Music and Readings for Advent and Christmas
Sunday, 6 December 2016
| Cathedral Choir & Notability | The Truth From Above (Vaughan Williams) |
| All | O come, O come Emmanuel |
| Notability | Ave Maria (Vytautas Miškinis) Candlelight Carol (John Rutter) |
| All | The angel Gabriel |
| Cathedral Choir | A maiden most gentle (Andrew Carter) |
| Anthony Hunt (Organ) | Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (J.S. Bach, BWV 700) |
| Cathedral Choir & Notability | Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninov) |
| All | Once in royal David’s city |
| Notability | Ding Dong! Merrily on high (G R Woodward, Christopher Cotton) Mary’s Boy Child (Jester Hairston) |
| Cathedral Choir | Videntes Stellam (Francis Poulenc) Angels we have heard on high (Eric Pazdziora) |
| All | O come, all ye faithful |
| Cathedral Choir & Notability | O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen) |
| All | God rest ye merry, gentlemen |
| All | Lo he comes with clouds descending |
| Anthony Hunt | Fanfare on Antioch (Gerre Hancock) |
An end at last to the building work in Cathedral House meant that we had the space to put on our Advent and Christmas service-cum-concert again this year, in support of, and with the help of, our two charities Caritas Diocese of Salford and Salford Loaves and Fishes. Bishop John presided, with words of welcome and a final blessing, and the Bishop of Manchester Rt Rev David Walker gave an address. Musically speaking, there was a good mix of Advent and Christmas-themed music, but the beginning and end of the celebration made it clear, I hope, that Christmas had yet to arrive.
