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Thames and Chilterns Area: Oxfordshire District ANNUAL CHOIRS' FESTIVAL Saturday, 12th October, 2002 Radley College Chapel, near Abingdon |
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R S C M
Thames and Chilterns Area: Oxfordshire District ANNUAL CHOIRS' FESTIVAL Saturday, 12th October, 2002 Radley College Chapel, near Abingdon |
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Royal School of Church Music by Sir Sydney Nicholson in 1927. The main anniversary event in this area will be the Annual Choirs' Festival which will be held in the Chapel of Radley College (near Abingdon) on Saturday, 12th October, 2002. Almost 400 singers from 25 choirs will be directed by Stephen Farr, Organist of Guildford Cathedral and will be accompanied by Matthew O'Donovan, Organ Scholar of Merton College, Oxford.
Festival Evensong, which everyone is most welcome to attend, will take place at 5 p.m. The sermon will be preached by the Right Reverend Colin Fletcher OBE, Bishop of Dorchester, and the service music will be:
| Introit | Ecce Sacerdos Magnus | Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | |
| Preces and Responses (Four part) | William Smith (c. 1603-1645) | ||
| Psalm | 148 | O praise the Lord of heaven | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) |
| Canticles | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E flat (No. 2) | Charles Wood (1866-1926) | |
| Anthem | Let all the world in every corner sing | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Hymn | Christ triumphant, ever reigning Tune: Guiting Power |
Michael Saward (1932- ) John Barnard (1948- ) |
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The Festival is organised by Keith Atkinson of All Saints' Church Choir, Rotherfield Peppard.