A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Stephen Cleobury

1999-11-01 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Once in royal David's city
  4:44
• 2
  Bidding Prayer
  3:25
• 3
  Up! good Christen folk, and listen (tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582)
  1:19
• 4
  The Truth from Above
  2:30
• 5
  First Lesson (Genesis 3)
  2:20
• 6
  Adam lay ybounden
  1:10
• 7
  Second Lesson (Genesis 22)
  0:60
• 8
  Sussex Carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing)
  1:47
• 9
  In the bleak mid-winter
  4:26
• 10
  Third Lesson (Isaiah 9)
  1:01
• 11
  In Dulci Jubilo.
  3:15
• 12
  God rest you merry, gentlemen
  3:36
• 13
  Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11)
  1:23
• 14
  A Tender Shoot
  1:47
• 15
  The Lamb
  3:33
• 16
  Fifth Lesson (St Luke 1)
  2:13
• 17
  Gabriel's Message
  2:32
• 18
  Joys Seven
  2:57
• 19
  Sixth Lesson (St Luke 2)
  1:19
• 20
  Dormi, Jesu
  4:30
• 21
  Riu, riu, chiu
  2:09
• 1
  Seventh Lesson (St Luke 2)
  1:58
• 2
  The Fayrfax Carol
  4:28
• 3
  While shepherds watched (from East's Psalter, 1592)
  2:54
• 4
  Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2)
  2:31
• 5
  I saw three ships
  1:35
• 6
  Illuminare, Jerusalem
  2:12
• 7
  Ninth Lesson (St John 1)
  2:15
• 8
  O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (descant & last verse Cleobury)
  4:24
• 9
  Prayer and Blessing
  1:07
• 10
  Hark! the herald angels sing
  3:27
• 11
  In dulci jubilo BWV729
  3:09