Nine Lessons & Carols

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Hymn: Once in Royal David’s City

  [traditional]
  4:40
• 2
  Bidding Prayer, Lord’s Prayer and Blessing

  [traditional]
  3:26
• 3
  Herefordshire Carol

  [traditional]
  2:34
• 4
  First Lesson

  [anonymous]
  3:03
• 5
  Adam lay ybounden

  Boris Ord
  1:04
• 6
  A Virgin Most Pure

  [traditional]
  2:54
• 7
  Second Lesson

  [anonymous]
  1:03
• 8
  In dulci jubilo

  [traditional]
  3:04
• 9
  If Ye Would Hear the Angels Sing

  Peter Tranchell
  2:25
• 10
  Third Lesson

  [anonymous]
  1:08
• 11
  Sussex Carol

  [traditional]
  1:58
• 12
  Hymn: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

  [traditional]
  3:33
• 13
  Fourth Lesson

  [anonymous]
  1:40
• 14
  A Tender Shoot

  Otto Goldschmidt
  1:41
• 15
  Det är en ros utsprungen

  Michael Praetorius
  3:59
• 16
  Fifth Lesson

  [anonymous]
  2:44
• 17
  Hymne à la Vierge

  Pierre Villette
  3:20
• 18
  Sunny Bank

  Peter Hurford
  1:41
• 19
  Sixth Lesson

  [anonymous]
  1:15
• 20
  Mariä Wiegenlied

  Max Reger
  1:59
• 21
  The Holly and the Ivy

  [traditional]
  3:08
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Seventh Lesson

  [anonymous]
  1:44
• 2
  Hymn: While Shepherds Watched

  [traditional]
  2:59
• 3
  Illuminare, Jerusalem

  Judith Weir
  2:19
• 4
  Eighth Lesson

  [anonymous]
  3:04
• 5
  Christmas Carol

  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  4:54
• 6
  Ding! Dong! Merrily on High

  [traditional]
  2:45
• 7
  Ninth Lesson

  [anonymous]
  2:28
• 8
  Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful

  [traditional]
  4:27
• 9
  Collect and Blessing

  [traditional]
  1:15
• 10
  Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

  [traditional]
  3:20
• 11
  Organ Voluntary: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729)

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:51
• 12
  The Christ Child

  Gabriel Jackson
  4:40
• 13
  Now Comes the Dawn

  Brett Dean
  3:34
• 14
  Misere’ nobis

  Mark‐Anthony Turnage
  2:44
• 15
  Mary

  Dominic Muldowney
  4:28
• 16
  Christmas Eve

  Tansy Davies
  6:00
• 17
  All Bells in Paradise

  John Rutter
  4:44

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Release credits

• Angela Tilby
  spoken vocals [10]
• Arne Akselberg
  engineer
• Ben-San Lau
  organ [11]
• Cameron Foote
  spoken vocals [7]
• Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [2.2-3, 2.5-6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12-17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.8-9, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 1.17-18, 1.20-21]
• Christopher Howells
  spoken vocals [4]
• Dr Basim Musallam
  spoken vocals [4]
• Jeremy Morris
  spoken vocals [1.2, 2.9]
• June Nixon
  arranger [21]
• Nicholas Robinson
  spoken vocals [16]
• Richard Lloyd-Morgan
  spoken vocals [19]
• Ross Harrison
  spoken vocals [7]
• Sheila Stuart
  spoken vocals [13]
• Simon Kiln
  editor, producer
• Stephen Cleobury
  conductor [2.2-3, 2.5-6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12-17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.8-9, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 1.17-18, 1.20-21], spoken vocals [1]

Issues

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  Nine Lessons & Carols

  2x CD
  9 October 2012
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  Nine Lessons & Carols

  2x Digital Media
  22 October 2012
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  Nine Lessons & Carols

  2x Digital Media
  22 October 2012