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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Andrew Clarke
(b 1941) |
Improvisation on "He Is Born, The Divine Christ-child" |
| Prelude | Andrew Clarke | Improvisation on "Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella" |
| Prelude | Andrew Clarke | Improvisation on "March Of The Three Kings" |
| Prelude | Andrew Clarke | Improvisation on "Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?" |
| Hymn | tune: Irby | #102 "Once in royal David's city"
Michele Holt, 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 | Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872-1958) |
Excerpt
from "Fantasia on Christmas Carols"
1) This is the truth sent from above Wayne Bailey, baritone (Galaxy 1.5026) |
| Lesson | Genesis 22:15-18 | God promises to faithful Abraham that in his seed shall the nations of the earth be blessed |
| Carol | Andrew Clarke | Journey |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | Georg Frederick Handel
(1685-1759) |
Excerpt
from "Messiah"
1) For unto us a child is born (G Schirmer) |
| 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 Reginald Jacques | The holly and
the ivy
(Carols for Choirs I, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary the she will bear the Son of the Most High |
| Carol | arr Charles Wood
(1866-1926) |
Ding dong! Merrily on high
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Carol | arr R L Pearsall | In dulci jubilo
David Avery, Deborah Baker, Kathy Henry, Michele Holt, Martha Long, Michael Miller, Keith Spence, Paul Winarski, verse soli (Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Hymn | tune: God Rest You Merry | #105 "God rest you merry, gentlemen" |
| Carol | har George Ratcliffe Woodward
(1848-1934) |
Up! good
Christen folk, and listen
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Carol | Andrew Clarke | A Christmas Hymn
Amy Szkody, soprano Michael Miller, baritone (Theodore Presser 392-01014) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:1-7 | St. Luke tells of the birth of the Messiah in Bethlehem |
| Carol | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Excerpt
from "Hodie"
1) The blessed son of God (Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | Angels proclaim the Messiah's birth; the shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | John Goss
(1800-1880) |
See amid the
winter's snow
(arr David Willcocks) (Carols for Choirs 1, 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 | Michael Praetorius
(1571-1621) |
What star is
this
(arr Andrew Clarke) |
| Carol | Andrew Clarke | Adoration of
the Magi
(Theodore Presser 392-01013) |
| 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 | Andrew Clarke | Improvisation on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
| Postlude | Andrew Clarke | Improvisation on "Winchester Old" |
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