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5:00 pm - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Johann Pachelbel
(1653-1704) |
Trio on "From Heaven High The Angel Came" |
| Prelude | Sigfreid Karg-Elert | Improvisation on "From Heaven High The Angel Came" |
| 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"
Deborah Baker, soprano |
| 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 | 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 | Gerald Near
(b 1941) |
Ding! dong!
merrily on high
(Aureole Editions AE20) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | arr Philip Ledger | Up, Awake and Away
(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 | Max Reger
(1873-1916) |
The Virgin's Slumber
Song
Katharine Dozier, flute (Coronet Press 392-41494) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | John Gardner | Tomorrow
shall be my dancing day (Op 75 No 2)
Jonah Pierre and Tony Steve, percussion (Oxford 84.356) |
| 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 | Michael Head | The Little
Road To Bethlehem
(Boosey & Hawkes 16324) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | Herbert Howells | Sing lullaby
(ECS 1.5234) |
| Carol | arr Paul Sjolund | Away in a manger
Katharine Dozier, flute Michele Holt, soprano (Walton Music WW1023) |
| 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 | Gerald E Brown | Noel Sing
Sarah Sasen, soprano (Basil Ramsey 1022) |
| 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 Pachelbel | Fugue on "From Heaven High The Angel Came" |
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