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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Louis Claude D'Aquin
(1694-1772) |
Noel sur les jeux d'anches |
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) |
Chorale Prelude on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale Prelude on "O Hail This Brightest Day Of Days" |
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale Prelude on "Lord Christ, The Only Begotten Son Of God" |
| Hymn | tune: Irby | #102 "Once in royal David's city"
Lisa McKenna, soprano |
| Carol | arr Charles Wood
(1866-1926) | Ding dong! Merrily on high
(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 | Frank Ferko | Adam lay ybounden
(ECS 4919) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 60:1-6,19 | The prophet Isaiah in exile foresees the coming of the glory of the Lord |
| Carol | Carl Rutti
(b 1949) | I wonder as I
wander
(Escorial Edition) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | arr David Willcocks | Of
the Father's heart begotten
(Carols for Choirs 2, Oxford) |
| Hymn | tune: Forest Green | #78 "O little town of Bethlehem" |
| Lesson | Isaiah 11:2,4,6-9 | The peace that Christ will bring is foretold |
| Carol | Elizabeth Poston | Jesus Christ The Apple Tree |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel announces to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she will bear the Son of the Most High |
| 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 the Messiah in Bethlehem |
| Carol | William Mathias | A babe is born
(Carols for Choirs 3, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | Angels proclaim the Messiah's birth; the shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | Peter Warlock | Bethlehem Down |
| Carol | Bob Chilcott
(b 1955) | The Shepherd's Carol |
| 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 | Healey Willan
(1880-1968) | The Three Kings
(Oxford OCS 718) |
| Lesson | John 1:1-14 | St. John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation |
| Carol | Pavel Tschesnokoff | Salvation is created |
| 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 | Marcel Dupré | Excerpt
from "Variations Sur un Noel"
1) Fugato - non troppo vivace - presto |
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