A feast of Christmas carols by candle-light from the Choir of Winchester Cathedral. Also performances featuring mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins and bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, with readings from Amanda Burton and Joe McGann, who tell the story of the Nativity in the words of the King James Bible. Carols and music include O Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World, Silent Night and For Unto Us A Child Is Born [Handel's Messiah], all sung in the glorious setting of historic Winchester Cathedral. A heartwarming, traditional celebration for Christmas Day.
Director of Music: Andrew Lumsden
Music Adviser: Robert Prizeman
Producer/Director: Pamela Hossick
Executive Producer: Tommy Nagra
PROGRAMME CONTENT
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Reading: “Today Jesus Christ is Born” (Common Worship, page 81)
Isaiah 9:2
(King James Bible)
O Come All Ye Faithful
Reading: Luke 2: V 1-7
(King James Bible)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Christmas Song - O Holy Night
Reading: Luke 2: verses 8-14
(King James Bible)
On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Reading: Luke 2 verses 15-16 (King James Bible)
Silent Night
Reading: Christmas Bells
(By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Carol Of The Bells
In The Bleak Mid-winter
Reading: Isaiah 9: 6
(King James Bible)
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Reading: Matthew 2: Verses 1 - 5 (King James Bible)
Nativity Carol
Reading: Matthew 2 [verses 7-11]
(King James Bible)
The Three Kings
Reading: Christmas Poem (
Anon.)
O Magnum Mysterium
Reading: 1 John 4: 7-12 (King James Bible)
Still Still Still
The Blessing given by The Very Rev. James Atwell, Dean of Winchester
Joy To The World