Choral Services at the Cathedral of St. Philip
Listen to choral services, recorded live at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, each Sunday at 4 p.m., September–May. Most services are Choral Evensong (sung Evening Prayer), which dates from the sixteenth century, yet has its roots in the far more ancient Daily Offices of Vespers and Compline. One of the jewels of our Anglican/Episcopal worship tradition, Evensong has given birth to one of the largest and richest bodies of sacred music outside of the Mass itself. It is, at its heart, a contemplative worship service, and much of the service is sung by the choir alone, employing sounds that span the known history of Christian music. At the formal close of Evensong, an intimate “liturgy of the table” is celebrated for those who wish to receive Communion. Occasionally a classically sung Choral Eucharist, or a diocesan confirmation, or a service of Lessons and Carols takes the place of Evensong.
Choral Services at the Cathedral of St. Philip
Festival Holy Eucharist on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2022)
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This Festival Holy Eucharist service is sung by the Cathedral Choir with members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass, and timpani.
Prelude music:
- “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God Rest You Merry
- arr. Kenneth Leighton (British, 1929-1988), O leave your sheep
- “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
- arr. Mack Wilberg (American, b. 1955), Ding dong! merrily on high
- “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (English, 1872-1958), Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Service music:
- “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles
- “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
- “While shepherds watched their flocks by night” Winchester Old
- Kim André Arnesen (Norwegian, b. 1980), Cradle Hymn
- “Hark! the herald angels sing” Mendelssohn
- Tómas Luis de Victoria (Spanish, c. 1548-1611), O magnum mysterium
- Stephen Paulus (American, 1949-2014), A Savior from on High
- “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
- “Silent night” Stille Nacht
- “Joy to the world” Antioch