
Henry Parkes (Organist).

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