EPISODE · Nov 16, 2025 · 48 MIN
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost | Choral Evensong on November 9, 2025
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This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by David Ashley White (Amarillo Service), Preces and Responses by John Barnard, So the Day Dawn for Me by David Ashley White and And I Saw a New Heaven by Edgar Bainton. 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.
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This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by David Ashley White (Amarillo Service), Preces and Responses by John Barnard, So the Day Dawn for Me by David Ashley White and And I Saw a New Heaven by Edgar Bainton. 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.
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