Abbeycast - 'Angels ascending and descending’: A podcast for St Michael and All Angels

A podcast from Westminster Abbey on the feast of St Michael and All Angels. 

This 16 minute service includes prayers, a reading, an address, music and a blessing, recorded this week in the Abbey's magnificent 16th-century Lady Chapel.

Introduced by the Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Precentor

 

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

 

Reader: Bryony Strickland 

 

Introduction: The Reverend Mark Birch 

Reading: John 1: 47–end: Bryony Strickland

Address: The Dean 

Anthem: Tippett Plebs angelica

Prayers and Blessing: The Reverend Mark Birch

 

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.