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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