09 October 2019 - Evensong

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Wednesday, 9 October 2019

This webcast is from the first Men's Voices service of the year.

Born in 1711, William Boyce was rather a prolific composer, and had a post as composer for the Chapel Royal. He is remembered mainly for his symphonies and incidental music for plays, but his main output was vocal music and church anthems. The Lord is King is rather a bombastic setting of selections of Psalm verses, and features a solo for bass..

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Continuing their Magnificat series, and the last album of Andrew Nethsingha’s tenure as director, The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge present Magnificat 4 with works from composers including Judith Weir, Jonathan Dove, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange and Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for classical music, Jonathan Dove CBE has composed a broad range of works and is one of the most successful British composers today. 

Jonathan was kind enough to share insights into his St John's Service, the compositional process, and what we can look forward to in the future.

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