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From St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. The canticles are sung to the set composed for Knaresborough Parish Church in North Yorkshire by Simon Lindley, who died earlier this year, and who for 41 years from 1975 was organist at Leeds Parish Church. In this the week when the Church marks the feast of St Peter the apostle, the anthem is Palestrina鈥檚 鈥楾u es Petrus鈥�, and the service opens with Durufl茅鈥檚 setting of the same text: 鈥榊ou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church鈥�.

Introit: Tu es Petrus (Durufl茅)
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm 119 vv73-104 (Martin, Vann)
First Lesson: Genesis 42 vv17-38
Office hymn: Thou art the Christ, O Lord (Love unknown)
Canticles: Knaresborough Service (Lindley)
Second Lesson: Matthew 18 vv1-14
Anthem: Tu es Petrus (Palestrina)
Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lass tuns erfreuen)
Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547 (Bach)

St Martin鈥檚 Voices
Andrew Earis (Director of Music)
Ben Collyer (Organist)

To listen on most smart speakers just say 鈥渁sk 麻豆社 Sounds to play Choral Evensong鈥�.

Recorded 28 May.