A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

1. 1
   Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")
   4:44
2. 2
   Service, 1. Bidding Prayer
   3:24
3. 3
   Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen: "Ding-dong, ding - Ding-a-dong-a-ding" (Arr. Woodward)
   1:15
4. 4
   The Truth from Above: "This Is the Truth Sent from Above" (Arr. Vaughan Williams)
   2:28
5. 5
   Service, 2. First Lesson (Genesis 3)
   2:19
6. 6
   Adam Lay Ybounden
   1:08
7. 7
   Service, 3. Second Lesson (Genesis 22)
   0:59
8. 8
   Sussex Carol (Christmas Carol): "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Arr. Philip Ledger)
   1:46
9. 9
   "In the bleak midwinter", H.73 No. 1
   4:23
10. 10
    Service, 4. Third Lesson (Isaiah 9)
    1:01
11. 11
    In dulci jubilo (Arr. Pearsall)
    3:13
12. 12
    God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
    3:35
13. 13
    Service, 5. Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11)
    1:22
14. 14
    A Tender Shoot: "A Tender Shoot Has Started up from a Root of Grace"
    1:46
15. 15
    The Lamb
    3:31
16. 16
    Service, 6. Fifth Lesson (St. Luke 1)
    2:12
17. 17
    Gabriel's Message
    2:30
18. 18
    The Seven Joys of Mary (from the Joshua Vaughan Himes' "Millennial Harp", 1842)
    2:56
19. 19
    Service, 7. Sixth Lesson (St. Luke 2)
    1:18
20. 20
    Dormi Jesu "The Virgin's Cradle Hymn"
    4:26
21. 21
    Cancionero de Uppsala: No. 46, "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"
    2:00
22. 22
    Service, 8. Seventh Lesson (St. Luke 2)
    1:57
23. 23
    The Fayrfax Carol
    4:35
24. 24
    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol)
    2:53
25. 25
    Service, 9. Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2)
    2:31
26. 26
    I Saw Three Ships
    1:36
27. 27
    Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"
    2:11
28. 28
    Service, 10. Ninth Lesson (St. John 1)
    2:14
29. 29
    O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
    4:23
30. 30
    Service, 11. Prayer and Blessing
    1:06
31. 31
    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4) [Arr. Cleobury]
    3:26
32. 32
    In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
    3:09

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