Director of Music: Daniel Hyde, King's College, Cambridge
Celebrating a hundred years of the BBC’s broadcasting of Choral Evensong. Matthew Bannister, a former head chorister and a verger, meets the people that make this service happen
October 2026 marks a hundred years of the BBC’s broadcasting of Choral Evensong. Matthew Bannister is a former head chorister and a verger who loves Evensong. He talks to the people that make this much-loved service happen. In this episode, he meets Daniel Hyde, director of music at King's College, Cambridge.
Produced by Natalie Steed for Rhubarb Rhubarb.
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