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| 29 Apr 2026 | |
| Music Trust |
Music:
Introit: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (Taverner)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms 142, 143 (Turle, Ellis)
First Lesson: Genesis 2 vv4b-9
Office Hymn: Ad coenam Agni providi (Plainsong)
Magnificat primi toni a 8 (Palestrina)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv35-49
Nunc dimittis tertii toni (Victoria)
Anthem: Nisi dominus (Monteverdi)
Hymn: 'The strife is o'er, the battle done' (Victory)
Voluntary: Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141 (Buxtehude)
Peter Holder (Director of Music)
Richard Moore (Sub-Organist)
The service was repeated on Radio 3 at 6pm on Sunday 3 May.
Listen here.
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