Lighten Our Darkness
Illuminating Choral Evensong
A major new
crowdfunded project
exploring and celebrating a 500 year old tradition
Delving into one of the oldest forms of Christian worship anywhere in the world, this documentary meets the people who are passionate about the words and music that form the liturgy and asks why Choral Evensong continues to be the mainstay of Anglican worship in cathedrals and churches.
Rent, stream or buy a DVD of over 4½ hours of music, interviews, graphics, history, reflection and analysis of some of the world’s most glorious choral music.
Watch the trailer…
Your 2 minute introduction to almost 5 hours of the best church music from all over the the British Isles and beyond…
Simply the best.
You can hear unique recordings of evensong in the cathedrals of Salisbury, Lincoln, Chester, Winchester, Truro, Dublin, Guildford as well as collegiate chapels, schools and parish churches in the UK and overseas
Listen to…
composers, organists, singers, conductors and publishers who are working hard to maintain this musical heritage. Listen to their story and hear about the passion that motivates them.
Andrew Nethsingha
Elizabeth Stratford
Joanna Forbes
L’ Estrange
Chris Gray
Barry Rose
John Rutter
David Hill
Bob Chilcott
Katherine Dienes-Williams
Stephen Layton
Andrew Lumsden
Philip Stopford
But, best of all, enjoy hours of glorious singing.
5.1
All services encoded in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound
It’s as if you were there
Music by Tallis, Byrd, Willan, Gardiner, Parry, Allegri, Rutter, Purcell, Noble, Walmisley, Goss, Caesar, Ayleward, Britten, Stopford, Morris, Gibbons, Stanford, Howells…