(Copies of the Festival Book containing all the music, may be obtained from The Festival Secretary, College of St. Nicolas, Chislekurst, Kent, price 3s., post free)
An article on English Church Music appears on page 66)
A Festival of English Church Music
PRECENTOR:
THE REVEREND G. H. SALTER, M.A.
ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENTS: DR. ERNEST BULLOCK
ORGAN SOLOS: DR. STANLEY H. MARCHANT CONDUCTOR: DR. SYDNEY H. NICHOLSON, M.V.O.
Choir of about 4,000 voices drawn from 220 choirs of cathedral towns and village churches affiliated to the School of English Church Music.
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Evensong, Versicles and Responses
The Psalms, Psalms 23 (chant by Turle), 29 (chant by Attwood), 133 (Chant by Goss)
The First Lesson, Eccles. i, 17-19
Hymn 7, As now the sun's declining rays at eventide descend (Old Irish Melody, arr. Stanford)
Magnificat from the Service in E (S. S. Wesley)
The Second Lesson-Rev. vii, 9-15
Nunc Dimittis from the Service in A (Stanford)
The Apostles' Creed
Three Collects
Anthem I, I was glad when they said unto me (Parry)
Anthem II, How goodly are thy tents (The Reverend Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley)
Hymn 8, Hail, gladdening Light (Sir John Stainer)
Organ Solo, Choral Prelude on the Welsh Hymn tune, ' Lovely ' (Vaughan Williams)
Hymn 9, There is a Book (W. Hayes)
Anthem III, Arise in us (Martin Shato)
Anthem IV, Rejoice in the Lord (John Bedford)
Anthem V, Let all the World (Somervell)
Address by His GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Hymn 10, 0 God, our Help in ages past (William Croft)
Prayers A General Thanksgiving Choral Song for a Re-union (Leslie Heward) The Blessing Chorus from ' Messiah ' (Handel)
From the Crystal Palace tonight at 7.30
GERALDO and his ORCHESTRA, followed by THE SAVOY HOTEL ORPHEANS, relayed from The
Savoy Hotel