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St. Mary’s Priory Wales Premiere

Sunday, June 22, 2025 @ 5 PM
St. Mary’s Priory, Abergavenny, Wales

The Choir of the Priory Church of St. Mary, Abergavenny, Wales, premieres David Evan Thomas’s setting of Psalm 121, “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes” in a Celebration Evensong. Thomas’s work was commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the tenure of Choirmaster Tim Pratt. The choir is a 40-strong mixed choir with boys and girls singing the treble line,

St. Mary’s Priory has a history that spans a thousand years. Described as the “Westminster Abbey of Wales,” the church was built as a Benedictine Priory in around 1087, The Priory was spared by the Tudors during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, becoming the Parish Church of Abergavenny.

The Evesong service will be live-streamed on the Church’s Facebook page.