Choral Evensong - Thursday 13 June 2024 - from Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Prelude Pastoral Sumsion
Responses Shephard
Psalms 61, 62, 64
Canticles Brewer in D
Anthem Lord, thou hast been our refuge Bairstow
Hymn 252
Voluntary Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 Elgar
Find out more about Merton College Choir on our website: www.merton.ox.ac.uk/choir.
"In fact, the level of ambition underpinning this new Merton College Choir [is] quite dizzying." - BBC
/ mertoncollchoir
/ mertoncollchoir
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.

[@andrehillege46]

Just brilliant. Love it Benjamin. Such high quality.

[@rustic39]

Lovely command of dynamics:) Brewer never sounded better.

[@theclearrag]

As a regular member of the congregation, I'm still able to enjoy these wonderful services from North Uist, via the livestream.