Evensong at Epiphany

Sixth Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on May 5, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Harold Friedell (Evening Service in F), Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward, Vestry Prayer by Gerre Hancock and Non vos relinquam 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.

Fifth Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on April 28, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Carson Cooman (St. Peter's Cambridge Service), Preces and Responses by Kenneth Leighton, I Sought My God by William Bradley Roberts and As the Apple Tree by Robert Walker.
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 April 21, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by David Ashley White (Amarillo Service), Preces and Responses by Kenneth Leighton, Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One by Healey Willan 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.

Third Sunday of Easter | Choral Evensong on April 14, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Herbert Howells (St. Paul's Service), Preces and Responses by Jessica French, My Eyes for Beauty Pine by Elizabeth Coxhead and Glorious and Powerful God by Charles Wood.
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 of Easter | Choral Evensong on April 7, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Orlando Gibbons (Second Service), Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward, The First Song of Moses by Orlando Gibbons and Haec dies 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.

Easter Sunday | Choral Evensong on March 31, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Herbert Murrill (Evening Service in E), Preces and Responses by John Barnard, Easter Acclamations by Conrad Eden and Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem 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.

Palm Sunday | Choral Evensong on March 24, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Grayston Ives (Edington Service), Preces and Responses by Thomas Tomkins, Jesus, So Lowly by Harold Friedell and Solus ad victimam by Kenneth Leighton.
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 in Lent | Choral Evensong on March 17, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by William Byrd (Second Service), Preces and Responses by William Smith, O Jesu Christe by Jacquet de Mantua and Lord, Let Me Know My End by Maurice Greene.
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 in Lent | Choral Evensong on March 10, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by Kenneth Leighton (Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense), Preces and Responses by Stephen Caracciolo, Prayer of King Henry VI by Henry Ley and They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships by Herbert Sumison.
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 in Lent | Choral Evensong on March 3, 2024

This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis by David Hogan (Mount St. Alban Service), Preces and Responses by Jessica French, I Sought My God by William Bradley Roberts and Like as the Hart 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.