Choral Evensong tomorrow is live from York Minster including the first broadcast of a new composition commissioned for the Choirbook for the Queen, a collection of contemporary anthems published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee
Introit: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth (Byrd)
Responses: Smith
Psalms: 69, 70 (Noble, Naylor, Talbot)
First Lesson: Genesis 42 vv17-38
Canticles: The Great Service (Byrd)
Second Lesson: Matthew 18 vv1-14
Anthem: Wonder (David Sawer) (Choirbook for the Queen) first broadcast
Final Hymn: Take up the song, and sing the praise of God (Radcliffe Square)
Organ Voluntary: Praeludium in E minor (Bruhns)
Robert Sharpe (Director of Music)
David Pipe (Assistant Director of Music)
Ben Horden (Organ Scholar)
(rpt Sun 17th June)
Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly – live at 3.30pm on Wednesday and repeated at 4pm Sunday. Choral Evensong was first broadcast on Thursday 7 October 1926 live from Westminster Abbey and has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio ever since.