| Carols from the Yard A service of lessons & carols at Memorial Church, Harvard University The Harvard University Choir The Bach Society Orchestra Murray Forbes Somerville, director Nancy B. Granert, organist World Premier Recording!
Since 1910, the tradition of the Harvard Carol Service has grown so popular that it is now sung on two successive evenings. With Memorial Church's large 4-manual Fisk organ and the excellent Harvard University Choir, this is a service that deserves its immense popularity.
Prelude: Woodman: In dulci jubilo Introit: In dulci julbio
Processional Hymn: Adeste fideles Sentences from Scripture and Invocation Palestrina: Canite tuba Callahan: Come rejoicing, praises voicing Schütz: Ein Kind is uns geboren Hymn: Holst: Personent hodie The Second Lesson Brahms: Ave Maria Spiritual, arr Dawson: Mary Had a Baby Spanish trad: Riu, Riu, Chiu Niedmann: In the ending of the Year
The Third Lesson Darke: In the bleak mid-winter arr. Near: And all in the morning Basque carol, arr Willcocks: Sing lullaby Praetorius: To us is born Immanuel arr. Schulz-Widmar: Jesus, Jesus, rest your head Hymn: Silent Night Prayers and the Lord's Prayer
Hymn: Joy to the world
Byrd: Benediction and Choral Amen (sung from the Memorial Room) Postlude: Cook: Paean on Divinum Mysterium |