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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Birmingham Cathedral

Music: Classical

Birmingham Cathedral

19/10/2016

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Birmingham Cathedral

Live from Birmingham Cathedral

Introit: Jesu, the very thought of thee (Harry Grindle)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 (Attwood, Ouseley, Barnby)
First Lesson: Hosea 14 vv.1-7
Office Hymn: O Trinity of blessed light (Creator alme)
Canticles: Antony le Fleming
Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 4 vv.1-8
Anthem: The Wilderness (S S Wesley)
Final Hymn: Soldiers of Christ, arise (From strength to strength)
Organ Voluntary: Sonata No 2 - third and fourth movements (Mendelssohn)

Director of Music: Canon Marcus Huxley
Assistant Director of Music: David Hardie.

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