A Service for Advent with Carols
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Ignacio Mañá Mesas, saxophone (16)
Anne Denholm, harp (19)
James Anderson-Besant, organ
DIR.: ANDREW NETHSINGHA
recorded: Dec 1, 2019, Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge
lossless (flac)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder
A Service for Advent with Carols is part of a long tradition, and is broadcast every year
by BBC Radio 3 on the first Sunday of Advent. It is a mixture of music and spoken text in a
fixed order. I have kept the service in the form it has been performed.
(01) Carol: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte op. 10 (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)
(Hugo Distler) [01'25"]
(02) Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel)
(descant: David Hill) [04'15"]
(03) Bidding Prayer [00'46"]
(04) Carol: People, look east (Peter Tranchell, arr. Peter Marchbank) [03'09"]
I The Message of Advent
(05) Sentence and Collect [01'02"]
(06) Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonai (plainchant) [01'49"]
(07) First lesson: Isaiah 11 vv.1-5 [01'06"]
(08) Carol: A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt) [02'06"]
(09) Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv.1-11 [01'46"]
(10) Carol: Out of your sleep (Anthony Milner) [02'43"]
II The Word of God
(11) Sentence and Collect [00'53"]
(12) Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David (plainchant) [01'48"]
(13) Third lesson: Micah 4 vv.1-4 [01'15"]
(14) Carol: I am the day (Jonathan Dove) [06'39"]
(15) Fourth lesson: Luke 4 vv.14-21 [01:16"]
(16) Anthem: Hark, the glad sound! (First Performance) (Judith Bingham)/
Hymn: Hark, the glad sound! (Bristol) [05'28"]
III The Prophetic Call
(17) Sentence and Collect [00'56"]
(18) Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium (plainchant) [01'48"]
(19) Carol: A Ceremony of Carols op. 28 (Deo Gracias)
(Benjamin Britten, arr. Julius Harrison) [01'12"]
(20) Fifth lesson: Malachi 3 vv.1-7 [01'56"]
(21) Carol: John the Baptist (Michael Finnissy) [03'32"]
(22) Sixth lesson: Matthew 3 vv.1-11 [02'12"]
(23) Hymn: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New)
(descant: Christopher Robinson) [02'39"]
IV The God-Bearer
(24) Sentence and Collect [00'57"]
(25) Antiphon: O Emmanuel (plainchant) [00'51"]
(26) Carol: The Angel Gabriel from heaven came (arr. Edgar Pettman) [02'27"]
(27) Seventh lesson: Luke 1 vv.39-49 [01'18"]
(28) Carol: The Annunciation (Jonathan Harvey) [04'13"]
(29) Magnificat: Service in G (Herbert Sumsion) [04'30"]
(30) Eighth lesson: John 3 vv.1-8 [01'35"]
(31) Sentence and The Christmas Collect [00'58"]
(32) Carol: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (John Gardner) [02'21"]
(33) Hymn: Lo! He comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) (descant: Robinson) [05'15"]
(34) The College Prayer and The Blessing [00'55"]
(35) Organ Voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
(Johann Sebastian Bach) [03'01"]
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thank you for this music. It will be played during the season. I wish you and yours the best for the coming holiday and new year!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! And thank you very much for your good wishes. The same to you!
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