Once in royal David's city / H.J. Gauntlett ; harm. A.H. Mann ; descant, Stephen Cleobury (with Edward Moore, treble) (4:44) -- Bidding prayer (3:25) -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen / G. R. Woodward (1:18) -- The truth from above / arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (2:19) -- Adam lay ybounden / Boris Ord (1:10) -- Second lesson : Genesis 2:2 (:59) -- Sussex carol / trad. English ; arr. Ledger (1:46) -- In the bleak mid-winter / Darke (4:26) -- Third lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:01) -- In dulci jublio / 13th century ; arr. R. L. Pearsall (3:15) -- God rest you merry, gentlemen / trad. Eng. ; arr. David Willcocks (3:36) -- Fourth lesson : Isaiah 11 (1:22) -- A tender shoot / Otto Goldschmidt (1:47) -- The lamb / John Tavener (3:32) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:13) -- Gabriel's message / trad. Basque ; harm. Edgar Pettman (2:32) -- Joys seven / trad. English ; arr. Stephen Cleobury (2:57) -- Sixth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:19) -- Dormi, Jesu / John Rutter (4:29) -- Riu, riu chiu / Mateo Flecha the Elder? (2:09) -- Seventh lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:57) -- The Fayrfax carol / Thomas Adès (4:28) -- While shepherds watched / East's Psalter ; descant Stephen Cleobury (2:53) -- Eighth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:31) -- I saw three ships / trad. English ; arr. David Willcocks (1:35) -- Illuminare, Jerusalem / Judith Weir (2:11) -- Ninth lesson : St. John 1 (2;15) -- O come, all ye faithful / anon. 18th century ; harm. David Willcocks ; descant and last verse Stephen Cleobury (4:23) -- Prayer and blessing (1:07) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / Felix Mendelssohn ; descant Stephen Cleobury (3:27) -- In dulci jubilo / J. S. Bach (3:09).
Language (note)
Sung in English (principally), Latin and Spanish.
Title
A festival of nine lessons & carols.
Publisher
New York : Warner Classics - Parlophone, [1999?]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor ; in part with Benjamin Bayl, organ.
Event
Recorded 1998 December 12-14 (with congregation) and 1999 July 12 Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.