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Choral Evensong - 29/07/2009

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Choral Evening Prayer, from Buckfast Abbey, Devon, during the 2009 Exon Singers Festival. Introit: Companions of the Lord (Philip Wilby) (first performance) Responses: Plainsong Office Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky (Deus creator) Psalms: 11, 12, 13 (Plainsong) First Lesson: I Samuel 11 Anthem: Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn) Second Lesson: Luke 22 vv39-46 Homily: The Very Rev John Clarke, Dean of Wells Canticle: Magnificat from the Fauxbourdon Service (Jeremy Woodside) (first broadcast) The Lord's Prayer (Richard Allain) Motet: Ave Maria (Philip Wilby) Final Hymn: As we remember, Lord, thy faithful handmaid (Christe sanctorum) Organ Voluntary: Con moto maestoso (Sonata No 3 in A, Op 65) (Mendelssohn) Organist: Jeffrey Makinson Director of music: Matthew Owens.