Evensong

[Yardstick]

I'm going to my first choral evensong service at the cathedral this evening. It's something I've wanted to experience for years but never got around to doing.

Do you guys have any experience of evensong? What do you think?

 

[AngCath]

Evensong is wonderful!

 

[ebia]

Haven't been to one for a long time . Evensong is wonderful when its 1662

 

[MKJ]

I love evensong. We usually have it on the last Sunday of the month and red letter days.

 

[Rurik]

Evensong is great if you have good/competent musicians and the person who leads it can sing. Any good liturgy is fine though there is something special about the BCP1662 service. If any of the above is lacking I think it is a miserable experience and would not bother. I was once asked to regularly run Evensong at a church. We were going to use a mix of the Australian prayer book & the BCP1662, the choir was good and the organist was one of the best I have ever seen. I cannot sing so I said no as it would have been abysmal.

 

[KateMTT]

I went to my first Evensong a few weeks ago. It was held at an Anglican convent near my home -- such a peaceful experience.

 

[Yardstick]

I'm not sure which they used because the whole service was printed in a bulletin. It was pretty nice though.

 

[Maid Marie]

I went one a few years ago as a fundraiser for Haiti after it had one of its numerous disasters. Loved it all.

 

[Liberasit]

My DD often sings Evensong at a nearby cathedral.

I'm always a bit disappointed that there is not much congregational singing, or even participation in the liturgy. I don't know if this is typical or peculiar.

 

[Yardstick]

My DD often sings Evensong at a nearby cathedral.

I'm always a bit disappointed that there is not much congregational singing, or even participation in the liturgy. I don't know if this is typical or peculiar.

That bummed me out too.

 

[Merrily]

BCP Choral Evensong is sublime.

 

[everbecoming2007]

We have it about once a week during the Lenten season. I think it is usually from the 1928 prayer book, at least it was last time. It is so beautiful, never seen anything like it in any other church.

 

[The Captain]

I'm going to my first choral evensong service at the cathedral this evening. It's something I've wanted to experience for years but never got around to doing.

Do you guys have any experience of evensong? What do you think?

It's awesome. I'm a big fan. My parish offers sung morning prayer and evensong from time to time, and I try to go whenever I can. Evensong really is one of the treasures of Anglicanism.