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Radio 3,05 Apr 2026,59 mins

Easter: A Seasonal Journey... King's College, Cambridge

Choral Evensong

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From the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge on Easter Day. Introit: This joyful Eastertide (Wood) Responses: Radcliffe Office Hymn: Good Christian men rejoice and sing! (Vulpius) Psalm 66 vv1-11 (Gray) First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 vv2-5, 8 vv6-7 Canticles: Collegium Regale (Wood) Second Lesson: John 20 vv11-18 Anthem: Light out of darkness (Elgar) Hymn: Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) Voluntary: Four Extemporizations No 4 (Fanfare) (Whitlock) Daniel Hyde (Director of Music) Harrison Cole (Assisting Organist) Recorded 5 April. To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Choral Evensong”.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    This joyful Eastertide
    This joyful Eastertide
    Traditional Dutch
  3. 2.
    Psalm 66 vv1-11
    Psalm 66 vv1-11
    Lindsay Gray
  4. 3.
    Collegium Regale (Magnificat)
    Collegium Regale (Magnificat)
    Charles Wood
  5. 4.
    Collegium Regale (Nunc dimittis)
    Collegium Regale (Nunc dimittis)
    Charles Wood
  6. 5.
    Light out of darkness
    Light out of darkness
    Edward Elgar
  7. 6.
    Four Extemporizations No 4 (Fanfare)
    Four Extemporizations No 4 (Fanfare)
    Percy Whitlock