| St. John's Cathedral - Jacksonville Florida
The Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Very Rev. Gustave Weltsek, Dean John Barry, Organist/Choirmaster Sunday, December 21, 1997 - Hymnal 1982 Sunday before Christmas Day |
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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Nicolas Le Begue
(1630-1702) |
Les Cloches |
| Prelude | Louis Claude D'Aquin
(1694-1772) |
Swiss Noel, Grand Jeu et Duo |
| 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"
Dale Chichester, treble |
| Carol | Thomas Morley
(1557-1602) |
Lirum, Lirum |
| 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 David Willcocks | Sussex Carol
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | arr David Willcocks | I saw three ships
Conti Barrington, soprano Paul Winarski, tenor (Carols for Choirs 1, 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 foreshown |
| Carol | Healey Willan
(1880-1968) |
What
is this lovely fragrance?
(Oxford 42.171) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | Harold Darke | In the bleak
mid-winter
Noel Perry, tenor (Stainer & Bell's Carols No. 8) |
| 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 | John Joubert | Torches
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | arr John Rutter
(b 1945) |
Quem pastores
laudavere
Richard Campbell, bass (Carols for Choirs 2, Oxford) |
| Carol | Karl Leuner,
arr Charles MacPherson |
The Shepherd's
Cradle Song
(Carols For Choirs II) |
| 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 | Healey Willan | Christmas Praise
Richard Campbell, bass Michael Miller, baritone (Augsburg Publishing) |
| 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 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
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