Advent Carol Service live from Clare College Chapel - Thursday 30 November 2023

Advent Carol Service | 6pm
Thursday 30 November 2023

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Daniel Blaze and Evie Perfect | organ
Graham Ross

VOLUNTARIES
J. S. Bach Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Adolphus Hailstork Toccata on Veni Emmanuel
J. S. Bach Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottessohn, BWV 601
Melissa Dunphy Rorate Caeli
INTROIT | Judith Weir Drop down ye heavens from above
HYMN | O come, O come, Emmanuel! (11 (Veni Emmanuel), arr. Graham Ross (Clare 2003))
First lesson | Genesis I: 1–19
CAROL | Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Second lesson | Isaiah LX: 1–3, 18–20
MOTET | Prætorius Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Third lesson | Isaiah IX: 2–7
CAROL | O gladsome light *
HYMN | Hark, what a sound (t. 320 (Highwood), arr. Graham Ross)
Fourth lesson | John VIII: 12–14, 28–32
MOTET | Byrd Vigilate
Fifth lesson | Matthew XVII: 1–9
ANTHEM | Naylor Vox dicentis: Clama
Sixth lesson | Revelation XXI: 9–14, 22–26
ANTHEM | Bainton And I saw a new heaven
Seventh lesson | 1 Thessalonians V: 1–10
CAROL | Iain Farrington Nova! Nova!
HYMN | Lo! He comes with clouds descending (9 (Helmsley), arr. Timothy Brown (Clare Director of Music 1979–2010))
VOLUNTARY | Dupré Symphonie-Passion Op. 23: i. Le Monde dans l’attente du Sauveur

* This carol is the winning entry in the 2023 Clare College Carol Composition Competition, and receives its first
performance today

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