| 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 19, 1999 - Hymnal 1982 Sunday before Christmas Day |
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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Max Drischner
(1891-1971) |
Partita on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
| Prelude | Richard Purvis
(b 1917) |
Chorale Prelude on "Greensleeves" |
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) |
Chorale,
Trio, and Canon on
"In Dulci Jubilo" |
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale
Prelude on
"O Hail This Brightest Day Of Days" |
| Hymn | tune: Irby | #102 "Once in royal David's city"
Martha Long, treble |
| Carol | Anonymous | Verbum Caro
(Trinitas 4519) |
| Lesson | Genesis 3:8-15 | God announces in the Garden of Eden that the seed of woman shall bruise the serpent's head |
| Carol | Warren Michael Swenson
(b 1937) |
Adam lay y-bounden
(Oxford 94.367) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 60:1-6,19 | The prophet in exile foresees the coming of the glory of the Lord |
| Carol | arr Stephen Cleobury | Joys Seven
Deborah Baker, soprano A Keith Spence, baritone (Oxford X 290) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | Andrew Clarke
(b 1941) |
A Christmas Hymn
Sarah Sasen, soprano Michael Miller, baritone (Theodore Presser 392-01014) |
| 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 Philip Ledger | Up, Awake and Away
(Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | arr Andrew Carter | A maiden most
gentle
(Oxford X 266) |
| 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 | arr Paul Sjolund | Away in a manger
Richard McKenna, recorder (Walton Music WW1023) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | Richard Shephard
(b. 1949) |
The
shepherds heard the angels
(Encore Publications) |
| Carol | Thomas Matthews | Rocking
Richard McKenna, recorder (HT FizSimons F2175) |
| 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 | Andrew Millington | Eastern Monarchs
Sarah Sasen, soprano (Encore Publications) |
| Carol | Andrew Clarke | Adoration of
the Magi
Paul Fisher, baritone (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 | Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971) |
Chorale Prelude on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
| Postlude | Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
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