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Past Event

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

December 8, 2023
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
America/New_York
St. Paul's Chapel, 1160 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027

Free and open to all; no tickets needed.

With Janet Yieh, conductor; Raymond Nagem, organ; and the St. Paul’s Chapel Christmas Choir.

PROGRAM
Processional Hymn: Once in Royal David’s City
Welcome, Bidding Prayer, Lord’s Prayer
Invitatory Carol: Candlelight Carol — John Rutter (b. 1945)
First Lesson
Carol: Adam Lay Ybounden — Boris Ord (1897–1961)
Carol: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree — Elizabeth Poston (1905–87) Second Lesson
Carol: The Holly and the Ivy — Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941) Third Lesson
Carol: Personent Hodie — Gustav Holst (1871–1934)
Fourth Lesson
Hymn: What Child Is This
Carol: Niño Lindo — Alejandro Rivas (b. 1967)
Fifth Lesson
Carol: The Angel Gabriel — Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968)
Sixth Lesson
Hymn: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Hymn: Silent Night
Seventh Lesson
Carol: Rise Up Shepherd and Follow — traditional spiritual
Hymn: Angels We Have Heard on High
Eighth Lesson
Coventry Carol — B.E. (Brittney Elizabeth) Boykin (b. 1989)
Ninth Lesson
Hymn: O Come All Ye Faithful
Collect for Advent, Blessing
Closing Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

(Image: The Altar of the Three Kings (1507), on linden wood, by Hans Baldung Grien (1484–1545). Now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.)

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Julian Bennett Holmes