Choral Evensong | March 23 at 5:00 pm, organ prelude at 4:45 pm

Our service of Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday in Lent, will feature the “Short Service” of Orlando Gibbons.

Gibbons 1583-1625) was an English composer and keyboard player. The best-known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s he was the leading composer and organist in England, with a career cut short by his sudden death in 1625. As a result, Gibbons’s oeuvre was not as large as that of his contemporaries, but he made considerable contributions to many genres of his time. He is often seen as a transitional figure from the Renaissance to the Baroque periods.

The Anthem is Purcell’s “Hear my prayer, O Lord,” and the concluding hymn is “Cast out, O Christ.” An organ prelude at 4:45 pm performed by Music Director Dwight Thomas will feature the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Cathedral Chamber Choir sings. A freewill offering is taken, and a light reception follows.