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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Merton College, Oxford

Music: Classical

14/10/2015

Merton College, Oxford

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Merton College, Oxford

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford

Introit: Diliges Dominum (Byrd)
Responses: Smith
Office Hymn: O God most holy, God most high (Song 34)
Psalms 73, 74 (Crotch, Ouseley, Smart, Noble)
First Lesson: Isaiah 51 vv 1-6 
Canticles: Watson in E
Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 1 vv 1-11
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Bairstow)
Final Hymn: Sing praise to God who reigns above (Palace Green)
Organ Voluntary: Postlude in D minor (Stanford)

Director of Music: Benjamin Nicholas
Organ Scholar: Peter Shepherd.

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