Service of Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriae Dei Cantores

Service of Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriae Dei Cantores
December 2, 2023
Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA

Organ Prelude

Sleepers Wake! J.S. Bach
Pastorale César Franck
Silent Night arr. Fred Bock
Once in Royal David’s City arr. Robert Farrell
Two settings of: In Dulci Jubilo Bach/Dupré
Nöel Suisse Louis-Claude Daquin
Le Coucou Louis-Claude Daquin
Pastorale from Christmas Oratorio Camille Saint-Saëns
Jesus Christ is Born Today John Jacob Niles
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head John Jacob Niles
“…and call Her Blessed” (from Windows of Comfort) Dan Locklair

Introit A Tender Shoot, Otto Goldschmidt

Hymn O Come All Ye Faithful
Opening Prayer
Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34

Wexford Carol, arr. Richard Lakey
Adam Lay Y-bounden, Howard Skempton
The Shepherd‘s Carol, Bob Chilcott

Reading Luke 1:67–79
Hymn O Little Town of Bethlehem

Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Anon., edited by Mary Berry
Ave Maria, Franz Biebl
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol John Rutter

Reading John 1:1–14, 18
Hymn The Snow Lay on the Ground

Gabriel’s Message, Craig Phillips
In the Bleak Midwinter, Ēriks Ešenvalds
Now May We Singen, Cecilia McDowall

Closing Prayers
The Lord’s Prayer
Benediction

Choral Postlude
Sir Christèmas, William Matthias

Organ Postlude
Fugue and Toccata from Variations on a Nöel Marcel Dupré

About the Choir: Gloriæ Dei Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) holds a passionate dedication to illuminate truth and beauty through choral artistry, celebrating a rich tradition of Sacred choral music from Gregorian chant through the twenty-first century. Founded in 1988, Gloriæ Dei Cantores from Orleans, MA, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, has touched the hearts of audiences in twenty-three countries in Europe, Russia, and North America, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its artistic elegance, performance authenticity, and compelling spirituality.

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