Upcoming BBC Broadcasts and Special Evensongs

Next week the Cathedral will be hosting the BBC for a recorded Radio 4 Sunday Service and a live Radio 3 Choral Evensong.

On Tuesday evening our Cathedral Choir (Girls) will be recording a BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship programme to be broadcast on Sea Sunday (10 July), with the Chaplain of The Fleet preaching.

Following this on on Wednesday the Cathedral Choir (Boys) will be broadcasting Choral Evensong live from 4pm on BBC Radio 3. If you wish to be in the congregation, please arrive before 3.45pm as the cathedral will be closed for the 4pm broadcast.

See an overview of these upcoming services below…

  • Patronal Festival Eucharist - Sunday 3 July, 11.00am

    • Sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boy Choristers)

    • Music includes the Westminster Mass by Roxanna Panufnik and Hymnus in natale martyrum by Nico Muhly (Commissioned for the farewell service to Bishop Christopher, Ninth Bishop of Portsmouth)

    • Preacher: The Very Revd Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester Cathedral

  • Choral Evensong - Sunday 3 July, 5:45pm

    • sung by the Cathedral Choir (Girl Choristers) with valediction to our Choral Scholars and Organ Scholar

    • Music includes: Canticles:  Gloucester Service  -  Howells
      Anthem:    Clangat tuba, martyr Thoma – Hamilton (A new commission for 2021 by composer Tim Hamilton, a former chorister at Portsmouth Cathedral)

    • Preacher:  One of our Head Choristers 

  • Choral Evensong - Monday 4 July, 5:45pm

    • Sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars 

  • Choral Evensong - Tuesday 5 July, 5:45pm

    • Sung by the Boy Choristers 

  • Choral Evensong - Wednesday 6 July, 4:00pm 

    • Sung by the Cathedral Choir (Boys) 

    • Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 - please be seated by 3:45pm, doors close for 4pm broadcast

  • Choral Evensong - Thursday 7 July, 5:45pm

    • sung by the Girl Choristers  

    • Final service of the Choir term. 

  • Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 : Sunday Worship for Sea Sunday 10 July, 8:10am 

    • Sung by the Cathedral Choir (Girls) 

    • Preacher: the Ven Andrew Hillier, Chaplain of the Fleet 

    • Please note our 8:00am Holy Communion in the Cathedral will not be affected by this broadcast

Find our more about services and worship at the Cathedral, or visit the BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 websites to listen or catch-up online.

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