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17 December 2019

Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree (England)









The tree of life my soul hath seen
Laden with fruit and always green
The tree of life my soul hath seen
Laden with fruit and always green
The trees of nature fruitless be
Compared with Christ the applle tree

His beauty doth all things excel
By faith I know but ne'er can tell
His beauty doth all things excel
By faith I know but ne'er can tell
The glory which I now can see
In Jesus Christ the apple tree.

For happiness I long have sought
And pleasure dearly I have bought
For happiness I long have sought
And pleasure dearly I have bought
I missed of all but now I see
'Tis found in Christ the apple tree.

I'm weary with my former toil
Here I will sit and rest a while
I'm weary with my former toil
Here I will sit and rest a while
Under the shadow I will be
Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.

This fruit does make my soul to thrive
It keeps my dying faith alive
This fruit does make my soul to thrive
It keeps my dying faith alive
Which makes my soul in haste to be
With Jesus Christ the apple tree.

Words: Joshua Smith (1784)
Music: Elizabeth Poston
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27 March 2016

Easter from King's 2016



In a tradition dating from 2004 the renown King's College Choir presents Easter from Kings, Passiontide to Easter Day for 2016 from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

See also - Easter from King's from previous years:


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Choir of King's College Cambridge - Easter from King's: Passiontide to Easter Day
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01 January 2016

Blessed be that Maid Mary







Blessed be that maid Marie;
Born he was of her body;
Very God ere time began,
Born in time the Son of Man.
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine.

In a manger of an ass
Jesu lay and lullèd was;
Born to die upon the Tree
Pro pecante homine.
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine.

Seet and blissful was the song
Chanted of the angel throng;
'Peace on earth, alleluya!
In excelsis gloria.'
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine.

Fare three kings from far-off land,
Incense, gold, and myrrh in hand;
In Bethlem the Babe they see,
Stelle ducti lumine.
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine.

Make we merry on this fest,
In quo Christus natus est;
On this Child I pray you call,
To assoil and save us all.
Eya! Ihesus hodie
Natus est de Virgine.

Text: 15th century English Carol from MS. Sloan 2593, fol. 51, v0
Tune: arr. Stephen Cleobury
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28 December 2015

Coventry Carol (England)

VERSION I:






VERSION II: KENNETH LEIGHTON







Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we do sing
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

Herod, the king, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young to slay.

That woe is me, poor Child for Thee!
And ever mourn and sigh,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

Words: Robert Croo (1534)
Music: Anonymous (16th century)
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25 December 2015

2015 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (Live Recording) from King's College, Cambridge

Live Sound Recording from BBC Radio of the 2015 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge at 3:00pm, 24 December 2015.



Link: Program Booklet for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2015 (PDF)

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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2015 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)

COMPLETE VERSION (with readings and prayers):



CAROLS ONLY:




Carols from King's 2015, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholars: Tom Etheridge and Richard Gowers

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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1992 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)



Carols from King's 1992, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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24 December 2015

Here is the Little Door













1. Here is the little door,
lift up the latch, oh lift!
We need not wander more,
but enter with our gift;
Our gift of finest gold.
Gold that was never bought or sold;
Myrrh to be strewn about his bed;
Incense in clouds about His head;
All for the child that stirs not in His sleep,
But holy slumber hold with ass and sheep.

2. Bend low about His bed,
For each He has a gift;
See how His eyes awake,
Lift up your hands, O lift!
For gold, He gives a keen-edged sword.
(Defend with it thy little Lord!)
For incense, smoke of battle red,
Myrrh for the honored happy dead;
Gifts for His children, terrible and sweet;
Touched by such tiny hands,
and Oh such tiny feet


Words: Francis Chesterton (1874-1936)
Music: Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
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09 December 2015

I Sing Of A Maiden (I Syng Of A Mayden)

TUNE I: PATRICK HADLEY












TUNE II: ARNOLD BAX








TUNE III: LENNOX BERKELEY










Lyrics in Original Middle English:
I syng of a mayden
That is makeles;
Kyng of alle Kynges
To her Son she ches.

He cam al so stylle
There his moder was
As dew in Aprylle
That fallyt on the gras;

He cam al so stylle
To his moderes bowr
As dew in Aprylle
That fallyt on the flour;

He cam al so stylle
There his moder lay
As dew in Aprylle
That fallyt on the spray;

Moder and mayden
Was never non but she;
Wel may swych a lady
Godes moder be.

Lyrics in Modern English:
I sing of a maiden
That is matchless,
King of all kings
For her son she chose.

He came as still
Where his mother was
As dew in April
That falls on the grass.

He came as still
To his mother's bower
As dew in April
That falls on the flower.

He came as still
Where his mother lay
As dew in April
That falls on the spray.

Mother and maiden
There was never, ever one but she;
Well may such a lady
God's mother be.
Historical Information

Words: 15th c. Middle English, Sloane Manuscript 2593, ff.10v-11
Music:
Tune I: Patrick Hadley
Tune II: Arnold Bax
Tune III: Lennox Berkeley
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08 December 2015

The Truth From Above (England)













This is the truth sent from above
The truth of God, the God of love
Therefore don't turn me from your door
But hearken will both rich and poor

The first thing that I do relate
Is that God did man create
The next thing which to you I'll tell
Woman was made with man to dwell

And after that, 'twas God's own choice
To place them both in Paradise,
There to remain of evil free
Except they ate of such a tree.

But they did eat, which was a sin,
And so their ruin did begin,
Ruined themselves, both you and me,
And all of their posterity.

Thus we were heirs to endless woes
Till God and Lord did interpose
And so a promise soon did run
That he would redeem us by his son

And at that season of the year
Our blessed redeemer did appear
He here did live and here did preach
And many thousands he did teach

Thus he in love to us behaved
To show us how we must be saved
And if you want to know the way
Be pleased to hear what he did say

Words: Traditional
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams
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07 December 2015

Adam lay ybounden (Philip Ledger)











See also: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord)

Adam lay ybounden
Bounden in a bond;
Four thousand winter,
Thought he not too long.

And all was for an apple
An apple that he took.
As clerkes finden,
Written in their book.

Ne had the apple taken been
The apple taken been,
Ne had never our ladie,
Abeen heav'ne queen.

Blessed be the time
That apple taken was,
Therefore we moun singen.
Deo gracias!

See also: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord)

Historical Background

Words: Sloane Manuscript 2593 (15th century)
Music: Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
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02 December 2015

2007 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)





Carols from King's 2007, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

Hymn - Once in royal David’s city
Welcome
Carol - In dulci jubilo (R.L. Pearsall)
Reading - Isaiah 9
Carol - A Child is born in Bethlehem (Samuel Scheidt)
Carol - Sussex Carol (arr. Philip Ledger)
Reading - A New Nativity (Alan Titchmarsh)
Carol - King Jesus hath a garden (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Carol - Tomorrow shall by my dancing day (John Gardner)
Reading - Luke 2
Carol - A babe is born (William Mathias)
Hymn - While shepherds watched their flocks
Reading - The Burning Babe (Robert Southwell)
Carol - The infant king (arr. David Willcocks)
Carol - Past three o'clock (arr. Stephen Cleobury) 
Reading - Matthew 2 
Carol - Bethlehem down (Peter Warlock)
Carol - Ding! Dong! merrily on high (arr. Mack Willberg)
Reading - Christmas (John Betjeman)
Carol - Dormi Jesu (John Rutter) 
Hymn - God rest you merry gentlemen
Reading - John 1
Carol - God is with us (John Tavener)
Blessing
Hymn - Hark! the herald angels sing
Voluntary - Vom Himmel hoch BWV 606 (JS Bach)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholars: Peter Stevens & Thomas Kimber

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:

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

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20 April 2015

Easter from King's 2015





In a tradition dating from 2004 the renown King's College Choir presents Easter from Kings, Passiontide to Easter Day for 2015 from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

00:24 Hymn - There Is A Green Hill Far Away
02:42 Bidding Prayer - The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean
04:39 Crucifixus a 8 (Antonio Lotti)

07:33 The First Reading - Mark 11:1-11a. The Entry Into Jerusalem
09:38 Hosanna To The Son Of David (Thomas Weelkes)
11:32 Hymn - Ride On, Ride On In Majesty

13:47 The Second Reading - Palm Sunday Sonnnet By Malcolm Guite
15:08 Faire Is The Heaven (William Henry Harris)

20:09 The Third Reading - Mark 14:16-26. The Last Supper
22:17 Tantum Ergo (Maurice Duruflé)
24:43 Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart)

27:13 The Fourth Reading - Luke 22 The Agony in the Garden
28:55 The Lord’s Prayer (John Tavener)
31:37 Hear My Prayer, O Lord (Henry Purcell)

33:53 The Fifth Reading - Luke 22:39-48. Gethsemane
35:26 Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Orlando Gibbons)
36:51 Wash Me Throughly (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

41:22 The Sixth Reading - Mark 15:24-37. The Crucifixion
44:12 Crux Fidelis (John Iv Of Portugal)
46:23 Salvator Mundi (John Blow)
50:05 Hymn - When I Survey (Verses 1,3,5)

52:41 The Seventh Reading - At A Calvary Near The Ancre By Wilfred Owen
53:52 Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland)

59:36 The Eight Reading - Matthew 28:1-10. The First Easter Morning
01:01:41 Surrexit Christus Hodie (Scheidt)
01:04:12 My Beloved Spake (Patrick Hadley)
01:07:15 Hymn - Thine Be The Glory

01:10:05 Blessing - Given By The Dean, With Congregation And Response
01:10:46 Hymn - Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
01:12:38 Organ Voluntary: Christ Lag In Todesbanden BWV 625 (Bach)

See also - Easter from King's from previous years:

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07 March 2015

Lamb of God (Twila Paris)









Your only Son
No sin to hide
But You have sent Him,
From Your side
To walk upon this guilty sod
And to become the Lamb of God

Your gift of Love
They crucified
They laughed and scorned him as he died
The humble King
They named a fraud
And sacrificed the Lamb of God

Chorus:

Oh Lamb of God, Sweet lamb of God
I love the Holy Lamb of God
Oh wash me in His precious Blood
My Jesus Christ the Lamb of God
I was so lost I should have died
But You have brought me to Your side
To be led by Your staff and rod
And to be call a lamb of God (Chorus)

Oh wash me in His precious Blood
My Jesus Chris the Lamb of God

Composer: Twila Paris (1985)

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) series.
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26 December 2014

2014 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (Live Recording) from King's College, Cambridge

Live Sound Recording from BBC Radio of the 2014 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge at 3:00pm, 24 December 2014.



Link: Program Booklet for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2014 (PDF)

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
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
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25 December 2014

1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge (UPDATE: 2014 digitally remastered version)

2014 DIGITALLY REMASTERED VERSION




ORIGINAL (1954) RECORDING


Historical recording of the 1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge under the direction of Boris Ord.

Hymn - Once in royal David's city 
Bidding Prayer
Carol - And there were shepherds (JS Bach) 
First Lesson - Genesis 3
Carol - Up! good Christen folk (Piae Cantiones)
Carol - In dulci jubilo (Pearsall) 
Second Lesson - Luke 1
Carol - Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary! (arr. Charles Wood) 
Third Lesson - Matthew 1 
Carol - A virgin most pure (arr. Charles Wood) 
Fourth Lesson - Luke 2
Hymn - While shepherds watched 
Fifth Lesson - Matthew 2 
Carol - The Three Kings (Peter Cornelius)
Carol - Sing lullaby (arr. Edgar Pettman)
 Sixth Lesson - John 1
Collect and Blessing 
Hymn - O Come all ye faithful
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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Boris Ord
Organ Scholar - Hugh McLean

UPDATED - 25 Dec 2014:
To mark 60 years of the BBC broadcast of Carol's from King's College Cambridge; BBC screened a digitally remastered copy of the 1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
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
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60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)





An amazing documentary broadcast on the BBC Christmas Day 2014. Features rare footage from many years of the Carol broadcasts since 1954 and revealing interviews with giants of Choral composing today such as John Rutter and Bob Chilcott, both past choral scholars at Kings. As well as an interview with Jonathan Willcocks son of the great Sir David Willcocks who will be 95 this year. An unbelievably good Christmas gift and treat.

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
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


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24 December 2014

2014 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)





Carols from King's 2014, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

Hymn - Once in royal David’s city
Carol - Up! Good Christen Folk (Piae Cantiones) 
First reading - Isaiah 9 
Carol - A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt)
Carol - Sussex Carol (arr. David Willcocks) 
Second reading - Letter from Private Cunningham of the 5th Scottish Rifles 
Carol - Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Carol - In the bleak mid-winter (Gustav Holst)
Hymn - It came upon the midnight clear 
Third reading - Luke 1 
Carol - The angel Gabriel (arr. Edgar Pettman)
Carol - Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock) 
Fourth reading - Whereto shall we liken (Christina Rossetti) 
Carol - A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
Carol - Joys Seven (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
 Hymn - God rest you merry, gentlemen 
Fifth reading - Luke 2 
Carol - The lamb (John Tavener)
Carol - Ding! Dong! merrily on high (arr. Mack Wilberg & Peter Stevens) 
Sixth reading - Matthew 2 
Carol - Noel nouvelet (Stephen Jackson) 
Seventh reading - Royal Presents (Nathaniel Wanley) 
Carol - The three kings (Peter Cornelius)
Carol - A babe is born all of a may (William Mathias) 
Eighth reading - John 1
Carol - God is with us (John Tavener)
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 Scholar: Douglas Tang

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
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
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14 September 2014

Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing (SICILIAN MARINERS)



1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
O refresh us, O refresh us,
Traveling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration
For thy gospel's joyful sound:
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
Ever faithful, ever faithful
To the truth may we be found!

3 So whene'er the signal's given
Us from earth to call away,
Born on angel's wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey
May we ever, may we ever
Reign with Christ in endless day!

Text: John Faw­cett (stanzas 1-2), 1773; God­frey Thring (stan­za 3)
Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS
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