Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Sunday after Ascension

St Bride's doors are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music (an extended, themed musical interlude replacing a preached sermon) for the Sunday after Ascension has been collated from archive live recordings together with specially recorded prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day. Responses: Leighton Psalm: 47 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in E – Watson Sermon in Music: i) O clap your hands together – Gibbons ii) God is gone up – Finzi Voluntary: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père from L'Ascension - Messiaen This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Both the anthems have texts suitable for Ascensiontide – the Gibbons anthem uses verses from Psalm 47, which is the appointed psalm for the day, while the Finzi piece is a setting of a meditation on the same text by Edward Taylor (1646-1729), from a collection of poems entitled 'Sacramental Meditations’. If you enjoy this podcast please consider supporting St Bride's; donations can be made at www.justgiving.com/stbrideschurchfleetstreet Alternatively, in the UK, text 5STBRIDES or 10STBRIDES or 20STBRIDES to 70470 to donate £5, £10 or £20