On Sunday, November 15 at 4 p.m., at West End, St. Gregory’s Choir of St. George’s Episcopal Church will join Sanctuary Choir in a service of choral evensong. Gerry Senechal, Associate Director of Music Ministries at St. George’s, directs St. Gregory’s Choir and was formerly a Music Intern here at West End. We welcome them for this special service and look forward to hearing the blend of these two groups under the shared leadership of Mr. Senechal and Andrew Risinger . The service will include music of Stanford, Mathias, Widor, Smith and Atkins.

Evensong is primarily a service of reflection - of leaving oneself open so that God may speak to us through the psalms and readings and canticles which are the core of the service. The ancient tradition of this service finds its roots in the Anglican Church and is a combination of the medieval offices of Vespers and Compline found in the Book of Common Prayer. The service, sung mostly by the choir, draws upon a rich inheritance of music composed for the express purpose of evensong. Here beauty in language and music can speak to us of God in a rich and diverse way. Within this hallowed space you may forget the ceaseless activity of daily life and be still. We invite everyone to join us in the sanctuary for this window of musical grace as evening falls.