A Festival of Lessons & Carols from King's

Tracklist

• 1
  Once in Royal David's City

  Henry John Gauntlett
  5:36
• 2
  Bidding Prayer

  [read by the Dean]
  3:43
• 3
  Resonet in laudibus

  Jacob Handl
  2:30
• 4
  Genesis 3

  [A chorister]
  1:43
• 5
  Adam lay ybounden

  Boris Ord
  1:08
• 6
  Sussex Carol

  [traditional] & Philip Ledger
  2:03
• 7
  Isaiah 9

  [A choral scholar]
  1:08
• 8
  Joseph and Mary

  [traditional] & Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:23
• 9
  St. Luke 1

  The Director of Music
  2:09
• 10
  A Maiden Most Gentle

  [traditional] & Andrew Carter
  2:48
• 11
  St. Luke 2

  [The Chaplain]
  1:12
• 12
  Stille Nacht!

  Franz Xaver Gruber
  2:58
• 13
  Chester Carol

  [traditional] & Philip Ledger
  2:46
• 14
  St. Luke 2

  [The Master over the Choristers]
  2:01
• 15
  Angels, From the Realms of Glory

  [traditional] & Philip Ledger
  2:39
• 16
  St. Matthew 2

  [A representative of the sister college at Eton]
  2:36
• 17
  A Babe Is Born

  William Mathias
  3:12
• 18
  St. John 1

  [The Provost]
  2:00
• 19
  O Come, All Ye Faithful

  [unknown] & Philip Ledger
  4:02
• 20
  Collect for Christmas Eve and the Blessing

  [read by the Dean]
  1:17
• 21
  Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

  Felix Mendelssohn
  3:23
• 22
  In dulci jubilo, BWV 729

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:41

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Concerti for Bassoon and Orchestra, Volume 1

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Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy 1986

25 Carols for Christmas

25 Carols for Christmas 2025

Release credits

• Charles Daniels
  tenor vocals [8]
• Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [1, 3, 5, 5-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19, 21]
• Jason McCaldin
  vocal [1]
• Philip Ledger
  chorus master [1, 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19, 21], conductor [8]
• Stephen Cleobury
  chorus master [5]
• Thomas Trotter
  organ [8, 22]

Issues

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  A
  (Combined release view)
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  A
  A Festival of Lessons & Carols from King's

  CD (1987 digital remaster)
  28 October 1996
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  A
  A Festival of Lessons & Carols from King's

  Digital Media
  29 November 2019