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:

• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011

Sing, O Sing [Dan Schutte]

1. Sing, O sing, like the wind and sea; let music fill the skies!
Lift your voice like the thund’ring waves: let songs of praise arise!
Praise God with drums and dancing! Praise God with flute and horn!
Blessed be our God, Mighty Lord of all!

2. Night and day we announce your praise; O Lord of ev'ry land,
Give you thanks for the sun and stars, all blessings of your hand.
Helper of all who labor, Comfort to all who mourn.
Praise to you, O God, Mighty Lord of all!

3. Mighty Master of raging storm; we kneel before your power.
Loving Lord of the faithful rain, that makes the desert flower.
Giver of song and sorrow, Grower of every seed.
Praise to you, O God, Mighty Lord of all!

4. Hear us, Lord of the sun and moon; we bless you night and day.
Guide us, Lord, as we journey home; be with us on our way.
Spirit of field and forest, Power of snow and rain.
Praise to you, O God, Mighty Lord of all!

5. Make us shine like stars of night; we bless your holy name!
Make our love like a blazing light; O set our hearts aflame!
Master of dawn and darkness, Maker of shining star.
Praise to you, O God, Mighty Lord of all!

Composer: Dan Schutte (1987)

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.

All Are Welcome (Let Us Build A House) [Marty Haugen]

Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace;
here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true,
where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s reign anew.
Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God’s grace;
here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine, and wheat:
a banquet hall on holy ground where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space;
as we share in Christ the feast that free us:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone
to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known.
Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where all are named, their songs and visions heard
and loved and treasured, taught and claimed as words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace,
let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Composer: Marty Haugen (1994)

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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.

Nuit lumineuse, nuit bienheureuse (Taizé)

1. Nuit lumineuse, nuit bienheureuse, nuit où Christ descendit des cieux !
O doux mystère : Christ sur a terre, vient porter le salut de Dieu !
Vibre, mon âme ! Chante et proclame, chante ta joie !
Dieu te l’envoie, Christ le Sauveur, le Roi, Alléluia !
Plus de tristesse, plus de détresse, sois sans alarmes, sèche tes larmes :
Peuple voici ton Roi ! Alléluia !

2. Paix sur la terre : Dieu notre Père donne au monde l’enfant Jésus.
Gloire et louange, chantent les anges, Gloire au Fils, le Sauveur, l’Élu !
Nuit adorabe ! Là, dans l’ étable, pauvres et mages vont rendre hommage,
Vont saluer leur Roi. Alléluia !
Peuple fidèle, viens, Dieu t’appelle ! Plein d’allégresse, plein de tendresse,
Viens adorer ton Roi, Alléluia !

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  

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:

• Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2013 (live)
• Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1954 (live)

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

• 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)
• Carols from King's 2014
• Carols from King's 2013
• Carols from King's 2012
• Carols from King's 2011
• Carols from King's 2010
• Carols from King's 2003
• Carols from King's 2000
• Carols from King's 1996

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

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:

• Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2014 (live)
• Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2013 (live)
• Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1954 (live)

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

• 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)
• Carols from King's 2014
• Carols from King's 2013
• Carols from King's 2012
• Carols from King's 2011
• Carols from King's 2010
• Carols from King's 2003
• Carols from King's 2000
• Carols from King's 1996

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