CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE

Monday, 21 December 2020 | Exeter College Chapel, Oxford

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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.

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0:00 Bells

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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)