16th May 2023, 6pm

Keble College Chapel, Oxford

A reconstruction of Evensong according to the 1560 Latin Prayer Book, with works by Tallis, Morley and Weelkes.

Choral Evensong according to the 1560 Latin Prayer Book. The 1560 LPP is a Latin translation of the Elizabethan 1559 Prayer Book for use in predominantly university and school chapels. Antiquum Documentum have tried to imagine what such a service would have looked like. The music includes adaptions of English plainsong to Latin words, adaptions of Sarum chant, as well as “Domine, Dominus Noster” by Thomas Morley, the Latin Evening Service by Thomas Tallis, and “Laboravi in Gemitu Meo” by Thomas Weelkes (whose 400th birthday is this year) all executed in English Latin with authentic vocal techniques. We have examined many sources to try to work out what the ritual of a Latin evensong might have looked like in a highly conservative, old-fashioned and even recusant Oxford College chapel. Fr. Max Kramer was the officiant and Fr. Darren McFarland was the precentor. This service followed Laudian-style ritual.
There was a brief introductory talk from 5:30pm given by Alexander Trowell, the write-up of which you can find on the blog post linked below; just click “Find out more…”