With our preliminary rehearsals behind us, singers in Laudemus!, with musical director Jeremy Jackman, are all set to begin the choir’s 2025 choral evensong tour of Dorset churches, starting Tuesday 12 August at the Church of the Holy Rood, Shillingstone at 6 pm.
Choral repertoire for the tour includes not only the introits, canticles and anthems listed on our 2025 tour page but also psalms, responses, final dismissals and hymns (complete with fauxbourdons and descants). Much of this additional music is specially composed for the choir by Jeremy, and we think he writes descants better than anyone else!
This year Laudemus! is proud to be giving the first performance of evening canticles (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) commissioned by the choir from composer Philip Lawson. They will be included in evensong at Wimborne Minster on Saturday 16 August (6 pm).
Choral evensong has rightly been described as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Anglican worship. We invite you to experience this for yourself as we offer a spiritual and musical feast to be appreciated by people of any faith or none.