From the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.
Hymn to the Mother of God
(Tavener). Hymn: Hail to the Lord's Anointed
The Apple Tree (Poston)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 23, wl-6
Hymnus in Adventus Domini (Palestrina) Second Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5, wl-11 and 23-24 The Clouded Heaven (Judith Bingham ) (first performance)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr Walford Davies) Third Lesson: Micah 4, wl-4
Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake (David Sadler ) (first broadcast)
Fourth Lesson: Matthew 4, wl3-25
Hymn: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus This Is the Record of John (Gibbons) Fifth Lesson: Isaiah 52, w7-ll
Hymn to the Virgin (Britten)
Sixth Lesson: John 1, wl9-29
Hymn: Hark the Glad Sound (descant: Oxley)
The Hereford Carol (arr Robinson) Seventh Lesson: Micah 5, w2-4
As Dew in Aprylle (Warlock) Magnificat: Sumsion in G
Eighth Lesson: Luke 1, w26-42 Christmas Proclamation (Tavener) Hymn: 0 Come All Ye Faithful (descant: Robinson)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata from "Le Tombeau de Couperin" (Ravel)
Director of music Christopher Robinson. Organ scholar lain Farrington.
* Brian Kay 's Concert of the Week: page 53