A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")

Service, 1. Bidding Prayer

Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen: "Ding-dong, ding - Ding-a-dong-a-ding" (Arr. Woodward)

The Truth from Above: "This Is the Truth Sent from Above" (Arr. Vaughan Williams)

Service, 2. First Lesson (Genesis 3)

Adam Lay Ybounden

Service, 3. Second Lesson (Genesis 22)

Sussex Carol (Christmas Carol): "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Arr. Philip Ledger)

"In the bleak midwinter", H.73 No. 1

Service, 4. Third Lesson (Isaiah 9)

In dulci jubilo (Arr. Pearsall)

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (feat. Benjamin Bayl)

Service, 5. Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11)

A Tender Shoot: "A Tender Shoot Has Started up from a Root of Grace"

The Lamb

Service, 6. Fifth Lesson (St. Luke 1)

Gabriel's Message

The Seven Joys of Mary (from the Joshua Vaughan Himes' "Millennial Harp", 1842)

Service, 7. Sixth Lesson (St. Luke 2)

Dormi Jesu, "The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn": "Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet"

Cancionero de Uppsala: No. 46, "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"

Service, 8. Seventh Lesson (St. Luke 2)

The Fayrfax Carol

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol)

Service, 9. Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2)

I Saw Three Ships (Arr. Willcocks)

Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"

Service, 10. Ninth Lesson (St. John 1)

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

Service, 11. Prayer and Blessing

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4) [Arr. Cleobury]

In dulci jubilo, BWV 729