Nine Lessons and Carols Thurs, 24th Dec 2015

[DracoM]

Nine Lessons and Carols
Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

First broadcast on Radio 4 Christmas Eve @ 3 p.m.
Rpt Friday, 25th Dec @ 2 p.m. on R3

Hymn: Once in Royal David's City (desc. David Willcocks)
Bidding Prayer read by the Dean
What Sweeter Music? (John Rutter)
First lesson: Genesis 3 vv 8-19 read by a Chorister

This is the truth sent from above (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Adam Lay Ybounden (Boris Ord)

Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar
Ding, Dong, Merrily on High (David Willcocks)
In Dulci Jubilo (Robert Lucas Pearsall)

Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a member of the College staff.
Sussex Carol (arr. David Willcocks)
Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear (desc. Stephen Cleobury)

Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a representative of the City of Cambridge.
A Tender Shoot (arr. Otto Goldschmidt)
A Spotless Rose (Philip Ledger)

Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-38 read by the Master over the Choristers.
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (arr. David Willcocks)
Nova, Nova (John Scott)

Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1 -7 read by the Chaplain
In The Bleak Midwinter (Harold Darke)
Dormi, Jesu (John Rutter)

Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music
The Shepherd's Carol (Bob Chilcott)
Hymn: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. David Willcocks)

Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost
The Flight (Richard Causton - newly commissioned)
Here is the Little Door (Herbert Howells)

Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful (arr. David Willcocks)
Blessing
Hymn: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (arr. David Willcocks)


Organ voluntaries:
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach)
Sortie on 'In dulci jubilo' (David Briggs) [broadcast on Radio 3 on Christmas Day only]

Organ Scholar: Tom Etheridge
Organ Scholar: Richard Gowers
Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Something of a Willcocksfeste - and that can only be a good thing.

[Nick Armstrong]

Here's the Service Booklet in downloadable .PDF format

Beats peering at the Radio Times... (although Draco's list in #1 is agreeably clear too! )

Great photo just posted on the choir's Facebook page too:

[mercia]

if Thursday is the 24th, then .....

[Wolsey]

if Thursday is the 24th, then .....

Absolutely.

[Nick Armstrong]

Am I being slow, or have some folks cracked open the Advocaat a bit early...?

[mercia]

I think the repeat will either be on Sunday or the 25th, but not both

[Nick Armstrong]

I think the repeat will either be on Sunday or the 25th, but not both

Oh, I see!

[teamsaint]

Am I being slow, or have some folks cracked open the Advocaat a bit early...?

not always easy to tell round here......

[Nick Armstrong]

Very glad, incidentally, to see that Here is the little door is due to feature. Someone on one of the Christmas threads commented on the poignancy of the words, especially the final line/s, aided by Herbert H's magic...

Here's the Service Booklet in downloadable .PDF format

[DracoM]

The KCC Nine Lessons etc is FIRST on R4 on Christmas Eve, 24th Dec, at 3 p.m., and then repeated on R3 on Saturday, Dec 25th at 2 p.m.
Ahem.............as on OP.
The CE repeated on Sunday, 27th Dec is the St Thomas tx broadcast on Wed 23rd Dec - the archive tribute to John Scott from 2007.

And on Wed 30th Dec, CE is from Pimlico with the Rodolphus Choir as also in an already posted thread.

Hope that is clearer now?

[DracoM]

Better?

[mercia]

Apologies, my sarcasm always gets the better of me. Friday will be the 25th.

[Flay]

Saturday, Dec 25th at 2 p.m.
Ahem........
.....Hope that is clearer now?

Drax, the confusion is with the day. It will indeed be on Friday.

[Nick Armstrong]

This thread is very hard going! Would it be worth amending the first post and deleting subsequent chronological circumlocutions? Happy to oblige, Draco, if you wish it!