Luceat Choir – Vidimmus Gloriam Eius: A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmas (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

From its humble beginnings more than one hundred and forty years ago, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols has become a cornerstone of Christmas in the Anglican repertoire. The very first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols took place on Christmas Eve 1880 in Truro: the newly-enthroned Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Edward White Benson, devised a service of readings and carols to bring the worshipping community together, rather than in previous years where the choir would go from house to house in the parish, and with the added benefit of keeping parishioners out of the Cornish taverns. It traces the story of the Fall of Adam to the prophecies of the coming of the Messiah, culminating in the iconic prologue to the Gospel of St John, where Jesus is identified as the “Word” of God, asserting the divinity of Christ who has come from God as the redeemer of humankind.

Tracklist:
1-01. Luceat Choir – O Pastor Animarum (01:48)
1-02. Charlotte Jeffries – Once in Royal David’s City (Arr. J. O’Donnell for Soprano & Mixed Choir) (05:01)
1-03. Darren McFarland – Welcome & Bidding Prayer (02:49)
1-04. Luceat Choir – No. 1, Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden (01:15)
1-05. Francesca Millar – The First Lesson (02:40)
1-06. Luceat Choir – In Dulci Jubilo (Arr. R. Pearsall for Mixed Choir) (03:28)
1-07. John Liggins – The Second Lesson (01:09)
1-08. Luceat Choir – The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. J. Nixon for Organ & Mixed Choir) (03:06)
1-09. Melissa Talbot – Joys Seven (Arr. S. Cleobury for Organ & Mixed Choir) (03:16)
1-10. Matthew Snape – The Third Lesson (01:03)
1-11. Luceat Choir – A Spotless Rose (03:01)
1-12. Luceat Choir – Of the Father’s Heart Begotten (Arr. D. Willcocks for Organ & Mixed Choir) (05:06)
1-13. Maheshi Ramasamy – The Fourth Lesson (01:29)
1-14. Luceat Choir – A Patre Unigenitus (03:27)
1-15. Luceat Choir – Sussex Carol (Arr. B. Chilcott for Organ & Mixed Choir) (01:57)
1-16. Merryn Voysey – The Fifth Lesson (01:40)
2-17. Luceat Choir – Dormi, Jesu (05:13)
2-18. Greta Economides – The Sixth Lesson (01:03)
2-19. Luceat Choir – See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Arr. D. Willcocks for Organ & Mixed Choir) (05:07)
2-20. Luceat Choir – Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Arr. D. Willcocks for Organ & Mixed Choir) (04:31)
2-21. James Fellows – The Seventh Lesson (01:58)
2-22. Francesca Millar – Sing Lullaby (Arr. R. Quinney for Mixed Choir) (03:51)
2-23. Luceat Choir – The First Nowell (Arr. D. Willcocks for Organ & Mixed Choir) (05:29)
2-24. Andres Pollard – The Eighth Lesson (02:11)
2-25. Daisy Widdicombe – Lully, Lulla, Lullay (04:29)
2-26. Daniel Maw – We Three Kings (Arr. M. Neary for Organ, Soloists & Mixed Choir) (03:02)
2-27. John Hall – The Ninth Lesson (02:03)
2-28. Luceat Choir – What Sweeter Music (04:52)
2-29. Luceat Choir – Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. M. Wilberg & P. Stevens for Organ & Mixed Choir) (02:36)
2-30. Darren McFarland – The Collect, Proclamation & Blessing (01:36)
2-31. Luceat Choir – A Christmas Blessing (02:55)
2-32. Luceat Choir – Adeste Fideles (05:21)
2-33. Rory Moules – La Nativité du Seigneur, I/14 (08:53)