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5:00pm - A Procession with Carols on Advent Sunday
Cathedral Choir
| Prelude | Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) |
Chorale
Prelude on "Come now, Savior of the Gentiles"
(ornamented version) |
| Prelude | Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707) |
Chorale Prelude on "Come Now, Savior Of The Gentiles" |
| Prelude | Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897) |
Chorale Prelude on "Behold, a Rose breaks into bloom" |
| * from the West End *
Responsory |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(1525-1594), arr David Willcocks |
Advent
Matins Responsory
Paul Fisher, baritone Michele Holt, soprano |
| Hymn | tune: Helmsley | #57 "Lo! He comes" |
| * in the Crossing *
Lesson |
Isaiah 6 | God commissions Isaiah to be the Prophet of the Advent |
| Carol | arr George Ratcliffe Woodward
(1848-1934) |
'Twas in the year that King Uzziah died |
| Hymn | tune: Merton | #59 "Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding" |
| * from the Presbytery *
Lesson |
Isaiah 40 | The Prophet proclaims the good news to a people in exile |
| Carol | Henry G Ley
(1887-1962) | A Choral Hymn For Advent
Or Ascensiontide
(Oxford 9286) |
| Lesson | Zechariah 2 | The Prophet foretells the coming of the Lord and the increase of his kingdom |
| Carol | Orlando Gibbons
(1583-1625) | O Thou, the
central orb
Martha Long and Rebecca Andrews, sopranos Paul Fisher, counter-tenor |
| Hymn | tune: Winchester New | #76 "On Jordan's bank" |
| * antiphonally, from the Transepts *
Lesson |
St. Luke 1 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | arr Edgar Pettman | The angel Gabriel from heaven came |
| Lesson | St. Luke 1 | The Blessed Virgin Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth |
| Carol | Johannes Brahms | The White Dove |
| * from the Sanctuary *
Carol |
Jakob Praetorius
(1586-1651) |
Wachet auf! |
| Lesson | St. Matthew 1 | St. Matthew tells of the coming birth of Jesus |
| Carol | John Tavener
(b 1944) |
A Hymn
to the Mother of God
(Chester Music CH 55776) |
| Carol | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Alma Redeptoris
Paul Fisher, baritone |
| Carol | Anton Bruckner
(1824-1896) |
Ave Maria
(Edward B Marks HL 00007481) |
| Hymn | tune: St. Stephen
(alternate tune) |
#462 "The Lord will come and not be slow" |
| Hymn | tune: Richmond | #72 "Hark the glad sound!" |
| Postlude | Paul Manz | Prelude on "Comfort, Comfort Ye My People" |
| Postlude | Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale
Prelude on "Come now, Savior of the Gentiles"
(organo pleno version) |
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