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Radio 3,18 Feb 2026,59 mins

Merton College, Oxford

Choral Evensong

Available for 33 days

Live from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford on Ash Wednesday. Introit: Lent Prose (Plainsong) Responses: Byrd Psalm 51: Miserere mei, Deus (MacMillan) First Lesson: Isaiah 1 vv10-18 Canticles: Short Service (Byrd) Second Lesson: Luke 15 vv11-32 Anthem: In ieiunio et fletu (Tallis) Hymn: Lord Jesus, think on me (Southwell) Voluntary: Fantasia in D minor (Byrd) Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music) Anna Steppler (Assistant Organist) To listen on most smart speakers just say, 'ask BBC Sounds to play Choral Evensong'.

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