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

[Nick Armstrong]

I don't think the BBC programmes are viewable outside the UK - or are they?

Yes iPlayer isn't accessible - but I believe there is a BBC channel in the US broadcasting highlights from the UK schedule, and I'd imagine this documentary might be part of their Xmas schedule...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Bob Chilcott's The Shepherds' Carol is mostly in 6/8, with the odd 2/4, 9/8, 3/4 etc.

Yes, but surely quaver = quaver whenever the time signature changes.

[Wolsey]

I never knew, for one, that the solo singer for "Once in Royal David’s City" doesn't know until the microsecond before that he will kick off the proceedings. Anyway, as good an excuse as any to revive this thread for this year.

As mentioned above, cameras were present at the 2017 service, and the start of the service can be seen in the documentary which was broadcast in the UK last Friday and which, one very much hopes, will be available soon on BBC America and various other BBC international channels. There is, though, a trailer on YouTube, and the start of the 2017 Festival can be seen (hopefully without international rights restrictions) here. Sadly though, the trailer fades out as SJC has signalled to the organ scholar to finish extemporising and just before he points at the selected chorister. There's also a fascinating World Service documentary by Bob Chilcott here.