Choral Evensong

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Choral Evensong: Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Merton College, Oxford

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford.

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, with music by Rorem, Walton, Wesley and Dupré.

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford.

Introit: Sing my soul, his wondrous love (Rorem)
Responses: Byrd
Office hymn: The Lamb’s high banquet we await (Deus tuorum militum)
Psalms 67, 72 (Bairstow, Bairstow)
First Lesson: Genesis 3 vv.8-21
Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv.12-28
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley)
Hymn: Walking in a garden (Dun Aluinn)
Voluntary: Symphonie-Passion (Résurrection) (Dupré)

Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music)
Owen Chan, Francois Cloete (Organ Scholars)

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