CE Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge - Sunday 27th Nov 2016 at 3pm

[DracoM]

CE Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge


Order of Service:


Carol: Out of your sleep (Timothy Salter)
Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel! (Veni Emmanuel) (descant: David Hill)
Bidding Prayer
Carol: The Linden Tree Carol (Malcolm Archer)

I The Message of Advent
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonai
First lesson: Isaiah 11 vv.1-5
Anthem: A Hymn of Saint Columba (Benjamin Britten)
Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv.1-11
Carol: Adam lay ybounden (Ian Shaw)

II The Word of God
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David
Carol: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (James Burton) - commissioned by St John's College, first performance
Third lesson: Micah 4 vv.1-4
Carol: Lux Mundi (Paul Comeau)
Fourth lesson: Luke 4 vv.14-21
Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus) (descant: Christopher Robinson)

III The Prophetic Call
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium
Anthem: This is the record of John (Orlando Gibbons)
Fifth lesson: Malachi 3 vv.1-7
Carol: John the Baptist (Michael Finnissy)
Sixth lesson: Matthew 3 vv.1-11
Hymn: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New) (descant: Christopher Robinson)

IV The Christ-Bearer
Sentence and Collect
Antiphon: O Emmanuel
Carol: The Angel Gabriel (arr. Edgar Pettman)
Seventh lesson: Luke 1 vv.39-49
Carol: There is no rose (John Joubert)
Magnificat: Chichester Service (William Walton)
Eighth lesson: John 3 vv.1-8
Sentence and Christmas Collect
Carol: Noe, noe (David Bednall)

Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) (descant: Christopher Robinson)

College Prayer and Blessing
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude on "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (BWV 661) J.S.Bach

Assistant Organist: Joseph Wicks
Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha

[Alison]

I think you find the service is in November

[Petrushka]

I think you find the service is in November

One of my favourite services of the year and a must listen in Petrushka Towers. Interesting to see the final organ voluntary following the discussion we had on here one year concerning the anti-climactic feeling produced by Bach's Wachet Auf to conclude the service.

[Alison]

Must confess I like Wachet Auf at the end. It catches the mood of Advent only just beginning - and we have a very long one this year!

[ardcarp]

From St John's website [just to be sure!]

The Advent Carol Services with be held on Saturday 26 November 2016 at 6.00pm and Sunday 27 November 2016 at 3.00pm. The Sunday service is to be broadcast live by BBC Radio 3.

Have changed thread heading.

[ardcarp]

On the subject of content, would I be right in saying that all the choir items (apart from the plainsong, the Gibbons and possibly The Angel Gabriel)) are from the 20th and 21st centuries?

[Alison]

I am pleased to see the Christopher Robinson descants. Stephen Cleobury could learn a thing or two!!

[DracoM]

On the subject of content, would I be right in saying that all the choir items (apart from the plainsong, the Gibbons and possibly The Angel Gabriel)) are from the 20th and 21st centuries?

Looks like it. Must be some kind of first, I'd say - well, for THIS seasonal regular service.

PS: remember that the service starts at 3 p.m.

[lovechoralmusic]

GREATLY looking forward to a no-doubt fruity and full alto solo in the Gibbons! I have always been particularly impressed by the consistently stella alto section that Nethsingha manages to assemble!

[lovechoralmusic]

Is this the first service Joseph Wicks is playing? Hopefully this voluntary can't be as bad as the exceptionally plodding rendition we had of the beautiful Wachet auf last year.

[ardcarp]

GREATLY looking forward to a no-doubt fruity and full alto solo in the Gibbons

...or it could be sung by a tenor.

[Petrushka]

Bit of a struggle to find the order of service, as usual, but here it is:

http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/advent-carol-service-order-service

[VodkaDilc]

Bit of a struggle to find the order of service, as usual, but here it is:

http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/advent-caro...-order-service

Thanks. All I could find yesterday was last year's. Just one thought: wouldn't it be nice one year to hear the second closing voluntary? Is the start time of the programme scheduled for 4.30 so vital? (The old argument heard so many times at 4.30 on Christmas Eve. Hearing it on Christmas Day never really seems the same.)

[Pulcinella]

Completely bowled over here.
Sadly, a short telephone call interruption meant that I missed the Britten and Shaw (must listen again), but it resulted in an extra listener, as the caller then said she would turn R3 on.

Congratulations to all concerned.

[Petrushka]

Completely bowled over here.

And here. Particularly enjoyed the David Bednall carol. Once again, I have to say that Helmsley is one of the truly great hymn tunes and it's such a pity it gets an airing only on this day! Anyway, as usual I turned the volume up high and joined in with gusto.