Schedule of Service Music for...
December 24, 2008 – 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM
The Feast of the Nativity
The Carol Prelude – 8:30 PM
The Hymns
Once in royal David’s city
–
Stanzas 1-3 harmonised by A. H. Mann,
Descant and organ part by David Willcocks
The first Nowell
–
English traditional carol, arr. Willcocks
The Carols and Motets
A Boy was born
–
Benjamin Britten
Ding dong! merrily on high
–
16th c. French tune harmonised by Charles Wood
The blessèd son of God
–
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Torches
–
John Joubert
The Service of Solemn Holy Communion – 9:00 PM
The Hymns
The Processional Hymn:
O come, all ye faithful
– arr. Willcocks
The Sermon Hymn:
Good Christian men rejoice
The Lighting of the Christ Candle:
Away in a manger
– arr. August Maekelberghe
The Communion Hymn:
O little town of Bethlehem
(Tune:
St. Louis)
The Kneeling Hymn:
Silent night, holy night
The Recessional Hymn:
Hark! the herald angels sing
– arr. Willcocks
The Setting of the Ordinary
Communion Service in F Major
– Harold Darke
Old Scottish Chant (739)
The Minor Propers
Christmas at Midnight
– Gregorian Chant:
The English Gradual
The Introit:
(see “The Psalms, Anthems, Carols, and Motets” below)
The Gradual:
Tecum princípium – Psalm 110:3, 1
The Alleluia:
Dóminus dixit ad me – Psalm 2:7
The Offertory:
Lætentur cæli – Psalm 96:11
The Communion:
In splendóribus – Psalm 110:3
The Psalms, Anthems, Carols, and Motets
The Introit:
On this day earth shall ring
–
H. C. Stewart
The Psalm:
85:8–13.
Audiam quid loquatur.
– Anglican Chant:
George C. Martin
The Offertory Anthem:
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
–
Edward Bairstow
The Carol at Communion:
A Spotless Rose
–
Herbert Howells
The Organ Voluntaries
The Prelude:
Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen, op. 122, no. 8
– Johannes Brahms
The Postlude:
Toccata (from Symphonie V, op. 42)
– Charles-Marie Widor
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