Choral Evensong 25 July 1974 (Various) - Guildford Cathedral Choir (Barry Rose)

Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Evensong at Guildford Cathedral, 25 July 1974:
(This was Barry Rose’s last service at Guildford Cathedral. According to legend, so many ex-lay clerks returned to sing in it that the men actually outnumbered the boys for the first time in the choir’s history. For reasons of tape length, the Lessons were omitted but the final prayers, thoughtfully led by the Dean, Tony Bridge, were recorded)

Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalm 119, vv 73-104 (George Martin [73-88]; Edward Bairstow [89-end])
Office hymn: Ye servants of the Lord (“Narenza”)
Canticles: Collegium Regale (Herbert Howells)
Anthem: Evening Hymn (Henry Balfour Gardiner)
Prayers & Blessing: Very Rev Anthony Bridge, Dean of Guildford
Hymn: The day is past and over (“St Anatolius”)

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