Abbeycast - A podcast from Westminster Abbey for the Feast of Christ the King

A podcast from Westminster Abbey for the Feast of Christ the King.

This 16 minute service includes an introit, prayers, a reading, an address, music and a blessing, recorded this week on the Abbey's magnificent Cosmati pavement in front of the High Altar.

 

Introduced by the Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon Theologian

 

Address by the Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Precentor 

 

Reader: David Fugurally, Department for Education, Fellow of Westminster Abbey Institute 

 

Introit: Sergei Rachmaninoff To thee, O Lord

Introduction: Canon Hawkey

Reading: Matthew 25: 31–46 David Fugurally

Address: The Reverend Mark Birch 

Anthem: Benjamin Britten Hymn of St Columba

Prayers and Blessing: Canon Hawkey 

 

Music: Recorded earlier this week in the Abbey by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and conducted by James O’Donnell. 

 

This podcast was recorded with all contributors observing social distancing.