Choral Evensong for the Feast of Edmund, King and Martyr

In celebration of the Feast of St. Edmund, the men and boys of the Cathedral Choir of St. Edmundsbury, in Suffolk, England, make this recording of choral evensong. The service is officiated by the Very Reverend Raymond Furnell, Provost of St. Edmundsbury. Canon Martin Shaw reads the Old Testament Lesson. Mervyn Cousins conducts, while Scott Farrell plays the 1970 Nicholson and Company organ (which retains pipework from a previous instrument by Norman and Beard). The Mags and Nuncs were commissioned specifically for this choir.

Olivier Messiaen
Les Enfants de Dieu

Russian melody arr. Sydney Campbell
Praise to God in the Highest

Humphrey Clucas
Preces
Lesser Litany, Lord's Prayer and Response

Edgar Day
Psalm 91

Plainsong
O Mundi Pater Unice

David Horne
Magnificat
Nunc Dimittis

John Tavener
Our Father in Heaven

John Goss
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven

Charles-Marie Widor
Allegro (Symphonie VI)