Choral Evensong

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Choral Evensong: St Alban's Church in Holborn, London

St Alban's Church in Holborn, London

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, St Alban's Church in Holborn, London

From St Alban's Church in Holborn, London, with Genesis Sixteen.

From St Alban's Church in Holborn, London, with Genesis Sixteen performing music by Palestrina, Victoria, Tallis and Bernard Hughes.

From St Albans Holborn, London with Genesis Sixteen.

Introit: Videntes stellam Magi (Palestrina)
Responses: Rose
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Hopkins, Atkins, Selby)
First Lesson: Exodus 15 vv.1-19
Office hymn: O Trinity of blessed light (O lux beata)
Magnificat Primi toni a8 (Victoria)
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 vv.8-15
Nunc dimittis: Dorian Mode (Tallis)
Anthem: Psalm 56 (Bernard Hughes)
Hymn: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Thrupp)
Voluntary: Prelude on 'Deo Gratias' (Willan)

Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan, Olivia Tait (Conductors)
Michael Cayton (Organist)

Recorded 7 January 2022.

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