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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
Prelude | Louis Claude D'Aquin
(1694-1772) |
Noel (I, II, III) |
Prelude | Claude Louis Balbastre | Noel and Variations on "Josef Est Bien Marie" |
Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) |
Chorale Prelude on "O Hail This Brightest Day Of Days" |
Hymn | tune: Irby | #102 "Once in royal David's city"
Lisa McKenna, soprano |
Carol | William Walton | What cheer
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
Lesson | Genesis 3:8-15 | God announces in the Garden of Eden that the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent's head |
Carol | Malcolm Archer | Adam lay ybounden
(Kevin Mayhew) |
Lesson | Isaiah 60:1-6,19 | The prophet in exile foresees the coming of the glory of the Lord |
Carol | arr Andrew Carter | I saw three ships
Deborah Baker, soprano (Oxford X 301) |
Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
Carol | George Thalben-Ball
(1896-1987) |
There is no
rose of such virtue
Lucy Schenker, alto (Cathedral Music) |
Hymn | tune: Forest Green | #78 "O little town of Bethlehem" |
Lesson | Isaiah 11:2,4,6-9 | The peace that Christ will bring is foreshown |
Carol | arr R L Pearsall | In dulci jubilo
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Carol | Alan Gibbs | The Salutation
Carol
(Oxford) |
Hymn | tune: God Rest You Merry | #105 "God rest you merry, gentlemen" |
Lesson | Luke 2:1-7 | St. Luke tells of the birth of Jesus |
Carol | Herbert Howells | Here is the
little door
(Stainer & Bell) |
Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
Carol | Gustave Theodore Holst
(1874-1934) |
In the bleak
mid-winter
(Carols for Choirs 3, Oxford) |
Carol | John Rutter
(b 1945) |
Shepherd's Pipe
Carol
(Carols for Choirs 2, Oxford) |
Hymn | tune: Winchester Old | #94 "While shepherds watched their flocks" |
Lesson | Matthew 2:1-11 | The Wise Men are led by the star of Jesus |
Carol | Peter Cornelius | The Three Kings
(arr Ivor Atkins)
Michael Miller, baritone (Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
Carol | arr David Willcocks | Sussex Carol
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
Lesson | John 1:1-14 | St. John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation |
Hymn | tune: Adeste Fidelis | #83 "O come, all ye faithful" |
Hymn | tune: Mendelssohn | #87 "Hark! the herald angels sing" |
Postlude | Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971) |
Chorale Prelude on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
Postlude | François Couperin
(1668-1733) |
Excerpt
from "Convent Mass"
1) Offertoire sur les Grand Jeux |
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