vespers

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The concert is part of the Seattle Jazz Vespers series, which combines jazz music and secular inspiration messages at Seattle First Baptist on the first Sunday of every month.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

The online service debuted on Tuesday with Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi opera' "The Sicilian Vespers", conducted by director Fabio Lusi.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

Among these is a setting of the “Vespers of St. Lucy” that has an almost folk, tangy simplicity and transparency; two sets of Vespers for St. Clare are more polished and pristine.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022

The first was Bach’s glorious 12-part canticle, premiered in 1723 as the conclusion of the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig as a sort of meet-your-new-cantor demonstration of his powers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

From Vespers until the early bedtime he served his turn in the scriptorium, where all the writing was done.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli