15 The Lord will come and not be slow. 17 When came in flesh the incarnate Word. 11 O come, O come Emmanuel!

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1 The Parish Church of St Giles-in-the-Fields in the West End of London Musical Settings December 2017 to Epiphany RD DECEMBER ADVENT SUNDAY 11 am - Sung Eucharist Mass for Four Voices William Byrd ( ) 15 The Lord will come and not be slow 17 When came in flesh the incarnate Word Advent Prose Drop down ye heavens from above (Mode I) A Fancy William Byrd ( ) Psalm 80: O come, O come Advent Carol Service Readings, carols and canticles followed by refreshments 1 Creator of the stars of night (1 st tune) 5 Hark! a herald voice is calling 9 Lo! He comes with clouds descending (100C4C p206) 10 Long ago, prophets knew Adam lay ybounden Boris Ord ( ) Come, thou Redeemer of the earth (German traditional melody: adapted by Michael Praetorius ( )) There is no Rose Graham J Ellis Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV O come, O come, (100C4C - p230) Rejoice in the Lord alway (Anon mid-16th century) Page 1 of 5

2 10 TH DECEMBER ADVENT 2 11 am - Sung Eucharist Plainchant - Roman Missal 8 Lift up your heads ye mighty gates 7 Hills of the North, rejoice How beautiful upon the mountains John Stainer ( ) Herr Christ, der einge Gottes- Sohn BWV 601 Psalm 85: Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes Set D Psalm The advent of our God 18 Ye servants of the Lord People look East (Besançon carol) Fugue from Symphony No 1 Louis Vierne ( ) 16 Wake, O wake! with tidings thrilling 14 TH DECEMBER CONCERT OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND READINGS FOR THE ST GILES COMMUNITY 7.00 pm St Giles Choir, Iestyn Evans, St Giles Quartet p260 Once in royal David s city p378 While shepherds watched their flocks A babe is born William Mathias ( ) For unto us a child is born from Messiah G F Handel ( ) Noël Suisse Louis Claude-Daquin ( ) p357 Unto us is born a Son p83 God rest you merry, gentlemen p226 O come all ye faithful Lully, Lulla, Lullay Peter Stopford (b 1977) The holly and the ivy John Gardner ( ) Page 2 of 5

3 17 TH DECEMBER ADVENT 3 11 am - Sung Eucharist Missa O Magnum Mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria ( ) Psalm 50: Come, thou longexpected Jesus (2 nd tune) 9 Lo! He comes with clouds descending 12 On Jordan s bank the Baptist s cry This is the record of John Orlando Gibbons ( ) Fugue in G Minor BWV 578 Christmas Carol Service Service of Lessons and Carols followed by mulled wine p260 Once in royal David s city p173 In the bleak midwinter p194 It came upon the midnight clear p234 O little town of Bethlehem p107 Hark! the herald-angels sing Sir Christèmas William Mathias ( ) And the glory of the Lord from Messiah G F Handel ( ) Coventry Carol from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors arranged by Martin Shaw Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Gardner ( ) Noël Étranger Louis Claude-Daquin ( ) 24 TH DECEMBER ADVENT 4 (CHRISTMAS EVE) 11 am - Sung Eucharist Psalm 89: Hark! a herald voice is calling 11 O come, O come, The Angel Gabriel (Basque carol) Noël cette Journée Jean-François Dandrieu ( ) 10 Long ago, prophets knew Page 3 of 5

4 No Evensong 25 TH DECEMBER THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD OR CHRISTMAS DAY 11 am - Sung Eucharist Psalm 8: O come, all ye faithful (omit v3 & 4) 32 O little town of Bethlehem (omit*) Away in a Manger (Normandy tune) Final from Symphony No 1 Louis Vierne ( ) 26 Hark! The herald angels sing (omit*) 31 ST DECEMBER SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY 11 am - Sung Eucharist Psalm 85: A great and mighty wonder 33 Of the Father s heart begotten (omit*) The Little Road to Bethlehem Michael Head ( ) In dulci jubilo BWV Unto us a boy is born! No Evensong Page 4 of 5

5 7 TH JANUARY THE EPIPHANY 11 am - Sung Eucharist Darke in F Psalm 72: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning 50 From the eastern mountains (tune: Evelyns) 52 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! There shall a star from Jacob come forth from Christus Felix Mendelssohn ( ) In dir ist Freude BWV 615 Epiphany Carol Service p323 p370 The first Nowell We three Kings of Orient are Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock ( ) A maiden most gentle (French traditional melody arranged by Andrew Carter) Chorale Fantastia on Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV 223 Dietrich Buxtehude ( ) p52 As with gladness men of old Nativity Carol (words and music by John Rutter, b 1945) (NEH 40) What child is this, who, laid to rest The Three Kings Peter Cornelius ( ) p226 O come all ye faithful (omit v7) Page 5 of 5