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RSCM CHOIRS' FESTIVAL IN DORCHESTER ABBEY 13th OCTOBER, 2001 |
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RSCM CHOIRS' FESTIVAL IN DORCHESTER ABBEY 13th OCTOBER, 2001 |
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The Royal School of Church Music Annual Choirs' Festival will take place in Dorchester Abbey on Saturday, 13th October, 2001. The choirs will be directed by Peter Smith (Magdalen College School, Oxford) and the organist will be Matthew Martin (New College, Oxford).
Festival Evensong, to which everyone is most welcome, begins at 5 p.m. The preacher is The Right Reverend Michael A. Hill (Bishop of Buckingham) and music during the service includes:
| Introit | Almighty and everlasting God | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | |
| Preces and Responses | Grayston Ives (1948-) | ||
| Psalms | 149 150 |
O sing unto the Lord a new song O praise God in his holiness |
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) |
| Canticles | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E | Herbert Henry John Murrill (1909-1952) | |
| Anthem | Fear not, O land | Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Hymn | We have a gospel to proclaim Tune Fulda Descant |
Edward Burns (1938-) William Gardiner (1770-1853) Martin Gerard James Neary (1940-) |
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The Festival is organised by Keith Atkinson of All Saints' Church Choir, Rotherfield Peppard.