23 december 2023
Festival Lessons and carols
Wijk bij Duurstede
Organist: Sander van den Houten
Dirigent: Rintje te Wies
Programma
Once in royal David’s city – arr. David Willcocks
Short Word
O magnum mysterium – Jonathan Lane
First lesson: Genesis 3 : 8 – 15
Adam lay ybounden – Boris Ord
Second lesson: Isaiah 2 : 2 – 5
Come thou, Redeemer of the earth – arr. Stephen Cleobury
Third lesson: Luke 1 : 26 – 33
Ne timeas Maria – Tomás Luis da Vittoria
Bogoroditsye Dyevo – Arvo Pärt
Fourth lesson: Luke 1 : 34 – 38
Magnificat in G – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Fifth lesson: Luke 2 : 1 – 7
Sir Christemas – Jonathan Lane
Sixth lesson : Luke 2 : 8 – 14
On Christmas night (The Sussex Carol) – arr. Philip Ledger
Seventh lesson: Luke 2 : 15 – 20
The little road to Bethlehem – Michael Head
While shepherds watched their flocks by night – arr. David Willcocks
Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 : 1 – 8
Away in a manger – arr. David Willcocks
Maria Wiegenlied – Max Reger
Ninth lesson: Matthew 2 : 9 – 12
Cantique de Noël – Alphonse Adam
Last Word
O come all, ye faithful – arr. David Willcocks
Silent night – arr. Lumsden