from the Chapel of St John's College,
Cambridge.
Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
Lesson I: Isaiah 40 w 1-10
The truth from above (arr Vaughan Williams)
Lesson II: Ezekiel 36 w 22-8
Hymn of St Columba (Britten) There is no rose (Stanley Vann); Adam lay ybounden
(Warlock); The holly and the ivy (arr Robinson) Lesson III:
Romans 13 w 8-14
Hymnus in Adventus Domini (Palestrina)
Lesson IV: Isaiah 42 w 1-9
Hymn: On Jordan's bank Psalm: Or sus, serviteurs du Seigneur (Sweelinck) The gates of heaven
(Hoddinott) (first performance) Lesson V: Mark 8 w 31-8
I sing of a maiden (Lennox Berkeley)
Lesson VI: Luke 12 w 32-40
Hymn: Thy kingdom come! on bended knee
Hymne a la Vierge (Villette) Lesson VII: John 1 w 19-29
Magnificat in G (Stanford) Lesson VIII: John 3 w 1-18
Benedicamus Domino
(Warlock); Hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing
Organ voluntary: Carillon-Sortie (Mulet)
Director of music
Christopher Robinson Organist Allan Walker