Choral Evensong on the First Sunday of Lent - 18 February 2024 - from Merton College Chapel

Prelude Improvisation on “Aus tiefer Not”
Introit Hear my prayer Purcell
Responses Smith
Psalm 119.17-32
Canticles Sumsion in G
Anthem The Wilderness Wesley
Hymns 67, 353 (omit*), 252
Preacher The Revd Lyndon Webb
Associate Chaplain
Voluntary Fugue in D minor (Dorian) BWV 538 JS Bach
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"atmospheric...There is an uncommon intimacy to the broadcasts from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford" Gramophone, February 2024
The Choir of Merton College consists of 30 undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford University, UK reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The choir's primary duty is singing at regular services of Evensong and Choral Eucharist in the famous 13th-century Chapel.
Since the establishment of Merton’s Choral Foundation in 2008, the choir has gained an international reputation for offering the best of choral music through tours, recordings and broadcasts. In 2020, the choir won the award for best choral album at the BBC Music Magazine Awards for its recording of Gabriel Jackson’s The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The choir’s discography on the Delphian Label has seen numerous five star reviews and many recordings have been named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone magazine.