Choral Evensong in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Dobson Organ
Prelude Intrada Ives
Responses Martin
Psalms 23, 27
Canticles Gloucester Service Howells
Anthem Christiani, plaudite Martin (first performance)
Hymn 120
Voluntary Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Walton arr. Winpenny
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"I've found myself dipping more and more into services broadcast live...from the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford. There is an uncommon intimacy to these broadcasts" 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.