A Service for Advent with Carols from St John's College, Cambridge

A Service for Advent with Carols, live from the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge.

Introit: Drop down, ye heavens, from above (Judith Weir)
Processional Hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel, descant David Hill)
Bidding Prayer
Carol: Adam lay ybounden (Laura Sheils)

I The Message of Advent
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonaï (plainsong)
Carol: Zion, at thy shining gates (Bohm Bruder, arr. Guest)
First Lesson: Isaiah 11 vv1-5
Carol: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come (Paul Manz)
Second Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv1-11
Carol: I waited for the Lord (Mendelssohn)

II The Word of God
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David (plainsong)
Third Lesson: Micah 4 vv1-4
Carol: Hymn of St Columba (Ed Picton-Turbervill)
Fourth Lesson: Luke 4 vv14-21
Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus, descant Christopher Robinson)

III The Prophetic Call
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium (plainsong)
Fifth Lesson: Malachi 3 vv1-7
Carol: This is the record of John (Gibbons)
Sixth Lesson: Matthew 3 vv1-11
Hymn: On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry (Winchester New, descant Christopher Robinson)

IV The God-Bearer
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Emmanuel and O Virgo Virginum (plainsong)
Carol: There is a flower (John Rutter)
Seventh Lesson: Luke 1 vv39-49
Magnificat: St John’s Service (Howells)
Eighth Lesson: John 3 vv1-8
Anthem: A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten)

Sentence and Christmas Collect
Carol: Nolo mortem peccatoris (Errollyn Wallen) (first broadcast, commissioned by the Master and Fellows for the service)
Hymn: Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Helmsley)
The College Prayer and The Blessing
Organ Voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 (Bach)

Christopher Gray (Director of Music)
Tingshuo Yang (Organ Scholar)
The Revd Canon Dr Victoria Johnson (Dean)