Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Westminster Abbey

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BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Westminster Abbey

Live from Westminster Abbey, with music by Roxanna Panufnik, Walmisley, Stanford and Howells.

Live from Westminster Abbey.

Introit: O hearken thou (Roxanna Panufnik)
Responses: Rose
Psalm 69 (Battishill, Goss)
First Lesson: Genesis 15 vv.1-21
Canticles: Walmisley in D minor 
Second Lesson: Romans 4 vv.1-8
Anthem: For lo, I raise up (Stanford)
Hymn: O thou who camest from above (Hereford)
Voluntary: Rhapsody No 3 in C sharp minor (Howells)

James O’Donnell (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Peter Holder (Sub-Organist)

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