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Choral Evensong

March 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Join us for Choral Evensong.

What is Evensong, anyway? Evensong is a sung service of Evening Prayer, held near sunset, focused on singing psalms and other Biblical canticles. Old English speakers translated the Latin word vesperas as æfensang, which became ‘evensong‘ in modern English.

Introit: Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), When David heard that Absolom was slain

Setting: Purcell in G minor

Anthem: C. V. Stanford (1852-1924), For lo, I raise up in G minor

Details

Date:
March 17
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm