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Throughout the year at Evensong, we will be exploring the theme of ‘pilgrimage.’ The physical journey to a sacred place like Santiago de Compostela can also be used as an image of the inner personal journey seeking faith, meaning, and encounter with God.
In this service, we have two settings of Psalm 42. Its opening line is ‘As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.’ The Psalm is a reflection on searching for and finding God.
The opening Anthem is a setting of the Latin text of the Psalm ‘Sicut Cervus’ by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594). The service concludes with Herbert Howells’s (1892-1983) anthem ‘Like as the Hart.’
The Verses and Responses sung by the choir are by William Smith (1603-1645)
The musical setting for the Psalm is by Maria Portela (a current student at Imperial College).
The music for the Canticles, the Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis is from the Short Service by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625).