2016
The traditional celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sings a glorious selection of carols.
A solo chorister sings Once In Royal David's City to begin the traditional celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
The world-famous choir, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sings a glorious selection of carols, including Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Wilberg), The Holly and the Ivy, The Three Kings (Cornelius) and O Come All Ye Faithful.
The Christmas story is told in the words of the King James Bible and in poems by Rowan Williams, Charles Causley and UA Fanthorpe.
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Ding! Dong! Merrily On High
Duration: 02:36
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Henry John Gauntlett
Once in Royal David's City
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. -
Bidding Prayer: The Dean
Mack Wilberg
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: Isiah 11: 1-9
Otto Goldschmidt
A Tender Shoot
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.John Tavener
The Lamb
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: Advent Calendar by Rowan Williams
Stephen Cleobury
Past Three a Clock
Lyricist: George Ratcliffe Woodward. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Harold Edwin Darke
In the Bleak Mid-winter
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Stephen Cleobury
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: Luke 1: 26-38
Lennox Berkeley
I Sing of a Maiden
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Stephen Cleobury
Joys Seven
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: Mary'聮s Song by Charles Causley
Stephen Cleobury
Suo G芒n
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Henry Walford Davies
The Holly and the Ivy
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Lyricist: Edmund Sears.Reading: Matthew 2: 1-12
Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Simon Preston
I Saw Three Ships
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: BC:AD by U.A. Fanthorpe
Peter Cornelius
Three Kings from Persian Lands
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.William Mathias
A Babe Is Born
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Reading: John 1: 1-14
Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Blessing: The Dean
Sir David Willcocks
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.Order of Service
CAROLS from KING鈥橲 2016
A Celebration of Christmas
from the Chapel of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge
with the Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge
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Director of Music
STEPHEN CLEOBURY
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Organ Scholars
RICHARD GOWERS
HENRY WEBSDALE
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Dean
The Revd Dr STEPHEN CHERRY
Dean and Director of Theology, King鈥檚 College, Cambridge
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SERVICE
1.听ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID鈥橲 CITY by Henry John Gauntlett, descant: Stephen Cleobury
Bidding Prayer: The Dean
2.听DING! DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH arr. Mack Wilberg
Reading: ISAIAH 11: 1-9听
3.听A TENDER SHOOT Otto Goldschmidt
4.听THE LAMB John Tavener
Reading: Advent Calendar by Rowan Williams
5.听PAST THREE A CLOCK arr. Stephen Cleobury
6.听IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER Harold Darke
7. O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL arr. Stephen Cleobury
Reading: LUKE 1: 26-38
8.听I SING OF A MAIDEN Lennox Berkeley
9.听JOYS SEVEN arr. Stephen Cleobury
Reading: Mary鈥檚 Song by Charles Causley
10.听SUO G脗N arr. Stephen Cleobury
11.听THE HOLLY AND THE IVY arr. Henry Walford Davies
12.听IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR desc. Stephen Cleobury
Reading: MATTHEW 2: 1-12
13.听BETHLEHEM DOWN Peter Warlock
14.听I SAW THREE SHIPS arr. Simon Preston
Reading: BC:AD by U.A. Fanthorpe听
15.听THREE KINGS FROM PERSIAN LANDS Peter Cornelius
16.听A BABE IS BORN William Mathias
Reading: JOHN 1: 1-14
17.听O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Blessing: The Dean
18.听O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL arr. David Willcocks
End of service.
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