A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Peter Stevens, organ
DIR.: STEPHEN CLEOBURY
In memoriam Stephen Cleobury
(1948 - 2019)
recorded: 24 December 2007, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
(01) [Processional hymn] Henry John GAUNTLETT (1805-1876):
Once in royal David's city [04'26"]
(02) [Bidding Prayer] [03'51"]
(03) [Carol] Alan BULLARD (*1947): Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child! [02'22"]
(04) [First Lesson] Genesis 3 [03'11"]
(05) [Carol] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958):
This is the truth sent from above [02'31"]
(06) [Carol] Boris ORD (1897-1961): Adam lay ybounden [01'12"]
(07) [Second Lesson] Genesis 22 [01'15"]
(08) [Carol] anon, arr Stephen CLEOBURY (1948-2019): Šai sveta nakti [02'49"]
(09) [Carol] trad, arr Robert Lucas DE PEARSALL (1795-1856): In dulci jubilo [03'14"]
(10) [Third Lesson] Isaiah 9 [01'31"]
(11) [Carol] Brett DEAN (*1961): Stardust and vaporous light [03'21"]
(12) [Hymn] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O little town of Bethlehem [03'51"]
(13) [Fourth Lesson] Isaiah 11 [01'40"]
(14) [Carol] Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621), arr Jan SANDSTRÖM (*1954):
Det är en ros utsprungen [04'18"]
(15) [Carol] Philip LEDGER (1937-2012): A spotless Rose [01'53"]
(16) [Fifth Lesson] St Luke 1 [02'52"]
(17) [Carol] trad, arr Edgar PETTMAN (1866-1943):
The angel Gabriel from heaven came [02'24"]
(18) [Carol] Arvo PÄRT (*1935): Bogorodiche Dewo [01'01"]
(19) [Sixth Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'35"]
(20) [Carol] Edward ELGAR (1857-1934): I sing the birth was born tonight [03'51"]
(21) [Carol] William MATHIAS (1934-1992): A babe is born all of a may [03'18"]
(22) [Seventh Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'53"]
(23) [Carol] John RUTTER (*1945): Dormi, Jesu! [04'22"]
(24) [Hymn] anon: While shepherds watched their flocks by night [02'50"]
(25) [Eighth Lesson] St Matthew 2 [02'56"]
(26) [Carol] Peter CORNELIUS (1824-1874), arr Ivor ATKINS (1869-1953):
Three kings from Persian lands afar [02'17"]
(27) [Carol] trad, arr Mack WILBERG (*1955): Ding! Dong! merrily on high [02'39"]
(28) [Ninth Lesson] St John 1 [02'15"]
(29) [Hymn] John Francis WADE (1711-1786), arr Stephen CLEOBURY:
O come, all ye faithful [04'27"]
(30) [Collect and Blessing] [0'14"]
(31) [Hymn] Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847):
Hark! the herald-angels sing [03'15"]
(32) [Organ Voluntary] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750):
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) [02'28"]
(33) [Organ Voluntary] David BRIGGS (*1962): Sortie on 'In dulci jubilo' [05'38"]
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