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radio intro "The Lamb" - John Tavener, lyrics by William Blake "Adeste Fidelis" - John Francis Wade [attributed] Invocation and greetings First Lesson: Luke "Ave Maria" - Franz Biebl [1964] "There Is No Rose" - Benjamin Britten "The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came" - traditional Basque carol "Sing of a Girl" - Peter Niedmann, lyrics by Damien Lundy "Myn Lyking" - Richard Runciman Terry, after a 15th century Middle English hymn Second Lesson: Luke "While Shepherds Watched" ("Sherburne") - Daniel Read, lyrics by Nahum Tate "An Heavenly Sing" - Carson P. Cooman, after an anonymous medieval carol "Angels We Have Heard On High" - traditional French melody "Sussex Carol"- traditional English carol, David Wilcocks arrangement "The Christ Child" - Gabriel Jackson, lyrics by G.K. Chesterson Third Lesson: Matthew "Christmas Eve" - Samuel Barber [1920], - world premiere [first performed at the Dec.15, 2013 concert] of new version reconstructed by Iain Quinn "King Jesus Hath a Garden" - traditional Dutch carol "Personent hodie" - 16th century song from the "Piae Cantiones", adapted by Gustav Holst "O Magnum Mysterium" - Nicholas White 2;34 "Evergreen" - Daniel Pinkham, lyrics by Robert Hillyer "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") - Franz Xaver Gruber "Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul" - Gustav Nyquist, lyrics by Edvard Evers "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Felix Mendelssohn closing remarks

The Harvard University Choir Edward Elwyn Jones, choirmaster Christian Lane, organ Professor Jonathan L. Walton presiding live at the Memorial Church at Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA December 16, 2013 live broadcast on WHRB-FM The 104th annual Christmas Carols Service at Harvard Memorial Church

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