Once again this summer there is a series of Summer Choral Evensongs in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Orchardleigh BA11 2PH.
The 2019 series will take place as follows:
Sunday 21st July at 6.00pm – Choral Evensong for the Eve of the feast of Mary Magdalene will be sung by the choir of the church of St John the Baptist, Devizes. Music will include Thomas Attwood’s ‘Teach me O Lord’, Canticles by Herbert Brewer and Samuel Sebastian Wesley’s large scale anthem ‘Blessed be the God and Father’.
Sunday 18th August at 6.00pm – sung by members of the parish followed by a short organ recital to celebrate the Patronal Festival at St Mary’s.
Sunday 15th September at 6.00pm – sung by ‘Cantores Occasu’.
The Church of St Mary dates back to the 14th century and sits on a moated island adjacent to the lake on the Orchardleigh estate and due to its location, has no electricity and all services are illuminated by candlelight and the organ is pumped by hand!
