Choral Evensong on the Second Sunday Before Advent - 17 Nov 2024 - from Merton College Chapel

Prelude Variations 25-30 (Goldberg Variations) - J.S. Bach
Introit I will lift up mine eyes - Howells
Responses Smith
Psalm 95
Canticles Stanford in C
Anthem The Lord is my shepherd - Stanford
Hymns 475, 353, 333
Preacher The Revd Canon Mark Birch
Canon Rector of Westminster Abbey and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
Voluntary Prelude and Fugue on BACH - Liszt
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"atmospheric...There is an uncommon intimacy to the broadcasts from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford" Gramophone, February 2024
The Choir of Merton College consists of 30 undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford University, UK reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The choir's primary duty is singing at regular services of Evensong and Choral Eucharist in the famous 13th-century Chapel.
Since the establishment of Merton’s Choral Foundation in 2008, the choir has gained an international reputation for offering the best of choral music through tours, recordings and broadcasts. In 2020, the choir won the award for best choral album at the BBC Music Magazine Awards for its recording of Gabriel Jackson’s The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The choir’s discography on the Delphian Label has seen numerous five star reviews and many recordings have been named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone magazine.