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Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Manchester Cathedral

Music: Classical

Manchester Cathedral

27/09/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Manchester Cathedral

Live from Manchester Cathedral

Introit: How awesome is this place (Christopher Stokes)
Responses: Smith
Psalms 127, 128, 130, 131 (Battishill, Trent, Hesford, Smart)
First Lesson: Proverbs 2 vv.1-15
Office Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky (Deus creator)
Canticles: Harwood in A flat
Second Lesson: Colossians 1 vv.9-20
Anthem: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Brahms)
Final Hymn: O praise ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
Psalm 150 (Matthew Martin, commissioned by the Dean and Chapter to mark the opening of the new organ)
Organ Voluntary: Fanfare (Whitlock)

Christopher Stokes - Organist and Master of the Choristers
Geoffrey Woollatt - Sub-Organist.

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