Choral Evensong from Portsmouth Cathedral

Portsmouth Cathedral will host a special live broadcast of BBC 3’s Choral Evensong tomorrow (Wednesday 2nd July) for the Eve of St Thomas, the cathedral’s patron saint’s namesake.

Choral Evensong from Portsmouth Cathedral

A spokesperson for the cathedral said,

‘It’s a proud Portsmouth occasion to be singing live on BBC Radio 3. 

‘Our patron saint, Thomas of Canterbury (Thomas Becket) was named Thomas because he was born on St Thomas’ day – so it is fitting for us to be singing live on BBC Radio 3 and we are very proud to do so on behalf of our city.’

The boys of the Cathedral Choir will be singing including Stanford in C Psalm 59 and the hymn, The Lord is my light and my salvation by Sir John Rutter for the programme, the longest running outside broadcast.

What is Choral Evensong and it’s history? Find out here.

Those attending the service in the Cathedral will need to be seated by 2:45pm, due to the broadcast we will be unable to allow entry after this time.

Listen in: BBC 3 Choral Evensong 3pm Wednesday 2 July. Watch it live here.