This sung service of Evening Prayer, based on the order found in the Canadian Book of Common Prayer (1962), Evensong is a peaceful and meditative church service in the Anglican tradition. It is rooted in the monastic tradition and invites worshippers to reflect and find spiritual stillness through the beauty of words and choral music.
January 2026 Evensong Music
Introit: Sicut Cervus, G.P. da Palestrina
Preces & Responses: Thomas Tallis
Psalm: 72 (chant: W. Boyce)
Readings: Sirach 39:1-10; Philippians 3:1-14
Canticles: Short Service for Men’s Voices, Adrian Batten
Anthem: Tallis’ Canon, Thomas Tallis (et al)
Hymns: A Heavenly Splendour from on High, The Day Thou Gavest
Final Responses: ferial, Edward Naylor