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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Chester Cathedral

Music: Classical

16/12/2015

Chester Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Chester Cathedral

Live from Chester Cathedral

Introit: Adam lay ybounden (Howard Skempton)
Responses: Smith
Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 (MacFarren, Cross, Woods, Hopkins) 
First Lesson: Joel 3 vv.9-16
Antiphon: O Sapientia
Canticles: Great Service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: Matthew 24 vv.29-35
Anthem: Ad te levavi (White)
Hymn: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard)
Organ Voluntary: Cortège et Litanie (Dupré)

Philip Rushforth, Director of Music
Benjamin Chewter, Organist.

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