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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.

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Christmas Day 2016 11:40

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Music Played

  • 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.

Credits

Role Contributor
Director Pamela Hossick
Producer James Whitbourn

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