A special evensong service to celebrate our Patronal Festival
Music for this will include:
Hymns: On Jordan’s bank; Christ is made the sure foundation; Take my life and let it be
Responses: Ferial (anonymous)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: Stanford in B flat
Psalm 67: Chant by S. Shackleton
Anthem: Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord alway
A reflective evening service sung by the choir of St. John’s Church
Music will include
Preces and responses: Marilyn Harper
Anthem: Rachmaninoff, To Thee, O Lord
with St. John’s Choir
Looking for the Light: Readings and music for the season of Advent
With June Lowe
Responses by Marilyn Harper
Canticles by Lizzie Wheeler
Anthem: O for a closer walk with God (arr. Stanford)
Sunday 9th March is the 5th Woman Composer Sunday, launched by the Society of Women Organists in 2021 and now an international event.
To celebrate, music at evensong at St. John’s will include newly composed pieces by winners of the American Guild of Organists WCS 2025 composition competition, preces and responses by Marilyn Harper, canticles by Lizzie Wheeler and an anthem by Anna Laura Page.
Service conducted by June Lowe
With Rev’d Phil Dykes
followed by Strawberries & Pimms courtesy of the Friends of St. John’s
At Keynsham Baptist Church
