Choral Evensong - 07/01/2009

From All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, with the Choir of King's College, London. Hymn: Why, impious Herod (Veni redemptor) Bidding Prayer Reading: Matthew 1 vv.18-25 A boy was born (Britten) Reading: Yet if His Majesty our Sovereign Lord (Thomas Ford) Lullay, Jesu (Britten) Reading: Bethlehem Down (Bruce Blunt) Herod (Britten) Reading: Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity (John Milton) Jesu, as thou art our Saviour (Britten) Reading: Matthew 2 vv.1-12 The three kings (Britten) Reading: Journey of the Magi (TS Eliot) In the bleak midwinter (Britten) Reading: Colossians 1 vv.15-20 Prayers Noel! (Britten) Blessing Hymn: O worship the Lord (Was lebet) Organ Voluntary: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV739 (Bach) Organ Scholar: Ashley Marshfield Director of Music: David Trendell.