Christmas celebrations conclude this weekend when we remember Mary and Joseph leaving Bethlehem with Baby Jesus. Monday is the last day to see the crib.
Sunday 1 February is the eve of Candlemas.
Sunday’s evensong at Smithfield’s St Bartholomew the Great (6.30pm) will conclude with a procession to the Lady Chapel where the Nunc Dimittis will be sung to the setting by Byrd first heard maybe in 1605.
On Monday 2 February Southwark Cathedral observes Candlemas with a lunchtime Choral Eucharist (12.45pm).