Dorchester Abbey R S C M

Thames and Chilterns Area: Oxfordshire District

ANNUAL CHOIRS' FESTIVAL

Saturday, 11th October, 2003

Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames

The Royal School of Church Music Annual Choirs' Festival will take place in Dorchester Abbey on Saturday, 11th October, 2003. The choirs will be directed by Adrian Partington (Director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales) and the organist will be Philip Aspden (Organist of St. Mary's Henley and Assistant Director of Music at St. George's, Weybridge).

Festival Evensong, to which everyone is most welcome, begins at 5 p.m. The preacher is The Reverend Canon John Crowe (Rector of Dorchester) and music during the service includes:

Introit Laudate Nomen Domini Christopher Tye (c.1487/1505-1572/1573)
Preces and Responses Grayston Ives (1948-)
Psalm24 The earth is the Lord's and all that therein is Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Canticles Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in A flat Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
Anthem Insanae et vanae curae Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Hymn When in our music God is glorified
Tune: Engelberg
Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Arranged by Harriet Ilse Ziegenhals (1925-)

The Festival is organised by Keith Atkinson of All Saints' Church Choir, Rotherfield Peppard.


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The Choir of All Saints' Church, Rotherfield Peppard

All Saints' Church, Rotherfield Peppard