Where stars look down: A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for the Eve of Christmas
Reading: Mary’s Song (Charles Causley)
Consort: Lord, when you came to earth (Scandinavian carol arr. Barry Rose)
Bidding / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful
First Lesson: God announces …
Consort: Adam lay y-bounden (John Ireland)
King Jesus hath a garden (Dutch carol arr. Wood)
Second Lesson: Christ’s birth …
Hymn: Hark the glad sound
Third Lesson: The peace that Christ …
Consort: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt)
Fourth Lesson: The prophet Micah …
Hymn: O little town of Bethlehem
Fifth Lesson: The Angel Gabriel salutes …
Consort: The Linden Tree Carol (Jacques)
Sixth Lesson: St Luke tells of the birth …
Consort: Love came down at Christmas (Edgar Pettman)
Cradle Song (Flemish carol arr.Rutter)
Seventh Lesson: The shepherds …
Consort: When the crimson sun had set (French carol arr. Edgar Pettman)
There is no rose of such virtue (Philip Prosser)
Hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks
Eighth Lesson: The Wise men …
Consort: In the bleak mid-winter (Philip Ledger)
Ninth Lesson: St John unfolds …
Consort: In dulci jubilo (arr. R L Pearsall)
Prayers / Blessing
Hymn: Hark! The herald angels sing