08.03.2024
Services from Both Dublin Cathedrals to be Broadcast Worldwide Next Week
Radio listeners around the world will have the opportunity to listen to services from both Dublin cathedrals next week. On Wednesday March 13 the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will sing Evensong live on BBC Radio 3. Meanwhile on St Patrick’s Day (Sunday March 17) the BBC’s weekly Sunday service will come from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 is broadcast around the world and is the BBC’s longest running outside broadcast programme, now in its 98th year. The Christ Church Cathedral Choir will sing music by Francis Jackson, Bairstow, and a specially commissioned work by former Organist, Jack Oades.
Those wishing to attend are required to be seated by 3.45pm and are not permitted to leave during the service. There is no need to register. If you would like to listen at home, you can do so here on the day at 4pm and on Sunday March 17 at 3pm. The service will be available afterwards here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tp7r
Then on St Patrick’s Day the BBC’s weekly Sunday service will come from the Church of Ireland’s National Cathedral and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 8.10am and BBC Radio Ulster from 10.03am.
This Service of Matins, a traditional form of Anglican worship in mornings, will be introduced by the Dean of St Patrick’s, the Very Revd Dr William Morton, and led by the Dean’s Vicar, Canon Charles Mullen. The preacher will be Canon Simon Doogan, who is rector of Ballyholme parish in Bangor, County Down.
Music will be led by Stuart Nicholson, as Master of the Music, and the organist will be Dr Harry Meehan. The service will include an anthem by the Dublin–born composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), who had connections with St Patrick’s in his early years while growing up in the city.
The programme will be available to play back after broadcast at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xcgx