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Choral Evensong: Exon Singers 2005: Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

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27/07/2005

Exon Singers 2005: Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Exon Singers 2005: Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey

Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey, recorded during the 2005 Exon Singers Festival.

Choral Evening Prayer from Buckfast Abbey in Devon, recorded during the 2005 Exon Singers Festival. The service features the music of Francis Jackson and is being broadcast again as the composer approaches his 100th birthday

Introit: A Hymn to God the Father (Francis Jackson) 
Responses: Plainsong
Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky (Deus Creator)
Psalm: 103 (Tone viii) 
First Reading: Isaiah 35 vv5-10
Anthem: Ubi caritas et amor (Richard Allain) 
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 9 vv6-15
Homily: The Revd Julian Poppleton
Magnificat: The Exon Service (Francis Jackson) 
Motet: Ave Maria (Holst)
Hymn: For the fruits of his creation (East Acklam)
Organ Voluntary: Impromptu (Francis Jackson)

Conductor: Matthew Owens
Organist: Jeffrey Makinson.

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