Carol Service December 2021
Carol Service 19 December 2021 HYMN Once in royal VV 1 & 2 solo/choir Welcome and Bidding prayer CAROL Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardiner (1917-2011) First LESSON (Creation) CAROL O magnum mysterium – Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943) Second LESSON (The Fall) HYMN God rest you, merry gentlemen CAROL Adam lay y bounden – Boris Ord (1897-1961) Third LESSON (Prophecy of birth) CAROL Sans day Carol – Trad. arr. Willcocks Fourth LESSON (Kingdom of peace) CAROL Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) Fifth LESSON (Annunciation) HYMN O Little town CAROL Sussex Carol – arr. Philip Ledger Sixth LESSON (Birth) CAROL A child is born in Bethlehem – Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) Seventh LESSON (Shepherds) HYMN Unto us is born a son CAROL Ding dong, merrily on high – arr. Mack Wilberg Eighth LESSON (Magi) CAROL The Kings – Chorale melody Philipp Nicolai, solo melody and text Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) Ninth LESSON (Gospel according to John) HYMN O Come all ye faithful Prayers and Blessing HYMN Hark the herald Organ Voluntary: Paean on Divinum mysterium – John Cook (1918-1984) Director of music Adrian Richards |