A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

Once in royal David's city (processional hymn)

Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing

If ye would hear the angels sing

First Lesson - Genesis 3

Remember, O thou man

Adam lay ybounden

Second lesson - Genesis 22

Angels from the realms of glory

Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis seu Magnificat (Hamburg, 1602): In dulci jubilo

Third Lesson - Isaiah 9

Nowell sing ye now

Unto us is born a Son

Fourth Lesson - Isaiah 11

The Lamb

A spotless rose

Fifth Lesson - St Luke 1

I sing of a maiden

Mary

Sixth Lesson - St Luke 2

Wither's rocking Hymn

What sweeter music

Seventh Lesson - St Luke 2

Infant holy, Infant lowly

God rest ye merry gentlemen

Eighth Lesson - St Matthew 2

Illuminare Jerusalem

Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child!

Ninth Lesson - St John 1

O come, all ye faithfull

Prayer & Blessing

Hark! The herald-angels sing

In dulci jubilo, BWV 729