CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
Monday, 21 December 2020 | Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Thank you for joining us for this service of music, silence, and lessons in honour of the Birth of Christ. The order of service can be found here.
0:00 Bells
0:23 Introit: I Sing the Birth, Parry
3:17 The Bidding Prayer
4:02 Carol: Once in Royal David's City
9:11 Introduction
11:45 In dulci jubilo, Pearsall
15:32 Poem: He Will Come Like Last Leaf's Fall, Rowan Williams
16:28 Carol: It Came upon the Midnight Clear
20:06 Lesson: Isaiah 52. 7–10, read in Welsh
21:06 A Spotless Rose, Howells
24:49 Poem: [Untitled], Luci Shaw
25:38 Carol: The Holly and the Ivy
28:27 Lesson: Matthew 1. 18–25
29:45 Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem
33:33 Masters in this Hall, Caitlin Harrison (World Premiere)
37:21 Lesson: Luke 2. 8–19, read in Russian
38:38 See Amid the Winter's Snow, Willcocks
44:54 Poem: Ring out ye Crystall sphears, Milton
44:19 Sussex Carol, Willcocks
48:17 Carol: Joy to the World
50:04 Lesson: Matthew 2. 1–12
51:39 In the Bleak Midwinter, Darke
56:34 Lesson: Matthew 2. 13–18
57:45 Coventry Carol
1:00:40 Lesson: John 1. 1–18
1:02:53 Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful
1:09:09 The Prayers
1:10:22 Sleep, Baby, Sleep, Elizabeth Stirling
1:13:07 The Blessing
1:13:33 Carol: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
1:16:47 The Dismissal
1:16:57 Voluntary: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729, J.S. Bach
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In this service:
Officiant: The Rev'd Andrew Allen, assisted by The Rev'd Canon Dr Margaret Whipp
Readers: Ted Thornton, Gwynfor Morgan, Christina de Bellagiue, Mark Sinfield, Elena Dickinson, Esmond Cordingley-Poole, Jennifer Opare-Kumi, Tim Ecott, Sir Rick Trainor
Exeter College Chapel Choir
Conductor: Christopher Holman
Organ: Miles Swinden
Soloists: Sophie McDonald (Once in Royal David's City); Caitlin Harrison, Ellen Luckins, Chris Scholtens (Pearsall); Matthew Cann (Howells); Léo Charlier, Belle Allan (Harrison); Helena Bayley, Chris Scholtens (Darke)