The traditional readings, anthems and carols following the pattern of King’s College, Cambridge, led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster, with well-known carols for all to sing.
Carol: Adam lay ybounden | P. Ledger
Carol: This is the truth | R. Vaughan Williams
Anthem: And the Glory of the Lord | G. F. Handel
Carol: A tender shoot | O. Goldschmidt
Carol: Mary’s Magnificat | A. Carter
Carol: A babe is born | W. Mathias
Carol: Quem pastores laudavere | arr. J. Rutter
Carol: Nativity Carol | Rutter
Carol:The Word Made flesh | P. Wilby
Voluntary: Final (Symphonie I) | L. Vierne
At St John’s, Briggate
A traditional service led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster in the oldest church in Leeds
Please wrap up for the cold in the building
Carol: People look East | arr. B. Ferguson
Carol: A maiden most gentle | A. Carter
Carol: Nativity Carol | J. Rutter
Carol: Quem pastores laudavere | J. Rutter
Carol: I saw three ships | Trad arr. J. Rutter
The First Communion of Christmas with free refreshments available from 10pm
Setting: Missa Nativitatis Domini | J. Nixon
Gradual Anthem: Silent Night | D. Houlder
Anthem at Communion: Christmas Night | J. Rutter
Voluntary: Toccata-Noel | C. Tambling
Common Worship
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Trinity Mass (Gloria) | Thorne
Setting: Messe Basse (Sanctus, Agnus Dei) | Faure
Anthem: Balulalow | Britten
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Missa Secunda | Hassler
Psalm: 36 (5-10)
Anthem: Tribus Miraculis | Marenzio
Voluntary: Prelude in C (BWV 547(i)) | J. S. Bach
Responses: P. Radcliffe
Psalm: 96
Setting: Evening Service in D | Dyson
Anthem: Jubilate Deo in B flat | C. V. Stanford
Voluntary: Imperial March | Elgar
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm: 116
Setting: Evening Service in A | Sumsion
Anthem: And I saw a new heaven | Bainton
Voluntary: Chorale prelude on ‘Dundee’ | Parry
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Communion Service in D | K. Leighton
Psalm: 19 (1-6)
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem | H. Howells
Voluntary: Elegiac Romance | J. Ireland
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm: 33 (1-12)
Setting: The Fourth Service | A. Batten
Anthem: O Sing Joyfully | A. Batten
Voluntary: Trio Sonata 1 in E flat, 3rd movt (BWV 525) | J. S. Bach
Responses: Clucas
Psalm: 24
Setting: Evening Service in G | Stanford
Anthem: Thou wilt keep him | S. S. Wesley
Voluntary: Air and Gavotte | Wesley
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Liverpool Mass | N. Rawsthorne
Psalm: 24 (1-6, 7 to end)
Anthem: When to the temple Mary went | J. Eccard
Canticle: Nunc Dimittis in G | Stanford
Voluntary: Sinfonia from Cantata 29 | Bach, arr. Dupre
Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light | Stainer
Anthem: We wait for thy loving kindness | McKie
Anthem: Lux Aurumque | Whitacre
Canticle: Nunc Dimittis in D | Wood
Voluntary: Toccata in G | Dubois
Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Psalm: 18
Canticles: Darke in F
Anthem: O Lorde the Maker | Joubert
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Communion Service in G | Jackson
Psalm: 138
Anthem: The Spirit of the Lord | Elgar
Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Psalm: 1
Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Felix Riley
Anthem: Jubilate in C | Britten
Responses: Sasha Johnson Manning (set 1) & Humphrey Clucas (set 2)
Psalm: 40
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Purest and Highest | Stanford
Common Worship
With Family Church for all ages
Setting: Mass for Four Voices | Byrd
Psalm: 1
Anthem: Os Justi | Bruckner
Responses: Sasha Johnson Manning
Psalm: 5
Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor | Noble
Anthem: Hear my Prayer | Purcell
Responses: Sasha Johnson Manning
Psalm: 62
Canticles: Second Service | Byrd
Anthem: Teach me O Lord | Byrd
