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Members of the public are invited to join the congregation for Choral Evensong, for broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3.

Joined by the brass of the 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra, at the heart of the service is Hubert Parry鈥檚 large-scale verse anthem, Hear my words, ye people. Written for the Festival of the Salisbury Diocesan Choral Association in 1894, Parry鈥檚 original scoring for brass, organ, timpani and choir has largely been forgotten, which makes it all the more special to hear this arrangement by Grayston Ives for the same forces, after the edition from musicologist Jeremy Dibble from Parry鈥檚 autograph score.

The service opens with Reena Esmail鈥檚 We Look for You, taken from A Winter Breviary, which sets a new text by poet Rebecca Gayle Howell for the canonical hour of Evensong, whilst the music maps the Hindustani raag for the same hour (Raag Hamsadhwani).

Salisbury Cathedral remains thematically present throughout the service with works by Owain Park and Richard Shephard that were written for the Cathedral before Paul Walton鈥檚 rousing arrangement for brass and organ of Herbert Brewer鈥檚 Marche H茅ro茂que.

Image: Owain Park