Abbeycast - A podcast for Candlemas

Westminster Abbey

This 19 minute service includes prayers, a reading, an address, music and a blessing, recorded this week in the Abbey’s magnificent Lady Chapel.

Introduced by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

Address by the Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Precentor

Reader: Janet Hoyle

Introduction: The Dean

Reading: Luke 2: 22-40 Janet Hoyle

Address: The Reverend Mark Birch

Anthem: Nunc Dimittis, Stanford in A

Prayers and Blessing: The Dean

Music: Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O’Donnell (with kind permission of Hyperion Records).

This podcast was recorded with all contributors observing social distancing.