Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly – live at 4pm 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.
Weds 2nd Nov 2011 (rpt.) 6th Nov 2011 Solemn Requiem Mass for the Faithful Departed live from Westminster Cathedral.
Introit: Requiem æternam (Victoria)
First Lesson: Isaiah 25vv6-9
Gradual: Requiem æternam (Victoria)
Second Lesson: Matthew 11:25-30
Homily: Fr Alexander Master
Offertory: Domine Iesu Christe (Victoria)
Sanctus (Victoria)
Agnus Dei (Victoria)
Communion: Lux aeterna (Victoria)
Martin Baker (Master of Music)
Weds 9th Nov 2011
(rpt.) Sun 13th Nov 2011
Ely Cathedral
Introit: Never weather beaten sail (Richard Shephard)
Responses: Sumsion
Psalms: 47, 48, 49 (Beckwith, Elvey, Walmisley)
Hymn: Christ mighty Saviour, light of all creation (Iste confessor)
First Lesson: Leviticus 26 vv3-13
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C sharp minor (Paul Edwards)
Second Lesson: Titus 2vv1-10
Anthem: They that go down to the sea in ships (Sumsion)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata from Plymouth Suite (Whitlock)
Sarah MacDonald (Director of Music)
Oliver Hancock (Organist)
Weds 16th Nov 2011 (rpt.) Sun 20th Nov 2011 Lincoln Cathedral
Introit: Christe Jesu, pastor bone (John Tavener)
Responses: Tomkins
Hymn: O God, thy loving care for man (Exultet caelum laudibus)
Psalms: 133, 134, 135 (Ley, Stainer, South)
First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 50 vv1-22
Canticles: The Fifth Service (Tomkins)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 12 vv18-end
Anthem: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Brahms)
Hymn: Come, lift your joyful voices (Ellacombe)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro from Symphony no.2 op.20 (Vierne)
Aric Prentice (Director of Music)
Colin Walsh (Organist)
Weds 23rd Nov 2011 (no repeat) St George’s Chapel, Windsor
Introit: One thing have I desired of the Lord (Sumsion)
Responses: Francis Grier
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum (Tallis)
Psalms: 114, 115 (Garrett, South)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 31 vv1-9
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Second Lesson: Matthew 15 vv21-31
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Bairstow)
Hymn: We have a gospel to proclaim (Fulda)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C minor (Willan)
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Director of Music)
Richard Pinel (Assistant Director of Music)
Sun 27th Nov 2011 A Service for Advent with Carols – St John’s College, Cambridge
Weds 30th Nov 2011 (rpt Sun 4th Dec 2011) London Oratory- Choral Vespers
Organ Prelude: Intonazione octavo tono (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Invitatory: Deus in adjutorium meum (Victoria)
Antiphons & Psalms: 110, 113, 116, 126, 117 (Victoria)
Hymn: Exsultet orbis gaudiis (Victoria)
Antiphon: Cum pervenisset (Plainsong)
Canticle: Magnificat primi toni (Victoria)
Antiphon of Our Lady: Alma Redemptoris mater (Victoria)
Organ Voluntary: Tiento de quinto tono (Francisco Correa de Arauxo)
Celebrant: The Revd Fr. George Bowen
Director of Music: Patrick Russill
Organist: Matthew Martin