21 November 2008 - 5:30 PM
Evensong & Admission of Scholars
sung by the King’s School
22 November 2008 - 5:30 PM
Evensong
sung by Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford
23 November 2008 - 10:30 AM
Sung Eucharist
sung by Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford
23 November 2008 - 4:00 PM
Evensong
sung by Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford
29 November 2008 - 5:30 PM
Evensong
and Installation of the Revd. Dr. James Garrard as Canon Precentor
30 November 2008 - 5:30 PM
An Advent Procession
PROCESSIONS are a form of religious drama: they re-enact events in the history of the world’s creation and salvation.
ADVENT is a time of expectation: the word itself means ‘coming’. It recalls ancient Israel’s hope for the advent of the Messiah and also expresses the Christian hope for the fulfilment of God’s Kingdom. It celebrates Christ’s coming to lead the world from darkness to light.
The service is based on the Great Advent Antiphons. ‘Antiphon’ originally meant something sung alternately by two choirs: it came also to mean a sentence, appropriate to the season of the Church’s year, sung before and after the psalms and canticles. The service begins in darkness, representing the darkness before creation as well as the darkness of sin. The procession moves from the west to the east, symbolising the coming of Christ, the true Light.
The words and music seek to enable us to worship God, who calls us to do his will and make the world what he created it to be - full of his glory.
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