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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
Prelude | Richard Purvis
(b 1917) |
Chorale Prelude on "Greensleeves" |
Prelude | Searle Wright | Trio on "Greensleeves" |
Prelude | Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872-1958) |
Carol Prelude on "Greensleeves" |
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"
Christi John Bye, soprano |
Carol | Malcolm Williamson
(b 1931) |
Ding
dong! merrily on high
(Novello) |
Lesson | Genesis 3:8-15 | God announces in the Garden of Eden that the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent's head |
Carol | Boris Ord | Adam lay ybounden
(Carols for Choirs 2, Oxford) |
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
Kristen Samuelson, soprano (Oxford X 301) |
Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
Carol | John Joubert | There is no rose
of such virtue
(Novello Carols 584) |
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 | John Rutter
(b 1945) |
Candlelight Carol
(Hinshaw HMC-798) |
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 | Harold Darke | In the bleak
mid-winter
Paul Fisher, tenor (Stainer & Bell's Carols No. 8) |
Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
Carol | Byron Adams | Hymn To The Nativity |
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 | Edmund Rubbra
(1901-1986) |
Star Of The
Mystic East
(Alfred Lengnick 3787) |
Carol | arr Philip Ledger | Sussex Carol
(Oxford X265) |
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 | Louis Claude D'Aquin
(1694-1772) |
Swiss Noel, Grand Jeu et Duo |
Premiered in today's service was a newly-commissioned anthem composed by Dr. Byron Adams and given to the Dean and Choir of St. John's Cathedral as a gift by Sharon and Gregg Gerlach. Dr. Adams conducted his anthem.
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