Talk:Evening Prayer (Anglican)

Both here and at Morning Prayer I've taken out references to the preces and responses having ferial and festal settings. I've done this because it makes it sound like these are the only possible settings whereas many composers have set them. Where the same composer has set them more than once, those terms are sometimes used to distinguish between them e.g the settings by Byrd? (or is it Tallis) in the old "Cathedral Prayer Book" use this terminology, but normally just the name of the composer is used. If you must refer to ferial and festal, it would be useful to provide an explanation of the difference (or a link to an appropriate article). See the current listing for BBC Radio 3's regualr broadcast of choral evensong at [1].

Separate articles

Is there really a need to have distinct articles for the CW and BCP varieties of Evensong? No such distinction is made for Morning Prayer. Indeed, as this article refers only to the English edition of 1662, perhaps there should be separate articles for Morning Prayer in the USA 1979, the Canada 1959, the Book of Alternative Services.... Carolynparrishfan 18:00, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. For those of us in ECUSA, the 1979 BCP is the BCP--for many of us, it's they only one we've ever known. Combining the articles would be appropriate.Rockhopper10r 18:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vague statement

"With the virtual disappearance of the service of Morning Prayer, Evensong takes on a special character it formerly lacked." I understand this (I think), but someone who is not familiar with the intricacies of Anglican liturgy may well not. What exactly is this "special character"? I think it bears defining. Carolynparrishfan 17:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Choral Evensong

Why do the readings (OT & NT) in the Choral Evensong on Radio 3 never follow the BCP readings?? On what basis are the readings chosen?