Our 2025 itinerary, with details of the music to be sung, is below. This gives an idea of the scope of the tour, with no two services having the same music. Everyone is welcome to join the congregation for our services, which begin at 6 pm (18:00 hours) each day.
Evensong at Wimborne Minster on Saturday 16 August will include the first performance of a new set of canticles by Philip Lawson, commissioned by Laudemus!
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Tuesday 12 August, Church of the Holy Rood, Shillingstone
Introit – When I survey the wond’rous cross (Jackman)
Canticles – Evening Service in F (Aston)
Anthem – Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (Stanford)
Wednesday 13 August: St Mary the Virgin, Dorchester
Introit – Try me, O God (Wood)
Canticles – Evening Service in B flat (Gray)
Anthem – Canticle of Brother Sun (Ives)
Thursday 14 August: St Mary the Virgin, Sturminster Marshall
Introit – Comfort, O Lord, the soul of thy servant (Crotch)
Canticles – Evening Service in C (Greene)
Anthem – Turn thee unto me, O Lord (Boyce)
Friday 15 August: St Michael & All Angels, Verwood
Introit – O Lord, the maker of all thing (Mundy)
Canticles – Evening Service in A minor (Darke)
Anthem – O Lord, look down (Battishill)
Saturday 10 August: Minster Church of St Cuthburga, Wimborne
Introit – O be joyful in the Lord (Britten)
Canticles – Evening Service (Lawson)
Anthem – In laudationem Cuthburgae* (Jackman)
∗Commissioned by Laudemus! in 2005 to celebrate the 1300th anniversary of the founding of Wimborne Minster.
With psalms, readings, hymns and prayers for the day.
Join us for the beautiful, meditative service of Choral Evensong:
Ancient words – Prayers for today – Timeless music
Click here for a list of churches where we have sung Choral Evensong since 1991