A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

A Christmas Tradition at St. John Cantius Parish

In-Depth History


2007 Program

In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934)

In Dulci Jubilo
Bartholomäus Gesius (1562 – 1613), Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621),
Melchior Franck (1580 – 1639), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Robert Shaw (1916 – 1999)/Alice Parker (b. 1925)

Es Ist Ein Ros
Hugo Distler (1908 – 1942)

The Angels and the Shepherds
Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967)

Mary had a baby
Robert Shaw (1916 – 1999) /Alice Parker (b. 1925)

There is no rose
Anon. 14 th Century

Remember, O thou man
Thomas Ravenscroft (c.1582 – 1635)

O Magnum Mysterium
Jacob Handl (1550 – 1591)

O Salutaris
Felix Anerio (1560-1614)

Tantum Ergo
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611)

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