Evensong and Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Here is a complete recording the Service of Evensong and Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, April 17.
- Organ Music: Saraband for the Morning of Easter – Herbert Howells
- Opening Sentence, Preces and Responses
- Psalm 123 (Ad te levavi oculos meos) - Chant by E.J. Hopkins
- First Lesson: Deuteronomy 5: 1-21
- Office Hymn: 157 “He is risen, he is risen” (All Saints)
- Magnificat: Evening Service in G - Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
- Second Lesson: Revelation 21: 9 - end
- Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in G - Herbert Sumsion
- Creed, Versicles, Responses and Collects
- Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - C.V. Stanford (1852-1924)
- Prayers
- Sermon: Fr Geoffrey Chapman
- Offertory Hymn: 163 “The strife is o’er” (Victory)
- Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, first part
- Motet at Benediction: O sons and daughters, let us sing - Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
- Closing Hymn: 606 “Jesus lives! thy terrors now” (St. Albinus)
- Organ Music: Prélude et Toccata sur “Victimae Paschali Laudes” – Denis Bédard