Advent 23 Dec 2010: BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (King's College, Cambridge)

Live from King's College, Cambridge. 1000-1130, EST. 1500-1630, UK-time. Clearly, this scribe and wife need to move to Cambridge for worship, study, a quiet retirement, and recourse to the libraries on Reformation and Reformed Anglicanism. This reminds me of the great and truly Catholic, Protestant, Reformed, Holy, and Apostolic Church of England--pruned of Popedom, sacerdotalism, and other superstitions (in her better days...example of recent Curial imperialism at: http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7768158695430580276&postID=6928696600847409273. Sorry, Rev. Joseph Ratzinger, Protestant and Reformed Anglicans have answered the imperious mail from the Office of the Holy Inquisition, now euphemistically renamed, the Office of Doctrine.)

Now, if we may think of better things than darkness, a prayer for our ecclesia mater.

Almighty and Everlasting God, restore, we beseech Thee, the Church of England, her ministers and ministries, that Thy glory, majesty, and Thy Gospel of the Cross and Reconciliation may once again shine. Grant, we pray, that the Church of England may again be Light-bearing heralds with orthodox faith and Confessional integrity and unity of voice and life. This we imperfectly present to Thy Sovereign and Holy Majesty through our one and only Advocate and Mediator, Christ Jesus, whom with Thee and the Holy Spirit, we worship as the one True and Living God, now and evermore, world without end, Amen.

The service booklet with music can be accessed at www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/carols-kings-2010.pdf

Enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wqgmv/Festival_of_Nine_Lessons_and_Carols/

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

At 1400-1530, UK-time, this service will be re-broadcast on 25 Dec 2010. This will be found at BBC Radio 3 Programmes. This means 0800-0930, EST. That URL is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wlg7m

Order of Service

Once in royal David's city (descant Cleobury)

Bidding Prayer read by the Dean

This is the truth sent from above (arr Vaughan Williams)

First lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-19 read by a Chorister

Adam lay bounden (Ord)

A Virgin most pure (arr Cleobury)

Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar

In dulci jubilo (arr de Pearsall)

If ye would hear the angels sing (Tranchell)

Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a Representative of the Cambridge Churches
Sussex Carol (arr Ledger)

God rest you merry, gentlemen (arr Willcocks)

Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a Representative of the City of Cambridge

A tender shoot (Goldschmidt)

Det är en ros utsprungen (arr Sandström)

Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-35, 38 read by the Master over the Choristers

Hymne à la Vierge (Villette)

Sunny Bank (Hurford)

Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1, 3-7 read by the Chaplain

Mariä Wiegenlied (Reger)

The holly and the ivy (arr Nixon)

Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music

While shepherds watched (descant Cleobury)

Illuminare, Jerusalem (Weir)

Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost

Christmas Carol (Rautavaara - first performance, commissioned by King's College)

Ding! dong! merrily on high(arr Wilberg)

Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost

O come, all ye faithful (arr Cleobury)

Collect and Blessing

Hark! the herald angels sing (descant Willcocks)

Organ voluntaries:
In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (Bach)
Prelude & Fugue in B (Dupré) [broadcast on Radio 3 only]

Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholar: Ben-San Lau
Producer: Simon Vivian.