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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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First Lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-15, 17-19: A CHORISTER Carols: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord); Sussex Carol (trad English, arr Ledger)
Second Lesson: Genesis 22, vv 15-18: a CHORAL SCHOLAR Carol: In dulci Jubilo (14th-century German, arr Pearsall)
Third Lesson: Isaiah 9. vv 2, 6, 7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES Carols: All this time (Walton); Morning song for the Christ child (Peter Sculthorpe ); O little town of Bethlehem (trad English, arr Vaughan Williams, descant Thomas Armstrong).
Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11, vv 1-38, 4a, 6-9: A ????
of the city Carols: The lamb (John Tavener); A spotless rose (Howells).
Fifth Lesson: Luke 1; vv 26-35, 38: THE DIRECTOR op music Carols: I eingofa maiden (Patrick Hadley ); Joys Seven (trad, arr Cleobury). Sixth Lesson: Luke 2, vv 1, 3-7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SISTER COLLEGE AT ETON Carol: In the bleak midwinter (Darke).
Seventh Lesson: Luke 2, vv 8-16: A FELLOW Carol: When thou wast born in wintertime (Lennox Berkeley) Hymn: While shepherds watched (Este's Psalter, descant Cleobury).
Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2. vv 1-11: the VICE PROVOSTCarols: Three kings (Ivor Atkins ): Unto us is born a Son (Piae Cantiones, arr Willcocks).
Ninth Lesson: John 1, vv 1-14, the PROVOST Hymn: Adeete Fideles (J. F. Wade , descant Cleobury) Collect and Blessing Hymn: Hark! The herald angels sing (Mendelssohn,descant Cleobury) Chorale Prelude: In dulec jubilo (Bach) Final de la Evocation, Op 37 (Marcel Dupre ) Organ Scholar DAVID BRIGGS Director of Music
STEPHEN CLEOBURY

Contributors

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H. J. Gaunt
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G. R. Woodward
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Elizabeth Poston
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Peter Sculthorpe
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Vaughan Williams
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Thomas Armstrong
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John Tavener
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Patrick Hadley
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Lennox Ber
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Ivor Atkins
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J. F. Wade
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Marcel Dupre
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David Briggs
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Stephen Cleobury

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