L The traditional first mass of Christmas, live from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.
The celebrant is the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly. Setting: Missa Ad Praesepe (George Malcolm ); Carols: Once in Royal David's
City (arr Willcocks); 0 Little Town of Bethlehem (des( Cousins); Psalm 95 and Christmas Alleluia (Philip Duffy ); In the Bleak Midwinter (Hoist); The Lamb (John Tavener ); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(desc Willcocks); Make We Merry (Andrew Carter ); 0 Come, All Ye Faithful (desc Cousins). Readings: Micah 5, wl-4; Isaiah 9, wl-7; Titus 2, wll-14; Luke 2, wl-14. Cathedral choir directed by Mervyn COUSins. Organist Richard Lea. Producer Mark O'Brien