O grâce magnifique (Taizé)

O grâce magnifique,
Dont Dieu seul est l'auteur:
Jésus, son Fils unique,
Est notre Rédempteur!
Etoile matinale
Qui n'a pas son égale
Dans tout le firmament!

O grâce mémorable
Qu'on adore à genoux:
Dieu même est favorable
Aux pécheurs tels que nous!
Au ciel et sur la terre,
Qui pourra nous soustraire
A l'éternel amour?

O grâce salutaire,
Ta force nous confond!
D'un aussi grand mystère,
Qui peut voir jusqu'au fond?
Grâce incompréhensible,
Lumière inaccessible,
Abîme de bonté!

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

Jésus Christ, ô clarté d'en haut (Свете тихий / Φῶς ἱλαρὸν / Taizé)

Jésus Christ, ô clarté d'en haut,
radieux reflet des gloires du Dieu saint,
Lumière qui viens du ciel éclairer nos sentiers!
Le crépuscule vient, paisible,
le soir sera descen du bientôt sur nous,
Lumière éternelle, nous t'adorons! Gloire à toi, Père saint!
Dieu de clarté, à Jésus ton Fils, au Saint-Esprit.
Nos louanges s'élèvent vers toi, alléluia! Amen.

Φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης ἀθανάτου Πατρός, 
οὐρανίου, ἁγίου, μάκαρος,
Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλίου δύσιν,
ἰδόντες φῶς ἐσπερινόν, ὑμνοῦμεν Πατέρα,
Υἱόν, καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, Θεόν.
Ἄξιόν σε ἐν πᾶσι καιροῖς ὑμνεῖσθαι φωναῖς αἰσίαις,
Υἱὲ Θεοῦ, ζωὴν ὁ διδούς· διὸ ὁ κόσμος σὲ δοξάζει.

Свете тихий святыя славы,
Безсмертнаго, Отца Небеснаго,
Святаго Блаженнаго, Иисусе Христе!
Пришедше на запад солнца,
видевше свет вечерний, поем Отца,
Сына и Святаго Духа, Бога. Достоин еси
во вся времена пет быти гласы преподобными,
Сыне Божий, живот даяй, темже мир Тя славит.

Jesus Christ, joyful light
of the immortal Father's divine glory in heaven,
the holy and blessed one!
Coming to the hour of sunset,
in the light of evening we sing to the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, our God. Your are worthy
at all times to be praised by the songs of holy voices,
Son of God, giver of life: the universe sings your glory.

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

2000 Carols from King's at King's College, Cambridge

The 2000 Carols from King's at King's College, Cambridge.

Hymn - Once in royal David’s city
Bidding Prayer
Carol - Quem pastores laudavere (arr. John Rutter)
Carol - In dulci jubilo (R.L. Pearsall)
First reading
Carol - Angels from the realms of glory (arr. Philip Ledger)
Carol - In the bleak mid-winter (Harold Darke)
Second reading
Carol - Quittez, pasteurs (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Hymn - While shepherds watched
Third reading
Carol - Silent night (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Carol - The Shepherd's Carol (Bob Chilcott)
Fourth reading
Carol - The Angels and the Shepherds (arr. C.H. Trevor)
Carol - Riu, riu, chiu (Mateo Flecha the elder)
Hymn - O little town of Bethlehem
Fifth reading - Luke 2
Carol - The Shepherds' Farewell (Hector Berlioz)
Carol - I wonder as I wander (Carl Rutti)
Sixth reading
Carol - No small wonder (Paul Edwards)
Carol - Sussex Carol (arr. David Willcocks)
Seventh reading
Carol - Gloria in excelsis Deo (Thomas Weelkes)
Hymn - God rest ye merry gentlemen
Blessing
Hymn - Hark! the herald-angels sing
Voluntary - Vom Himmel hoch BWV 606 (JS Bach)
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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholars: Daniel Hyde & Benjamin Byle

See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols