Occurring
for 1 hour
Join us in the Cathedral for our Choral Evensong service on Sunday 14 April at 6pm, sung by The Whyte Effect.
EASTERTIDE
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide form a single festival period in which the tone of joy created at the Easter Vigil is sustained through the following seven weeks, and the Church celebrates the gloriously risen Christ.
Early Christians gave the name Pentecost to this whole fifty-day span. In those places where the custom of lighting the Easter Candle at the beginning of Easter is followed, the lit Candle stands prominently in church for all the Eastertide services. The Alleluia appears frequently in liturgical speech and song and the gold and white vestments along with the decoration of churches and fresh flowers after the austerity of Lent emphasize the joy and brightness of the season.
On the fortieth day there has, from the late fourth century, been a particular celebration of Christ’s ascension. He commissions his disciples to continue his work, he promises the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then he is no longer among them in the flesh. The ascension is therefore closely connected with the theme of mission. The arrival of the promised gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost completes and crowns the Easter Festival.
THE WHYTE EFFECT
We are grateful to The Whyte Effect, directed by Nicholas Yates, who sing the service for us whilst the Cathedral choir is on holiday.
PRECES AND RESPONSES
William Smith (1603-1645)
CANTICLES
Short Evening Service Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
OFFICIANT AND PREACHER
The officiant and preacher this evening is the Reverend Canon Mavis Wilson.
EASTERTIDE
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide form a single festival period in which the tone of joy created at the Easter Vigil is sustained through the following seven weeks, and the Church celebrates the gloriously risen Christ.
Early Christians gave the name Pentecost to this whole fifty-day span. In those places where the custom of lighting the Easter Candle at the beginning of Easter is followed, the lit Candle stands prominently in church for all the Eastertide services. The Alleluia appears frequently in liturgical speech and song and the gold and white vestments along with the decoration of churches and fresh flowers after the austerity of Lent emphasize the joy and brightness of the season.
On the fortieth day there has, from the late fourth century, been a particular celebration of Christ’s ascension. He commissions his disciples to continue his work, he promises the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then he is no longer among them in the flesh. The ascension is therefore closely connected with the theme of mission. The arrival of the promised gift of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost completes and crowns the Easter Festival.
THE WHYTE EFFECT
We are grateful to The Whyte Effect, directed by Nicholas Yates, who sing the service for us whilst the Cathedral choir is on holiday.
PRECES AND RESPONSES
William Smith (1603-1645)
CANTICLES
Short Evening Service Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
OFFICIANT AND PREACHER
The officiant and preacher this evening is the Reverend Canon Mavis Wilson.
Choral Evensong, The Third Sunday of Easter, 14 April 2024
14 Apr 2024, 6 p.m. for 1 hour
Choral Evensong, The Third Sunday of Easter, 14 April 2024
14 Apr 2024, 6 p.m. for 1 hour