About this programme

From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Including the first broadcast of a composition commissioned for the Choirbook for the Queen, a collection of contemporary anthems published to celebrate Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. Introit: Gaudent in coelis (Sally Beamish). Responses: Lloyd Psalms: 98, 99 (Garrett, Russell). First Lesson: Song of Solomon 2, vv1-7. Office Hymn: Her Virgin Eyes Saw God Incarnate Born (Farley Castle). Canticles: Short Service (Robin Orr). Second Lesson: Act 1, vv6-14. Anthem: A Prayer and Two Blessings (Nigel Osborne - Choirbook for the Queen) (first broadcast). Final Hymn: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Abbot's Leigh). Organ Voluntary: Toccata alla marcia (Robin Orr). Organist and Master of the Music: Duncan Ferguson. Assistant Organist: Nicholas Wearne.