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Choral Evensong: Choir of King's College, London

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28/01/2015

Choir of King's College, London

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Choir of King's College, London

An archive recording of a service for Epiphany with the Choir of King's College, London.

An archive recording of a service for Epiphany from All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, with the Choir of King's College, London, directed by David Trendell.

An Archive Recording of a Service for Epiphany, first broadcast in January 2009 from All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London with the Choir of King's College, London, directed by David Trendell who died last October.

Hymn: Why, impious Herod (Veni redemptor)
Bidding Prayer
Reading: Matthew 1 vv.18-25
A boy was born (Britten)
Reading: Yet if His Majesty our Sovereign Lord (Thomas Ford)
Lullay, Jesu (Britten)
Reading: Bethlehem Down (Bruce Blunt)
Herod (Britten)
Reading: Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity (John Milton)
Jesu, as thou art our Saviour (Britten)
Reading: Matthew 2 vv.1-12
The three kings (Britten)
Reading: Journey of the Magi (T S Eliot)
In the bleak midwinter (Britten)
Reading: Colossians 1 vv.15-20
Prayers
Noel! (Britten)
Blessing
Hymn: O worship the Lord (Was lebet)
Organ Voluntary: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 (Bach)

Director of Music: David Trendell
Organ Scholar: Ashley Marshfield.

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