Evensong at Epiphany

Third Sunday after Pentecost | Choral Evensong on June 29, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Carolus Andreas (Fauxbourdons), Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward and Lucis creator optime by Orlando de Lassus.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Third Sunday after Pentecost | Choral Evensong on June 29, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Herbert Sumsion (Evening Service in A), Preces and Responses by Philip Radcliffe and O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem by Herbert Howells.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Second Sunday after Pentecost | Choral Evensong on June 22, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Bernard Rose (Evening Service in E), Preces and Responses by Malcolm Archer and A Song of Wisdom by Charles Villiers Stanford.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Trinity Sunday | Choral Evensong on June 15, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by William Mathias (Jesus College Service), Preces and Responses by Kenneth Leighton, God Be In My Head by Peter Horton, and As Truly as God Is Our Father by William Mathias.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

The Day of Pentecost | Choral Evensong on June 8, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Sarah Rimkus (Evening Service), Preces and Responses by Philip Moore, Come, Holy Ghost by Thomas Shorter, and Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes by Tomas Luis de Victoria.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Seventh Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on June 1, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Herbert Howells (Gloucester Service), Preces and Responses by John Barnard, Prayer of King Henry VI by Henry Ley, and Laudibus in Sanctis by William Byrd.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

The Feast of the Ascension | Choral Evensong on May 29, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Charles Villiers Stanford (Evening Service in C), Preces and Responses by Jessica French, and Ascendit Deus by Peter Philips.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Sixth Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on May 25, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Orlando Gibbons (Short Service), Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward, If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis, and I Will Not Leave You Comfortless by Everett Titcomb.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Fifth Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on May 18, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Kenneth Leighton (Second Service), Preces and Responses by Kenneth Leighton, Hail, Gladdening Light by Charles Wood, and Though I Speak with the Tongues of Men by Edward Bairstow.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.

Fourth Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on May 11, 2025

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Herbert Sumsion (Evening Service in A), Preces and Responses by Philip Radcliffe, Present Yourselves as a Living Sacrifice by James O'Donnell, and The Lord is My Shepherd by Lennox Berkeley.
Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.