URGENT



Well, sort of urgent. The world will not end if you miss it. But if you are an Oratorian or a lover of the traditional liturgy you will be annoyed with yourself if you do. The BBC's long-running programme "Choral Evensong" this week presents Solemn Vespers of the Feast of the Birth of Our Lady from the London Oratory. You can find it here and listen on line. But you have to hurry. It was presented last Wednesday 8 September. You can only retrieve it from the archive for one week. It will be gone the day after tomorrow. Glorious music: Gregorian psalms and 16th century polyphonic antiphons and hymns. This Vespers is according to the so-called "Tridentine" office.