Christmas 1910

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• Congregation at St Peter’s Church, Cound

  Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

  Composer: Charles Wesley (1707-88) Tune:Cross of Jesus Source: SOP Hymn book 30. Publishers: OUP Organist: Alistair Reid Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright

• Congregation at St Peter’s Church, Cound. Soloist: Alexander Bennett

  In The Bleak Mid-Winter

  Composer: Christina Rossetti (1830-94) altd. Tune: Cranham Source: SOP Hymn book 47. Publishers: OUP Organist: Alistair Reid Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright

• Congregation at St Peter’s Church, Cound

  O Little Town Of Bethlehem

  Words: Phillips Brooks (1835-93) altd. Music: H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) Tune: Christmas Carol Source: SOP hymn book 54. Publishers OUP Organist: Alistair Reid Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright This tune is less well-known than Forest Green which is often used. It was written by Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869 –1941) who was Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until 1941.

• Coventry Singers

  I Sing The Birth

  C. Hubert H. Parry

• Congregation at St Peter’s Church, Cound

  Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing

  Composers: Charles Wesley (1707-88) altd. Tune: Mendelssohn Source: SOP Hymnbook 46. Publishers OUP Organist: Alistair Reid Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright

• Shrewsbury High Prep School

  Away In A Manger

  ‘Cradle Song’

• Congregation at St Peter’s Church, Cound

  O Come All Ye Faithful

  Composers: Possibly by J.F Wade (c1710-86), tr. F.Oakley (1802-80) and W.T.Brooke and others Tune: Adeste Fideles Source: SOP Hymnbook 53. Publishers OUP Organist: Alistair Reid Conductor: Paul Leddington Wright