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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Canterbury Cathedral

Music: Classical

21/09/2016

Canterbury Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Canterbury Cathedral

From Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of St Matthew the Apostle.

Live from Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of St Matthew the Apostle

Introit: Let us all rejoice (Gabriel Jackson)
Responses: Christopher Gower
Office Hymn: Let the round world with songs rejoice (Exultet coelum)
Psalm 106 (Smart, Goss, Ouseley)
First Lesson: Ecclesiastes 5 vv.4-12
Canticles: Arvo Pärt
Second Lesson: Matthew 19 vv.16-30
Anthem: Loquebantur variis linguis (Tallis)
Final Hymn: He sat to watch o'er customs paid (Canterbury)
Organ Voluntary: Sonata - first movement (Whitlock)

Organist and Master of the Choristers: David Flood
Assistant Organist: David Newsholme.

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