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The Music for this service:

The opening Anthem is  ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ by Royal College of Music alumna and pioneer of Higher Education for women, Greta Tomlins (1912-1972).

The Verses and Responses are by Thomas Ebdon (1738–1811).

The musical setting for the Psalm is by Maria Portela (a current student at Imperial College).

The music for the Canticles (the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) is by the Irish composer and RCM teacher Charles Stanford (1852-1924) from his setting in B flat.

The closing Anthem is ‘Verleih uns Frieden’ (God be with us) by Felix Mendelssohn (1809- 1847).

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