Choral Evensong From Tewkesbury Abbey - Abbey School Choir

For thirty-two years the Abbey School Choir sang daily evensong in Tewkesbury Abbey. Capturing one of their final services, this recording offers a treasurable memento of a uniquely English Office, complete with lessons and prayers. Reborn as Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, the choir was immediately signed by Delphian, and thus this is both a swansong and a recording debut.

1        Voluntary: Master Tallis’s Testament
Composed By – Herbert Howells
2        Introit: Sancte Deus
Composed By – Thomas Tallis
3        Preces
Composed By – Heathcote Statham
4        Psalm 91
Composed By – Walter Alcock
5        Psalm 131
Composed By – Michael Peterson (15)
6        First Lesson (Isaiah 6: 1-8)
7        Magnificat (The Tewkesbury Service)
Composed By – Gabriel Jackson (2)
8        Second Lesson (1 Corinthians 13)
9        Nunc Dimittis (The Tewkesbury Service)
Composed By – Gabriel Jackson (2)
10        Creed
11        Responses And Collects
Composed By – Heathcote Statham
12        Anthem: Valiant For Truth
Composed By – Ralph Vaughan Williams
13        Prayer & Blessing
14        The Day Thou Gavest (St.Clement)
15        Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
Composed By – Herbert Howells
16        Voluntary: Toccata In B Flat Minor
Composed By – Louis Vierne