| 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 20, 1998 - Hymnal 1982 Sunday before Christmas Day |
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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"
Amy Szkody, treble |
| 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 | arr Geoffrey Shaw | The Holly and
the Ivy
(Novello 422) Michele Holt, soprano Noel Perry, tenor Sarah MacMillan, soprano |
| Lesson | Isaiah 60:1-6,19 | The prophet in exile foresees the coming of the glory of the Lord |
| Carol | arr John Rutter
(b 1945) |
Sans Day Carol
(Carols for Choirs 2, Oxford) |
| Lesson | Isaiah 9:2,6,7 | Christ's birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah |
| Carol | Martin Peerson
(1580?-1650?) |
Upon
my lap my Sov'rign sits
(EC Schirmer 1608) |
| 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 | Crawford R Thoburn | Welcome all
wonders
(Carl Fischer CM 8395) |
| Lesson | Luke 1:26-35,38 | The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Carol | arr Harrison Oxley | Hail! Blessed
Virgin Mary
(Oxford 84.368) |
| 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 | Harold W Friedell
(1905-1958) |
Song of Mary
(HW Gray CMR 2103) |
| Lesson | Luke 2:8-16 | The Shepherds go to the manger |
| Carol | arr Francis W Snow | Glory be
to God in heaven
(Charles W Homeyer 364-3) |
| Carol | John Goss
(1800-1880) |
See amid the
winter's snow
(arr David Willcocks) (Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) |
| 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 | Geoffrey Shaw | How far is it to Bethlehem |
| Carol | Peter Cornelius | The Three Kings
(arr Ivor Atkins)
(Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford) Michael Miller, baritone |
| 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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