Choral Evensong

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Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Chester Cathedral

Live from Chester Cathedral on Easter Day.

Live from Chester Cathedral on Easter Day, with music by Charlotte Bray, Howells, Gibbons, Stanford and Leighton.

Live from Chester Cathedral on Easter Day.

Introit: My beloved spake (Charlotte Bray)
Responses: Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
Office hymn: The Lord is risen indeed! (Narenza)
Psalm 66 vv.1-11 (Gray)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 vv.2-5, 8 vv.6-7
Canticles: St Paul's Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: John 20 vv.11-18
Anthem: See, see, the word is incarnate (Gibbons)
Te Deum in C (Stanford)
Voluntary: Festival Fanfare (Leighton)

Philip Rushforth (Director of Music)
Alexander Lanigan-Palotai (Organist)

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