A service of Evensong for All Saints and All Souls

Choral Evensong (sung Evening Prayer) is one of the most beautiful services of our tradition. Most of Evensong is sung by the choir, freeing the congregation to attend prayerfully to the “holiness of beauty.” The St. Mark’s Choir & Soloists offer a service of Evensong for the Feasts of All Saints & All Souls. The congregation is invited to bring framed photographs or other mementos of those whom they love and who have died to the service. During the service, Lydia Cseh Dahling will sing Maurice Ravel’s extraordinary setting of the Kaddish, chanted during Jewish prayer services in mourning for the dead. During the Kaddish, the congregation will be invited to place their mementos on the altar to be blessed by the priest. The service will also feature music of the French composer Maurice Duruflé (movements from his Requiem), a Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis on Plainsong themes as well as a setting of the Preces & Responses, all composed for the occasion by our Director of Music Ministries. The service will be accompanied by Christopher Houlihan. Please join us for this beautiful, candle-lit service. A reception will follow.