A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols by Choir of King's College, Cambridge.

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Release date

November 1, 1999

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Runtime

82m 17s

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Tracklist

01Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")4:44
02Service, 1. Bidding Prayer3:24
03Woodward / Arr. Woodward: Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen: "Ding-dong, ding - Ding-a-dong-a-ding"1:15
04Traditional / Arr. Vaughan Williams: The Truth from Above: "This Is the Truth Sent from Above"2:28
05Service, 2. First Lesson (Genesis 3)2:19
06Warlock: Adam Lay Ybounden1:08
07Service, 3. Second Lesson (Genesis 22)

08Traditional: Sussex Carol (Christmas Carol): "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Arr. Philip Ledger)1:46

09Holst: 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal: No. 1, In the Bleak Midwinter4:23

10Service, 4. Third Lesson (Isaiah 9)1:01

11Traditional / Arr. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo3:13

12Traditional: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen3:35

13Service, 5. Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11)1:22

14Goldschmidt: A Tender Shoot: "A Tender Shoot Has Started up from a Root of Grace"1:46

15Tavener: The Lamb3:31

16Service, 6. Fifth Lesson (St. Luke 1)2:12

17Traditional: Gabriel's Message2:30

18Anonymous: The Seven Joys of Mary (from the Joshua Vaughan Himes' "Millennial Harp", 1842)2:56

19Service, 7. Sixth Lesson (St. Luke 2)1:18

20Rutter: Dormi Jesu "The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn"4:26

21Flecha: Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera (No. 46 from Cancionero de Uppsala)2:00

01Service, 8. Seventh Lesson (St. Luke 2)1:57

02Adès: The Fayrfax Carol4:35

03Traditional: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol)2:53

04Service, 9. Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2)2:31

05Traditional: I Saw Three Ships1:36

06Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"2:11

07Service, 10. Ninth Lesson (St. John 1)2:14

08Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)4:23

09Service, 11. Prayer and Blessing1:06

10Cummings & Mendelssohn / Arr. Cleobury: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)3:26

11Bach, JS: In dulci jubilo, BWV 7293:09