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Bristol Cathedral

Live from Bristol Cathedral on the Eve of the Ascension, with music by Stanford, Jonathan Dove, Finzi and Laurin.

Live from Bristol Cathedral on the Eve of the Ascension.

Introit: Coelos ascendit hodie (Stanford)
Responses: Rose
Psalms 15, 24 (Hayes, Barnby)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23 vv1-5
Office Hymn: Eternal Monarch, King most high (Gonfalon Royal)
Canticles: St John’s Service (Jonathan Dove)
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 v20-3 v4
Anthem: God is gone up (Finzi)
Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Voluntary: Épilogue (Laurin)

Mark Lee (Master of the Choristers and Organist)
Paul Walton (Assistant Organist)

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28 days left to listen

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

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