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A festival of nine lessons and carols

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A festival of nine lessons and carols

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Recorded in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, Dec. 24, 2008

Once in royal David's city (processional hymn) / H. J. Gauntlett -- Bidding prayer/The Lord's prayer/Blessing -- If ye would hear the angels sing / P. Tranchell -- First lesson : Genesis 3 -- Remember, O thou man / T. Ravenscroft -- Adam lay ybounden / B. Ord -- Second lesson : Genesis 22 -- Angels from the realms of glory / French traditional ; arr. P. S. Ledger -- Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis seu Magnificat (Hamburg, 1602) : In dulci jubilo / H. Praetorius -- Third lesson : Isaiah 9 -- Nowell sing ye now / medieval ; ed. J. Stevens -- Unto us is born a Son / Piae Cantiones ; arr. D. V. Willcocks -- Fourth lesson : Isaiah 11 -- The Lamb / J. Tavener -- A spotless rose / H. Howells -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 1 -- I sing of a maiden / L. Berkeley -- Mary / D. Muldowney -- Sixth lesson : St. Luke 2 -- Wither's rocking hymn / R. Vaughan Williams -- What sweeter music / J. Rutter -- Seventh lesson : St. Luke 2 -- Infant holy, infant lowly / Polish traditional ; arr. S. J. Cleobury -- God rest ye merry gentlemen / English traditional ; arr. D. V. Willcocks -- Eighth lesson : St. Matthew 2 -- Illuminare Jerusalem / J. Weir -- Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child! / A. Bullard -- Ninth lesson : St. John 1 -- O come, all ye faithful / J. F. Wade ; arr. S. J. Cleobury -- Prayer & blessing -- Hark! the herald-angels sing / F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- In dulci jubilo : BWV 729 / J. S. Bach