Bidding: Dean of King's College, the Rev. Dr. George Pattison
Sussex Carol

English traditional, arranged by David Willcocks

First Lesson: Genesis 3:8-15, 3:17-19
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Adam lay y-bounden

A chorister
Elizabeth Poston
Peter Warlock

Second Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18
Angels from the realms of glory
I wonder as I wander

A choral scholar
French traditional, arranged Reginald Jacques
Carl Rütti

Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2,6,7
All men draw near, Christmas is near
Hymn: Unto us a Boy is Born

A representative of the Cambridge Churches
Hungarian traditional, arranged Zoltán Kodály
arranged David Willcocks

Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-3a, 4a, 6-9
A spotless Rose
The Holly and the Ivy

A representative of the City of Cambridge
Philip Ledger (composed for King's College Choir, 2002)
English traditional, arranged Walford Davies

Fifth Lesson: Luke 1:26-35, 38
The Angel Gabriel descended to a Virgin
Bogoróditse Dyévo

The Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury
Robin Holloway (commissioned by
King's College for today's service)
Arvo Pärt

Sixth Lesson: Luke 2:1, 3-7
A Virgin most pure
Sleep, little Jesus, sleep

A representative of King's sister college at Eaton
English traditional, arranged by Stephen Cleobury
Polish traditional, arranged by Roxanna Panufnik

Seventh Lesson: Luke 2:8-16
In the bleak mid-winter
Hymn: While Shepherds watched their flocks by night

A fellow of King's College
Harold Darke
descant Stephen Cleobury

Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12
The Holy Boy
A Babe is born

The vice provost
John Ireland
William Mathias

Ninth Lesson: John 1:1-14
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful

The provost
descant Stephen Cleobury

Congregational hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing*

Organ voluntaries: In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (J. S. Bach) and Sinfonia from Cantata 29 (J. S. Bach)