Choral Evensong: Feast of Saint Cecilia

In honor of the 10 ^th Anniversary of Anglicanorum coetibus, the apostolic constitution providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church, evensong celebrating the Anglican and English musical patrimony will be offered.  The feast day of St. Cecilia, patroness of music, has been an occasion for elaborate musical concerts and festivals in England for centuries.  Sonoro, the chamber choir of the San Antonio Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Seighman, will perform choral works written in her honor by Handel and Howells.  Mr. Geoffrey Waite will serve as organist.  The San Antonio Recorder Quartet, under the direction of Mr. Gerald Self, will present English consort music of the Renaissance and Early Baroque.