Choral Evensong on the Trinity Sunday - 26 May 2024 - from Merton College Chapel

Prelude “Dieu est simple et les Trois sont Un” from Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité Messiaen
Introit Libera nos, salva nos Churcher (first performance)
Responses Smith
Psalms 104.1-9
Canticles Rubbra in A flat
Anthem Te Deum (Collegium Regale) Howells
Hymns 146, 410, 373
Preacher The Revd Canon Leanne Roberts Dean of Clergy Wellbeing, Diocese of Southwark
Voluntary Free Fantasia on “O Zion, Haste” and “How Firm a Foundation” Bolcom
MertonCollChoir
MertonCollChoir
"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.