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Here's another 'three' I came across today...
@TheEvensongCup ran a 'World cup of evensong canticles' on Twitter recently - asking anyone who would like to, to vote for their favourite settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.
(If you're interested, the winning setting was Herbert Howells' Gloucester Service:
Magnificat - Howells Gloucester
Nunc Dimittis - Howells Gloucester )
Today a new 'evensong anthem' competition started, with the first set of three preliminary rounds
(to limit prolific and popular composers to two anthems each in the competition... possibly partly after Howells' settings were three of the top four in the canticle competition!)
Why not take part too?
The twitter account is: https://twitter.com/TheEvensongCup/
Even if you don't fancy voting, there'll be a huge amount of incredible music to listen to over the next few weeks!
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