“Choirs & Places Where they Sing” 8: St Michael’s Tenbury 1967 (Lucian Nethsingha)

BBC radio broadcast, 8 October 1967, featuring the choir of St Michael’s Tenbury, directed by Lucian Nethsingha and introduced by Sir John Betjeman. This was the eighth edition of an 11-part weekly series intended as a follow-on to an earlier series entitled “Britain’s Cathedrals and their Music”, which had focused on cathedrals alone. “Choirs and Places” featured mainly non-cathedral choirs. A planned 12th programme from the Temple Church in London was never completed. 1. When all thy mercies, O my God (tune: “Contemplation”- Frederick Ouseley) 2. Lord, for thy tender mercie’s sake (Anon) 3. Laudibus in sanctis (William Byrd) 4. Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (Joh. Seb. Bach) 5. My soul there is a country (C H H Parry) 6. Beati quorum via (Charles Stanford) 7. Hail, gladdening light (Charles Wood) 8. Toccata & Fugue Op. 59 Nos. 5 & 6 (Max Reger)