BBC Choral Evensong: Wells Cathedral 2001 (Malcolm Archer)

Live BBC broadcast from Wells Cathedral, 2 May 2001, with the cathedral choir, directed by Malcolm Archer. We are not responsible for the editing of this recording, which was carried out before being donated to the Archive. Introit: O most merciful (Ernest Bullock) Responses: Anthony Piccolo Psalms 12, 13, 14 (Stonex, Smart, Turle) Office Hymn: O strength and stay (“Strength and Stay”) Canticles: The Wells Service (Malcolm Archer)* Anthem: Light out of darkness (Edward Elgar) Hymn: All praise to thee (“Engelberg”) Organ Voluntary: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire) *first broadcast performance