HYMN Once in royal VV 1 & 2 solo/choir
Welcome and Bidding prayer
CAROL Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – Gardiner
First LESSON (Creation)
CAROL O magnum mysterium – Lauridsen
Second LESSON (The Fall)
HYMN God rest you, merry gentlemen
CAROL Adam lay y bounden – Ord
Third LESSON (Prophecy of birth)
HYMN It came upon a midnight clear
CAROL Illuminare, Jerusalem – Judith Weir
Fourth LESSON (Kingdom of peace)
CAROL Lux aurumque – Whitacre
Fifth LESSON (Annunciation)
HYMN O Little town
CAROL On Christmas night – arr. Philip Ledger
Sixth LESSON (Birth)
CAROL A Child is born in Bethlehem – Scheidt/arr. Willcocks
Seventh LESSON (Shepherds)
HYMN While Shepherds (tune: Ilkley Moor Baht’ at)
CAROL The shepherd’s farewell from L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25 – Berlioz
Eighth LESSON (Magi)
CAROL Mystic Magi – Pocklington
Ninth LESSON (Gospel according to John)
HYMN O Come all ye faithful
Prayers and Blessing
HYMN Hark the herald
(Organist David Aspinall)