<span class="TextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0">This course will introduce and explore the beautiful service of Choral Evensong, the so-called "jewel of the crown" of the Anglican Church and "best kept secret" of the Church of England, which is sung daily in Cathedrals and churches across the country and throughout the world.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW185232778 BCX0"><span class="SCXW185232778 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW185232778 BCX0" /></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW185232778 BCX0"><span class="SCXW185232778 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW185232778 BCX0" /></span><span class="TextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0">At a time when campaigners have pushed for this service to be given world heritage status, we will consider the reasons for its enduring popularity in an increasingly secularised society. We will delve into its long history, looking at how its timeless words came to be formed in the first place, and consider how the music associated with it has developed over many centuries from the Reformation </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0">to the present. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW185232778 BCX0">Finally</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0"> we will look to its future, its mission potential for the Church in attracting those searching after faith and its adaptability in an inclusive age.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW185232778 BCX0"><span class="SCXW185232778 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW185232778 BCX0" /></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW185232778 BCX0"><span class="SCXW185232778 BCX0"> </span><br class="SCXW185232778 BCX0" /></span><span class="TextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW185232778 BCX0">Sessions will include the history and development of its liturgical texts, musical elements including settings of the psalms and canticles (songs) that are sung within it, and its cultural value and potential in contemporary society. Combining lecture and group discussion, it will end with Choral Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW185232778 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>   <span class="TextRun SCXW61284420 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW61284420 BCX0">Anna Macham is Canon Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral, where she </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW61284420 BCX0">is responsible for</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW61284420 BCX0"> the Cathedral’s Liturgy and Music. Previously she was parish priest of St Philip’s Camberwell, an inner-city parish off the Old Kent Road in </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW61284420 BCX0">South East</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW61284420 BCX0"> London, and before that was Succentor at Southwark Cathedral and a Chaplain at King’s College London. She is a Visiting Scholar of Sarum College.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW61284420 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

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