Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Once in Royal David's City (desc Cleobury). Bidding prayer read by The Dean. Sussex Carol (English trad, arr Willcocks). First Lesson read by a Chorister. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston).
Adam Lay y-bounden (Warlock). Second Lesson read by a Choral Scholar. Angels from the Realms of Glory (French trad, arr Jacques). I Wonder As I Wander (Rutti). Third Lesson read by a representative of Cambridge Churches. All Men Draw Near, Christmas Is Near (Hungarian trad, arr Kodaly). Hymn: Unto Us a Boy Is Born (arr Willcocks). Fourth Lesson read by a representative of the City. A Spotless Rose (Ledger). The Holly and the Ivy (English trad, arr Walford Davies ). Fifth Lesson read by the Director of Music. The Angel Gabriel Descended to a Virgin (Holloway). Bogoroditse Dyevo (Arvo Part). Sixth Lesson read by a representative of Eton College. A Virgin Most Pure (English trad, arr Cleobury). Sleep, Little Jesus,
Sleep (Polish trad, arr Roxanna Panufnik). Seventh Lesson read by a Fellow. In the Bleak Mid-winter (Darke). Hymn: While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night (desc Cleobury). Eighth Lesson read by the Vice-Provost. The Holy Boy (Ireland). A Babe Is Bom (Mathias). Ninth Lesson read by the Provost. Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful (desc Cleobury).
Collect and Blessing given by the Dean. Hymn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (desc Cleobury). Director of music Stephen Cleobury. Organ scholar Daniel Hyde. Producer Stephen Shipley
(Repeated tomorrow on Radio 3 at 2pm)