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Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
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The Nativity depicted in the South Stall Woodwork of Saint Thomas Church[/caption]
Eternal God, who made this most holy night to shine with the brightness of thy one true light: bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth, to see the radiance of thy heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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4:00 p.m. | High Altar
A live webcast will be available starting on December 24, 2025 at 16:00 pm.
| Sung by | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Organ Prelude | |
| Noël Étranger | by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) |
| A Festive Voluntary: Variations on ‘Good King Wenceslas | by Petr Eben (1929-2007) |
| Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 | by Marcel Dupre (1886-1971) |
| Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, from ‘Eleven Chorale Preludes’, Op. 122, no. 8 | by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
| Carols | |
| On Christmas Night | by Anonymous (Sussex Carol), arr. Philip Ledger (1937-2012) |
| Jesus Christ, the apple tree | by Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987) |
| Adam lay ybounden | by Laura Sheils |
| Riu, riu, chiu | by Mateo Flecha the Elder |
| In dulci jubilo | arr. Philip Moore |
| O radiant dawn | by Sir James MacMillan |
| A tender shoot | by Kerensa Briggs |
| The holly and the ivy | by Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) |
| I sing of a Mayden | by Benedict Tanner |
| In the bleak mid-winter | by Harold Darke (1888-1976) |
| Shepherd’s pipe carol | by Sir John Rutter |
| Eastern Monarchs | by Andrew Millington |
| Ding dong, merrily on high | arr. Mack Wilberg |
| Organ Voluntary | |
| In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 | by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Sortie on ‘In dulci jubilo’ | by David Briggs (b. 1962) |
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