The Harvard University Choir 2013-12-16
Memorial Church at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Set 1
radio intro
"The Lamb" - John Tavener, lyrics by William Blake
"Adeste Fidelis" - John Francis Wade [attributed]
Invocation and greetings
First Lesson: Luke
"Ave Maria" - Franz Biebl [1964]
"There Is No Rose" - Benjamin Britten
"The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came" - traditional Basque carol
"Sing of a Girl" - Peter Niedmann, lyrics by Damien Lundy
"Myn Lyking" - Richard Runciman Terry, after a 15th century Middle English hymn
Second Lesson: Luke
"While Shepherds Watched" ("Sherburne") - Daniel Read, lyrics by Nahum Tate
"An Heavenly Sing" - Carson P. Cooman, after an anonymous medieval carol
"Angels We Have Heard On High" - traditional French melody
"Sussex Carol"- traditional English carol, David Wilcocks arrangement
"The Christ Child" - Gabriel Jackson, lyrics by G.K. Chesterson
Third Lesson: Matthew
"Christmas Eve" - Samuel Barber [1920],
- world premiere [first performed at the Dec.15, 2013 concert]
of new version reconstructed by Iain Quinn
"King Jesus Hath a Garden" - traditional Dutch carol
"Personent hodie" - 16th century song from the "Piae Cantiones",
adapted by Gustav Holst
"O Magnum Mysterium" - Nicholas White 2;34
"Evergreen" - Daniel Pinkham, lyrics by Robert Hillyer
"Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") - Franz Xaver Gruber
"Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul" - Gustav Nyquist, lyrics by Edvard Evers
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Felix Mendelssohn
closing remarks
"The Lamb" - John Tavener, lyrics by William Blake
"Adeste Fidelis" - John Francis Wade [attributed]
Invocation and greetings
First Lesson: Luke
"Ave Maria" - Franz Biebl [1964]
"There Is No Rose" - Benjamin Britten
"The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came" - traditional Basque carol
"Sing of a Girl" - Peter Niedmann, lyrics by Damien Lundy
"Myn Lyking" - Richard Runciman Terry, after a 15th century Middle English hymn
Second Lesson: Luke
"While Shepherds Watched" ("Sherburne") - Daniel Read, lyrics by Nahum Tate
"An Heavenly Sing" - Carson P. Cooman, after an anonymous medieval carol
"Angels We Have Heard On High" - traditional French melody
"Sussex Carol"- traditional English carol, David Wilcocks arrangement
"The Christ Child" - Gabriel Jackson, lyrics by G.K. Chesterson
Third Lesson: Matthew
"Christmas Eve" - Samuel Barber [1920],
- world premiere [first performed at the Dec.15, 2013 concert]
of new version reconstructed by Iain Quinn
"King Jesus Hath a Garden" - traditional Dutch carol
"Personent hodie" - 16th century song from the "Piae Cantiones",
adapted by Gustav Holst
"O Magnum Mysterium" - Nicholas White 2;34
"Evergreen" - Daniel Pinkham, lyrics by Robert Hillyer
"Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") - Franz Xaver Gruber
"Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul" - Gustav Nyquist, lyrics by Edvard Evers
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Felix Mendelssohn
closing remarks
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
The Harvard University Choir
Edward Elwyn Jones, choirmaster
Christian Lane, organ
Professor Jonathan L. Walton presiding
live at the Memorial Church
at Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
December 16, 2013
live broadcast on WHRB-FM
The 104th annual Christmas Carols Service at Harvard Memorial Church
Edward Elwyn Jones, choirmaster
Christian Lane, organ
Professor Jonathan L. Walton presiding
live at the Memorial Church
at Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
December 16, 2013
live broadcast on WHRB-FM
The 104th annual Christmas Carols Service at Harvard Memorial Church
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