| St. John's Cathedral - Jacksonville Florida
The Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Very Rev. Edward H Harrison, Jr., Dean of Florida John Barry, Organist/Choirmaster Monday, December 31, 2001 - Hymnal 1982 New Year's Eve |
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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | T Frederick H Candlyn
(1892-1964) |
Chorale Prelude on "Divinum Mysterium" |
| Prelude | Richard Purvis
(b 1917) |
Chorale Prelude on "Greensleeves" |
| Prelude | Allanson G Y Brown | Chorale Prelude on "Fragrance" |
| 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"
Nancy Barry, soprano |
| Carol | David Ashley White | Christ Song
(Paraclete Press PPM09608) |
| 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 | John Tavener
(b 1944) |
The Lamb
(Chester Music CH 55570) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | Thomas Morley
(1557-1602) |
Lirum, Lirum |
| 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 Charles Wood
(1866-1926) |
King Jesus
hath a garden
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | arr David Conte
(b 1955) |
Silent Night
Michele Holt, soprano Noel Perry, tenor (ECS No. 4562) |
| 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 | Peter Warlock | Bethlehem Down |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | H H A Beach | Around the manger
(HT Fitzsimmons F2272) |
| Carol | Gerald E Brown | Noel Sing
Penny Philips, soprano (Basil Ramsey 1022) |
| 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 | Harold W Friedell
(1905-1958) |
Saw
you never in the twilight
(Pine Hill Press PHP 913) |
| Carol | Harold Darke | In the bleak
mid-winter
Noel Perry, tenor (Stainer & Bell's Carols No. 8) |
| 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 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo" |
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