The daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer (Matins and Evensong) were in established use before Thomas Cranmer's 1549 Book of Common Prayer, which solidified their position in Reformation England.
Historical Context
Evensong, a liturgy revered as a quintessential expression of Anglicanism, was created by combining parts of the medieval Latin services of Vespers and Compline.
Recording & Production
All fifteen compositions on this album were recorded live at services sung in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, during the Lent and Easter Terms of 2014 and 2015.
Compositional Technique
The canticles Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis are at the heart of Evensong, and settings of these texts have been a vibrant genre of Anglican composition since the sixteenth century.
Performer Biography
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, founded in the fifteenth century by King Henry VI, is one of the world's best-known choral groups, with its daily services being its core purpose.
Performer Biography
King's Voices, the mixed-voice choir of King's College, was founded in 1997 to allow women of King's to contribute to the College's musical life.
Performer Biography
Stephen Cleobury, the conductor, has been the Director of Music of King's College, Cambridge, for over 30 years, enhancing the Choir's reputation and commissioning new music.
You might also enjoy...
Twentieth Century Church Music
Natus: Music for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany
A cappella
Romantic Choral Classics
Italian & English Church Music
HM QUEEN - THE COMMEMORATIVE ALBUM
Dialogue
Crossing Over
A Pembroke Christmas
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Copland: In the Beginning; Barber: Agnus Dei
