“Britain’s Cathedrals & their Music” 15: Hereford Cathedral 1966 (Melville Cook)

A repeat of the 15th in a series of weekly BBC radio broadcasts introduced by Sir John Betjeman (later Poet Laureate). The programme was first broadcast on 4 March 1966 and features the choir of Hereford Cathedral, directed by Melville Cook, with assistant organist Roger Fisher. 1. Almighty God, who by the leading of a star (John Bull) 2. Tibi laus (Peter Philips) 3. Een kindeken is ons geboren (John Bull)* 4. Beati quorum via (Charles Stanford) 5. Fugue from “Choral Song & Fugue” (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)** 6. Blessed be the God and Father (Samuel Sebastian Wesley) played by Melville Cook ** played by Roger Fisher