A Holy Week Feast from the BBC

I know what you're thinking - you're to fast during Holy Week. This, however, is different.

Sure, church attendance is miserable in Britain. Sure, the Anglican Communion is on the verge of schism over homosexuality. Sure, the traditionalists in the C of E are outraged over Charles's and Camilla's impending nuptials, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Canterbury. But as long as the Anglican church music tradition is available over broadband, I'm all for the British government funding their religion.

This is a new project - "Easter at King's." The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, justly famous for their Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols, is offering a series of concerts and special worship services which will be broadcast over BBC 3.

I've posted the schedule below. If you want the complete article from the source, with the list of readings and music during worship, click on the header of this post.

And if you're at work (or at church) and can't listen live, the BBC archives this stuff for at least a week.

The lineup includes:

Holy Wednesday:
4:00pm UK Time (11:00 AM EST)
CHORAL EVENSONG
Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

7.30-9.35pm UK Time (2:30 - 4:35 PM EST)
PERFORMANCE ON 3:
Bach: St. John Passion

Maundy Thursday:
8.00-9.00pm UK (3:00-4:00 pm Eastern)
Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
PERFORMANCE ON 3:
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories
for Maundy Thursday
The King's Singers
Lessons sung by the Chaplain, the Rev. Richard Lloyd Morgan

Good Friday:
10.15 - 11.30pm (5:15 EST)
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross
Salomon String Quartet
Reader: The Rev. Ian Thompson, Dean of King's

Easter Sunday:
4.00-5.00pm (11:00 am EST)
Festal Evensong
Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Performance On 3
6.30-8.10pm (1:30 pm EST)
J.S. Bach:
Lobet den Herrn BWV 230
Suite No 3 in D BWV 249
Easter Oratorio
Choral Scholars of King's and Clare Colleges
The Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)