The 112th Annual Christmas Carol Service
Dec 12, 2021 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
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With WHRB-Classical
Welcome to America’s oldest carol service, presented by the Memorial Church at Harvard University. In 1910, the newly appointed University Organist and Choirmaster, Archibald T. Davison, and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Edward C. Moore, devised the first annual Christmas Carol Service for Harvard University. The liturgy they prepared has remained virtually unchanged since: three lessons from scripture, interspersed with choral and congregational carols, beginning with “Adeste, fideles” sung in Latin. Over a century later, this service continues to be a cherished part of the festive season for the Harvard and Cambridge communities.
4:49 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Variations on the Huron Carol Brenda Portman 2017
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5:01 PM |
| Harvard University Choir In the Stillness Sally Beamish 2007
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5:03 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Adeste, fideles John Francis Wade
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5:08 PM |
| Reverend Alanna C. Sullivan Sentences from Scripture and Welcome
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5:12 PM |
| Professor Stephanie Paulsell '05 First Lesson Luke 1:26–38 Bible Verses
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5:14 PM |
| Harvard University Choir The Lamb John Tavener 1982
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5:18 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Dormi, Jesu! Jaebon Hwang N 2021 Commissioned for the 112th Annual Christmas Carol Service, December 2021
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5:23 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming Michael Praetorius
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5:26 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Balulalow James Burton 2012
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5:28 PM |
| Harvard University Choir What Sweeter Music John Rutter 1987
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5:32 PM |
| Franziskus Lepionka Second Lesson Luke 2:1–14 Bible Verses
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5:34 PM |
| Harvard University Choir While Shepherds Watched Alice Parker 2009 Commissioned for the 100th Annual Christmas Carol Service, December 2009
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5:37 PM |
| Harvard University Choir The Holly and the Ivy Matthew Owens 2011
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5:41 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Angels We Have Heard on High Edward Shippen Barnes
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5:45 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Ding Dong! Merrily On High Mack Wilberg
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5:47 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Thou Shalt Know Him Mark Sirett 1995
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5:50 PM |
| Elizabeth Propst '23 Third Lesson Matthew 2:1–11 Bible Verses
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5:52 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow André J. Thomas 2001
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5:55 PM |
| Harvard University Choir I Wonder As I Wander Carl Rütti 1996
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5:58 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Personent hodie Piæ Cantiones
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6:01 PM |
| Harvard University Choir A Dream of Love, Op. 1414 Carson Cooman ’04 N 2021 Written for the installation of the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts
as Pusey Minister of the Memorial Church, December 12, 2021
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6:04 PM |
| Harvard Univeristy Choir Lully, Lulla, Lullay Philip W. J. Stopford 2008
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6:09 PM |
| Memorial Church Prayers and The Lord's Prayer
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6:14 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Stille Nacht! / Silent Night Franz Xaver Gruber
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6:18 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Suo-gân Edward Elwyn Jones 2003
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6:21 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Darkness Sang to the Light Ruth Watson Henderson From Darkness to Light 2001
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6:26 PM |
| Harvard University Choir Hark! the Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn
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6:32 PM |
| Memorial Church Benediction
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6:33 PM |
| Memorial Church Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Keith Chapman 1976
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