choral evensong goes jazzy

[alocispepraluger102]

one of my favorite bbc 3 podcasts for more decades than i can remember has been choral evensong.

a choral and spoken contemplation of the night to come is somehow essential to the jumbled brain of this hardened atheist.

the local nearby episcopal church (descended from the church of england) has monthly evensong worship services.

last sunday, on their lawn, blessed by splendid weather, was a beautiful jazz evensong service, of mostly duke ellington music, with readings, responses, choir, vocal soloist, alto, tenor, piano bass, and drums, followed by a generous picnic on the lawn.

the priest is a daily exercise buddy, whose wife blows a mean alto and son sports a new degree in jazz performance from UK. he, knowing of my feelings toward religion, the priest never mentions religion to me; i never mention it to him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tp7r

Edited July 28, 2013 by alocispepraluger102

[A Lark Ascending]

Don't hear it often but sometimes when I'm driving on a late Sunday afternoon I hear it and find it quite eerie and beautiful. Having been brought up in Catholic churches where the music is quite bland I'm always quite taken by the Anglican choral world.

[alocispepraluger102]

"quite eerie and beautiful."

"I'm always quite taken by the Anglican choral world. "

yes-yes!!!