Paul Klee, Fugue in Red, 1921
Renaissance Evensong
A New Series at St. Mark
The Parish of St. Mark, 1025 NW 21st Ave, Portland
Rose City Renaissance curates the new Renaissance Evensong Series at the beautiful Parish of St. Mark. Held near twilight and combining the ancient monastic hours of vespers and compline, Evensong is meant to convey a contemplative and peaceful meditation at the end of the day. The series unfolds across the year in the hands of several of Portland's early music ensembles, with RCRS singing two of the four.
The autumn Evensong turns to Robert Parsons, whose Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis is a soaring tour de force for a relatively small number of singers, alongside his Ave Maria, Thomas Tomkins' Preces and Responses, and Leonhard Lechner's De Profundis Clamavi.
Free to attend. Registration helps us plan seating and lets us keep you posted on the rest of the series.