ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!

THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD

December 24th., The Solemnity of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

The Pre-Service Music: Christmas Day

Gustav Holst (1872-1934)

Masters in This Hall

Arr. David Willcocks

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1879-1958)

(Performed with Chamber Orchestra and interspersed with English Carols sung by Choir and Congregation.)

The Anthem: For Unto Us a Child is Born from Messiah

G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

The Distribution Motets:

Hodie, by Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)

In the Bleak Midwinter, by Harold Darke (Mid 20th. cent.)

December 27th., Christmas I

The Anthem: Tollite Hostias

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

The Distribution Motet: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto
sicut erat in Principio et Nunc et Semper et in
Saeculum Saeculorum.