23 December 2018 6:30pm
HYMN Once in royal VV 1 & 2 solo/choir
Welcome and Bidding prayer
CAROL Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardner
First LESSON
CAROL O magnum mysterium – Morten Lauridsen
Second LESSON
HYMN God rest you, merry gentlemen
CAROL Adam lay y bounden – Boris Ord
Third LESSON
HYMN It came upon a midnight clear
CAROL Remember, O thou man – Arthur Oldham
Fourth LESSON (Kingdom of peace)
CAROL Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre
Fifth LESSON
HYMN O Little town
CAROL Angel Gabriel – Basque carol arr. Archer
Sixth LESSON
CAROL A Child is born in Bethlehem – Samuel Scheidt/arr. Willcocks
Seventh LESSON
HYMN While Shepherds (tune: Ilkley Moor Baht’ at)
CAROL The shepherd’s farewell from L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25 – Hector Berlioz
Eighth LESSON
CAROL I wonder as I wander – Appalachian carol, coll. Niles, arr. Rutter
Ninth LESSON
HYMN O Come all ye faithful
Prayers and Blessing
HYMN Hark the herald
(Organist Simon Kirk)