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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Tewkesbury Abbey

Music: Classical

18/05/2016

Tewkesbury Abbey

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Tewkesbury Abbey

From Tewkesbury Abbey and sung by its Schola Cantorum.

Live from Tewkesbury Abbey and sung by the Abbey's Schola Cantorum

Introit: Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost (Sebastian Forbes)
Responses: Richard Shephard
Psalms 93, 94 (Bell, Deffell (after Cherubini), Peterson)
Office Hymn: Breathe on me, Breath of God (Carlisle)
First Lesson: Genesis 15
Canticles: Westminster Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Romans 4 vv.1-8
Anthem: Dum complerentur (Palestrina)
Final Hymn: Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)
Organ Voluntary: Tongues of Fire (Arthur Wills)

Director: Simon Bell
Organist: Carleton Etherington.

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