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  1. New church year begins today. 10am Eucharist: Darke in F and Ubi caritas - Durufle. 6.30pm: Advent Procession - Palestrina, McKie and more.
  2. Evensong, 6.30pm, this evening includes Brahms' sublime Geistliches Lied.
  3. Listen out for former Abbey chorister Laurence Edwards, now in Chichester Cathedral Choir, singing a solo on BBC R3 Choral Evensong at 4pm.
  4. Three Choirs for Choral Evensong, 6.30pm: choirs of Christchurch Priory, Sherborne Abbey and Romsey Abbey in music by Walmisley and Ireland.
  5. All Souls, 7.30pm: after the welcome return of Stanford in G - well done to treble soloist Simon Grant - tonight it's Justorum animae.
  6. Feast of All Saints: Choral Evensong, 6.30pm, features Stanford in G, with its soaring treble solos in the Magnificat. Sublime...
  7. One of our Patronal festivals today - St. Ethelflaeda. Mathias Missa Brevis gets its first outing for several years. Should be memorable!
  8. Sun 18 Oct: for 10am Eucharist, Darke in E and Elgar's O hearken thou - sublime... 6.30 Evensong: SS Wesley's Blessed be the God and Father.
  9. Sun 11 Oct: Howells dominates music list - Office of Holy Communion at 10am and Like as the Hart at Evensong. Looking forward to it all!
  10. @GeorgesTrust George.is still greatly missed by us all in the Choir. Feel free to RT my link to story.
  11. Read about the life and tragic death in Oct '08 of Abbey chorister George O'Brien, 17, in today's Daily Mail http://bit.ly/DailyMailonGeorge
  12. @GeorgesTrust Looking for ward to singing at concert for #GeorgesTrust later: music from 14th Century to present. Hope it goes well for you!
  13. RT @GeorgesTrust: Join us tonight at 6pm in Romsey Memorial Park, for a candlelight concert. http://tinyurl.com/ycg33hc Please RT!
  14. 6.30pm: Choral Evensong. A quieter one this evening: Morley's Fauxbourdons service and Turn thy face from my sins - Attwood.
  15. Returned to stalls for Eucharist today with Darke in A minor - the Gloria has a touch of Hollywood about it - and Gibbons: sensitively sung.
  16. 7.30 tonight: Recital by James Eaton, Romsey Abbey's Assistant Organist. Includes Bach, Elgar and Sousa. £9 (£6 conc.). http://bit.ly/3Fm3cU
  17. We are back from our summer break. Choral Evensong on Sunday got us off to a flying start: processions, clouds of incense and an Ave Maria!
  18. Unfortunately, our recent fund-raising Cream Tea had to be held indoors. Good old British weather! http://bit.ly/1Xz48a
  19. About to sing at a wedding 'for those as are of riper years'. Our best wishes to John and Hazel as they begin their new life together.
  20. Summer break nearly over... Join us for a Cream Tea in Romsey Abbey's South Garth (garden), 2-4pm. We look forward to meeting you.