Listen again: Evensong and Solemn Benediction, April 15, 2018
Here is a complete recording of the Evensong and Solemn Benediction held April 15:
- Organ Music: Sarabande for the Morning of Easter – Herbert Howells;
- Opening Sentence; Preces and Responses: Prayer Book, p. 20 - Sarum Plainsong;
Psalm 23 (Dominus regit me) - Tone VIII.1 (BCP p. 356) - First Lesson: Deuteronomy 4: 25-40
Office Hymn: 157 “He is risen, he is risen” (All Saints) - Magnificat: Evening Service - Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)
- Second Lesson: Revelation 20
- Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service - Ēriks Ešenvalds
- Creed, Versicles, and Responses: Prayer Book, p. 23
Proper Collect: Prayer Book, p. 191
Collects: Prayer Book, pp. 23 and 24 - Anthem: This joyful Eastertide - Dutch trad., arr. W.H. Harris
- Prayers
- Offertory Hymn: 169 “Ye choirs of new Jerusalem” (St. Fulbert)
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament - Motet at Benediction: Rise up, my love, my fair one - Healey Willan (1880-1968)
- Conclusion of Benediction
- Closing Hymn: 163 “The strife is o’er, the battle done” (Victory)
- Organ Music: Prélude et Toccata sur “Victimae Paschali Laudes” – Denis Bédard