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Holy Sepulchre Church, London

A service of thanksgiving and celebration for the 2024 大象传媒 Proms, live from Holy Sepulchre Church, London.

A service of thanksgiving and celebration for the 2024 大象传媒 Proms, live from Holy Sepulchre Church, London.

At the beginning of the Proms each year, the bronze bust of Sir Henry Wood (founder of the Proms) is taken from its home at the Royal Academy of Music and positioned on the stage at the Royal Albert Hall. On the first night of the Proms, a chaplet of laurel is placed over the head of the statue by two of the Prommers, and at the end of the season the chaplet is moved to sit on Henry Wood's gravestone in Holy Sepulchre (the National Musicians' Church) as part of an act of commemoration, which forms part of this service.

Introit: How calmly the evening (Elgar)
Responses: Ben Parry
Office hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Psalms 149, 150 (Stanford, Stanford)
First Lesson: 2 Chronicles 5 vv7-14
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Second Lesson: Ephesians 5 vv8-20
Anthem: God is light (Cecilia McDowall)
Hymn: I vow to thee my country (Thaxted)
Voluntary: Six Short Preludes and Postludes Op 105 (Postlude) (Stanford)

Peter Asprey (Director of Music)
Joshua Ryan (Organist)

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Sep 2024 15:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    When first we met (Seven Partsongs, Op 44)

    Performer: Diana Cummings. Choir: Holst Singers. Orchestra: Holst Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Holst: The Evening Watch: Holst Singers & Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Sep 2024 15:00