Domenico Ghirlandaio, Nativity, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c. 1492And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (NRSV, Luke 2:7).
The Nativity of Our Lord [Comments]
4:00 pm: A Festival of Lessons and Carols
The Cathedral Singers
Voluntary: La Nativité [listen], Jean Langlais (1907-1991) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Carols: All this time [text] [listen NML], William Walton (1902-1983) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
This have I done [text] [listen: CML], Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
I wonder as I wander [text] [listen: NML], Appalachian, arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
The Flower of Jesse [text], Derek Holman (b. 1931) [NML] [CML]
Bogoroditsye Dyevo [text] [listen: NML], Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Mary had a baby [text], Michael Coghlan (b. 1949)
O Magnum mysterium [text] Malcolm Archer (b. 1952) [NML]
Pastores loquebantur [text], Francisco Guerrero (1527-99) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
The Shepherd’s Carol [text] [listen: NML] Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [NML] [CML]
Hodie Christus natus est [text] Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Voluntary: Vom Himmel hoch [listen: CML], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
11:00 pm: Procession, Blessing of the Crib & Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Preludes: In dulci jubilo, BWV 751 [listen: CML], BWV 608 [listen: CML], BWV 729 [listen: CML], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
The Nativity of Our Lord [Comments]
4:00 pm: A Festival of Lessons and Carols
The Cathedral Singers
Voluntary: La Nativité [listen], Jean Langlais (1907-1991) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Carols: All this time [text] [listen NML], William Walton (1902-1983) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
This have I done [text] [listen: CML], Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
I wonder as I wander [text] [listen: NML], Appalachian, arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
The Flower of Jesse [text], Derek Holman (b. 1931) [NML] [CML]
Bogoroditsye Dyevo [text] [listen: NML], Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Mary had a baby [text], Michael Coghlan (b. 1949)
O Magnum mysterium [text] Malcolm Archer (b. 1952) [NML]
Pastores loquebantur [text], Francisco Guerrero (1527-99) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
The Shepherd’s Carol [text] [listen: NML] Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) [NML] [CML]
Hodie Christus natus est [text] Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Voluntary: Vom Himmel hoch [listen: CML], Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
11:00 pm: Procession, Blessing of the Crib & Choral Eucharist
The Cathedral Singers
Preludes: In dulci jubilo, BWV 751 [listen: CML], BWV 608 [listen: CML], BWV 729 [listen: CML], Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Mass Setting: Missa Nativitatis, Patrick Wedd
Whence is that goodly fragrance? arr. Patrick Wedd
Postlude: From heaven high to earth I come [listen: CML],Garth Edmundson (1900-71) [NML]
10:00 am: Choral Eucharist
The Choir of Trebles
Introit: Sussex Carol [text] [NML] arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) [BNQ] [NML] [CML]
Mass Setting: Carol Mass, Rubert Lang (b. 1948)
Music during Communion: Love came down at Christmas, R.O. Morris (1886-1948)
Postlude: Noël suisse, Claude Balbastre (1724-99) [BNQ] [NML]
