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Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles. It is loosely based on the canonical hours of vespers and compline . Old English speakers translated the Latin word vesperas as æfensang , which became 'evensong' in modern English.
Choral Evensong is the BBC's longest-running outside broadcast programme. The programme is a broadcast of the Anglican service of Choral Evensong (sung evening prayer) live from cathedrals, university college chapels and churches throughout the United Kingdom.
Leeds Minster is a member of the Greater Churches Group. Sir John Betjeman in a BBC Broadcast remarked that: "There's High Church, Low Church and Leeds Parish Church". [citation needed] The church is illuminated at night by floodlights donated by Tetley's brewery.
Like Mattins, Evensong is a service that is a distinctively Anglican service, originating in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549 as a combination of the offices of Vespers and Compline. [5] Choral Evensong is sung daily in most Church of England cathedrals , as well as in churches and cathedrals throughout the Anglican Communion.
In June 2022, Coles's debut mystery novel Murder Before Evensong was released. It is the first in a series about Canon Daniel Clement. [25] The sequel, A Death In The Parish, was published on 8 June 2023. [26] The first book has been optioned for a television adaptation, with Coles serving as an executive producer. [27] [28]
Leeds Priory, also known as Leeds Abbey, was a priory in Leeds, Kent, England, that was founded in 1119 and dissolved in 1539. A mansion was later built on the site of the priory; it was demolished in the late 18th century. The site of the former priory is a scheduled monument.
Evensong was sung at Guildford Cathedral en route for Portsmouth. St Peter's Singers is committed to presentations at Leeds Minster and at the Venue, Leeds College of Music. Rare complete performances of Handel's Messiah, J S Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Advent Cantatas were performed in December 2008, 2009 & 2010.
Hexham Abbey Boys' Choir consists of boys' and men's voices and sings choral evensong on Wednesdays in addition to morning and evening services on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. The choir has made two CDs in recent years and has toured to Paris (2007), Rome (2009), Hanover (2011), Berlin (2012), Antwerp (2014) and Tallinn (2015 ...