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Happy Christmas, and welcome to the beautiful setting | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
of Dorchester Abbey, for this musical retelling of the Nativity story. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:13 | |
One of our best loved composers, John Rutter, | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
whose Christmas carols are known to millions, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
has put together this special selection of his own music, | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
and music which is close to his heart. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
Music is something that, for me, is just interwoven with Christmas. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
When I think of Christmas, I don't think first of turkey and plum pudding and all that, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:56 | |
I actually think of the music. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
# In dulci jubilo Let us our homage show | 0:00:58 | 0:01:05 | |
# Our heart' joy reclineth In praesepio | 0:01:05 | 0:01:13 | |
# And like a bright star shineth Matris in gremio | 0:01:13 | 0:01:21 | |
# Alpha es et O Alpha es et O. # | 0:01:21 | 0:01:28 | |
I think I am an optimist. A bruised optimist, in a very imperfect world. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
Christmas, for me and for millions of other people, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
is a sort of reminder of just how things might be. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
Because for just a few days each year, politics is suspended. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:44 | |
Normal life is put on hold. And we have the world as it could be. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:50 | |
# O that we were there O that we were there. # | 0:01:57 | 0:02:03 | |
Christmas music for me seems to just sum that up. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
Which is why I never feel Christmas is complete | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
unless in some way or another I have made music. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
# There are Angels singing Nova cantica | 0:02:15 | 0:02:22 | |
# And there the bells are ringing | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
# In Regis curia | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
# Oh, that we were there! Oh, that we were there! | 0:02:30 | 0:02:38 | |
# Oh, that we were there! Oh, that we were there! # | 0:02:38 | 0:02:44 | |
John Rutter conducting his own arrangement of the mediaeval carol In Dulci Jubilo - | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
In Sweet Rejoicing. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
A very fitting start to this festive programme of music. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
Music and Christmas, of course, are indivisible. For many of us, | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
Christmas would not be Christmas without a John Rutter carol. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
We have asked John to trace the Christmas story through music. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
When I was a choirboy in my school chapel choir, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
Christmas was really the high point of our singing year. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
I thought back to the carols that I sang then, and I thought that this programme | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
would not be complete without some of those in there somewhere. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
I then began to compose carols myself, | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
and I thought, well, maybe one or two early ones would be nice. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:37 | |
And to include the most recent of the carols that I have written, called The Colours Of Christmas. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
It all started with that eager excited little boy treble. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
We start our Nativity with This Is The Truth Sent From Above, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
sung by the first of our soloists, Gerald Finley, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
in which God promises to redeem us through his son. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
And then music which John has composed especially for this programme, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
will take us through to Gabriel's message. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
The moment when the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to Jesus. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
# This is the truth sent from above | 0:04:16 | 0:04:22 | |
# The truth of God The God of love | 0:04:22 | 0:04:29 | |
# Therefore don't turn me from your door | 0:04:29 | 0:04:37 | |
# But hearken all Both rich and poor | 0:04:37 | 0:04:44 | |
# The first thing which I do relate | 0:04:47 | 0:04:55 | |
# Is that God did man create | 0:04:55 | 0:05:01 | |
# The next thing which to you I'll tell | 0:05:01 | 0:05:07 | |
# Woman was made with man to dwell | 0:05:07 | 0:05:18 | |
# Thus we were heirs to endless woes | 0:05:24 | 0:05:30 | |
# Till God and Lord did interpose | 0:05:30 | 0:05:37 | |
# And so a promise soon did run | 0:05:37 | 0:05:44 | |
# That He would redeem us by His Son | 0:05:44 | 0:05:54 | |
# The angel Gabriel from heaven came | 0:06:43 | 0:06:51 | |
# His wings as drifted snow His eyes as flame | 0:06:51 | 0:06:57 | |
# "All hail", said he O lowly maiden Mary | 0:06:57 | 0:07:05 | |
# Most highly favoured lady | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
# Gloria | 0:07:09 | 0:07:16 | |
# For know a blessed mother thou shalt be | 0:07:21 | 0:07:29 | |
# All generations laud and honour thee | 0:07:29 | 0:07:36 | |
# Thy son shall be Emmanuel by seers foretold | 0:07:36 | 0:07:46 | |
# Most highly favoured lady | 0:07:46 | 0:07:52 | |
# Gloria | 0:07:52 | 0:07:58 | |
# Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head | 0:08:05 | 0:08:11 | |
# "To me be as it pleaseth God," she said | 0:08:11 | 0:08:19 | |
# My soul shall laud and magnify God's holy name | 0:08:19 | 0:08:28 | |
# Most highly favoured lady | 0:08:28 | 0:08:33 | |
# Gloria | 0:08:33 | 0:08:40 | |
# Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born | 0:08:48 | 0:08:56 | |
# In Bethlehem all on Christmas morn | 0:08:56 | 0:09:03 | |
# And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say | 0:09:03 | 0:09:12 | |
# Most highly favoured lady | 0:09:12 | 0:09:18 | |
# Gloria. # | 0:09:18 | 0:09:30 | |
That was Gabriel's message, an arrangement of the traditional carol, the Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:40 | |
For many of us, the most familiar telling of the Christmas story | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
is in the words of the King James Bible. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
The perfect counterpoint to our musical Nativity. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
And it came to pass in those days that there went out | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
And Joseph also went up from Galilee unto the city of David, | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
which was called Bethlehem, to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
being great with child. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
# Donkey riding over the bumpy road | 0:10:19 | 0:10:25 | |
# Carry Mary all with her heavy load | 0:10:25 | 0:10:30 | |
# Follow Joseph leading you on your way | 0:10:30 | 0:10:36 | |
# Until you find a stable | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
# Somewhere to rest and stay | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
# Donkey riding over the bumpy road | 0:10:43 | 0:10:49 | |
# Carry Mary all with her heavy All with her heavy | 0:10:49 | 0:10:56 | |
# All with her heavy load | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
# Donkey watching over the Jesus child | 0:11:04 | 0:11:09 | |
# See the baby all with his mother mild | 0:11:09 | 0:11:15 | |
# Hear the angels singing their song on high | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
# Noel, Noel, Noel Their carolling fills the sky | 0:11:20 | 0:11:27 | |
# Donkey watching over the Jesus child | 0:11:27 | 0:11:34 | |
# See the baby all with his mother | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
# All with his mother All with his mother mild | 0:11:38 | 0:11:44 | |
# Donkey skip for joy as you go your way | 0:11:48 | 0:11:54 | |
# Alleluia, Jesus is born today | 0:11:54 | 0:12:01 | |
# Hark, the bells ring out with their message clear | 0:12:01 | 0:12:07 | |
# Rejoice and sing that Christ our Saviour Divine is here | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
# Donkey skip for joy as you go your way | 0:12:13 | 0:12:19 | |
# Alleluia | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
# Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia | 0:12:22 | 0:12:28 | |
# Christ is born today. # | 0:12:28 | 0:12:37 | |
Such a big part of the Nativity story | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
is the story of the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
That is the heart of the Nativity story. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
This Jesse Window, John, is... | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
Well, it's what Dorchester Abbey is famous for in many ways. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Tell us the significance of the Jesse Tree to the Nativity story. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
Well, of course, it's always been important to Christians | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
to trace Christ's ancestry | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
and there were 42 generations between Abraham and Joseph | 0:13:10 | 0:13:15 | |
and a Jesse Tree is often depicted, but not so often in stone. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:20 | |
But it brings this whole idea of growth and flowering to life. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:26 | |
Christ himself was seen as a flower, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
the Virgin Mary was portrayed often as a rose or some kind of a flower | 0:13:29 | 0:13:35 | |
and that's really the theme of John Audelay's poem - | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
There is a flower sprung of a tree The root of it is called Jesse | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
A flower of price There is none such in Paradise. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:47 | |
# There is a flower sprung of a tree | 0:13:47 | 0:13:54 | |
# The root thereof is called Jesse | 0:13:54 | 0:14:00 | |
# A flower of price | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
# There is none such in paradise | 0:14:04 | 0:14:11 | |
# This flower is fair and fresh of hue | 0:14:11 | 0:14:17 | |
# It fadeth never But ever is new | 0:14:17 | 0:14:23 | |
# The blessed branch This flower on grew | 0:14:23 | 0:14:30 | |
# Was Mary mild that bare Jesu | 0:14:30 | 0:14:37 | |
# A flower of grace | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
# Against all sorrow It is solace | 0:14:41 | 0:14:49 | |
# When that fair flower Began to spread | 0:14:49 | 0:14:55 | |
# And his sweet blossom began to bed | 0:14:55 | 0:15:02 | |
# Then rich and poor of every land | 0:15:02 | 0:15:09 | |
# They marvelled how | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
# This flower might spread Till kinges three | 0:15:12 | 0:15:19 | |
# That blessed flower came to see | 0:15:19 | 0:15:26 | |
# Alleluia, Alleluia | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
# Angels there came From heaven's tower | 0:15:29 | 0:15:36 | |
-# To look upon this freshele flower -Alleluia, Alleluia | 0:15:36 | 0:15:41 | |
-# How fair he was in his colour -Alleluia, Alleluia | 0:15:41 | 0:15:48 | |
-# And how sweet in his savour -Alleluia, Alleluia | 0:15:48 | 0:15:55 | |
# And to behold how such a flower | 0:15:55 | 0:16:00 | |
# Might spring in gold | 0:16:00 | 0:16:05 | |
# There is a flower sprung of a tree | 0:16:05 | 0:16:12 | |
# The root thereof is called Jesse | 0:16:12 | 0:16:18 | |
# A flower of price | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
# There is none such | 0:16:23 | 0:16:29 | |
# In paradise. # | 0:16:29 | 0:16:40 | |
For many, many artists, the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus | 0:16:44 | 0:16:50 | |
seem to symbolise the human dimension of the Christian faith, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:56 | |
that it all comes down to one family - mother and child. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:02 | |
And the way they have interpreted that | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
is infinitely varied, but for me, THE period is the late Middle Ages | 0:17:05 | 0:17:11 | |
and the early Renaissance | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
where artists seemed to capture a kind of serenity and a calm, | 0:17:14 | 0:17:21 | |
which, for me, is so rare in real life | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
and is so precious in that Christmas story. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
There's something contemplative about the Virgin Mary | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
as she was generally portrayed, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
as if she's pondering the mystery | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
of the extraordinary birth and remembering Gabriel appearing to her, | 0:17:40 | 0:17:47 | |
which is one of the most extraordinary stories in the Bible. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
I think we all are nourished by those images, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:55 | |
even though we may not be conscious of it. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
This is also perfectly described in one of your earliest carols - | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
The Nativity Carol, the first one you wrote, I believe. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
The Nativity Carol was written when I was at school. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
I think I was about 16 at the time | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
and I just had this idea of three-bar phrases | 0:18:12 | 0:18:18 | |
and four-bar phrases that would alternate. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
So, it was actually a rather technical idea, in a funny way, | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
but the words seemed to grow out of that - | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
Born in a stable so bare Born so long ago | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
Born 'neath light of star He who loved us so. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
# Born in a stable so bare | 0:18:40 | 0:18:47 | |
# Born so long ago | 0:18:47 | 0:18:53 | |
# Born 'neath light of star | 0:18:53 | 0:18:59 | |
# He who loved us so | 0:18:59 | 0:19:05 | |
# Far away | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
# Silent he lay | 0:19:09 | 0:19:14 | |
# Born today | 0:19:14 | 0:19:18 | |
# Your homage pay | 0:19:18 | 0:19:23 | |
# For Christ is born for aye | 0:19:23 | 0:19:30 | |
# Born on Christmas Day | 0:19:30 | 0:19:37 | |
# Love in that stable was born | 0:19:39 | 0:19:46 | |
# Into our hearts to flow | 0:19:46 | 0:19:52 | |
# Innocent dreaming babe | 0:19:52 | 0:19:58 | |
# Make me thy love to know | 0:19:58 | 0:20:06 | |
# Far away | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
# Silent he lay | 0:20:09 | 0:20:15 | |
# Born today | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
# Your homage pay | 0:20:18 | 0:20:24 | |
# Christ is born for aye | 0:20:24 | 0:20:32 | |
# Born on Christmas Day. # | 0:20:32 | 0:20:44 | |
And she brought forth her first-born son | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
because there was no room for them in the inn. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
We've just heard a carol that was written a long time ago - | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
your first ever carol, The Nativity Carol. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Now, we'll hear one which has been written most recently - | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
The Colours Of Christmas | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
and it's going to be performed by a choir close to your heart - | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
the Children's International Voices of Enfield. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
# One, two, three, five, six, five | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
# One, two, four, five, six... # | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
I've known June Keyte, the director of Children's International Voices | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
for many years now and we're close friends. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
I've written for her from time to time | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
and when I wrote a carol just a year or so ago, | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
I thought that this might be really appropriate for her choir | 0:21:34 | 0:21:40 | |
and it was clear from the very first time through | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
that they were going to sing it just beautifully. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
# Blue for the robe of his mother so mild | 0:21:48 | 0:21:55 | |
# Gold for the precious gifts they brought to the child... # | 0:21:55 | 0:22:02 | |
There's a freshness and an immediacy which is very hard to recapture | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
once you've grown up. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
It's the fact that they're doing something almost for the first time | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
and they're discovering that it just brings a wonderful, physical sensation about singing. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:19 | |
I remember when I first began to sing, | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
I was no more than four or five years old, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
my school report said, "Sings well when he sings softly". | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
I don't know what that says about me, | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
but I've always loved writing for children's voices. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
They're always a joy. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
# Green for the ivy that grows by the wall | 0:22:45 | 0:22:53 | |
# White for the mistletoe that hangs in the hall | 0:22:53 | 0:23:00 | |
# Red for the berries that shine in the snow | 0:23:00 | 0:23:07 | |
# Orange and yellow for morning's first glow | 0:23:07 | 0:23:14 | |
# These are the colours of Christmas | 0:23:14 | 0:23:20 | |
# Let them shine all over the earth | 0:23:20 | 0:23:27 | |
# These are the colours of happiness | 0:23:27 | 0:23:32 | |
# The joy of a new baby's birth | 0:23:32 | 0:23:40 | |
# Blue for the robe of his mother so mild | 0:23:40 | 0:23:47 | |
# Gold for the precious gifts they brought to the child | 0:23:47 | 0:23:55 | |
# Silver the starlight to shine through your sleep | 0:23:55 | 0:24:03 | |
# And a rainbow for all the sweet dreams you will keep | 0:24:05 | 0:24:12 | |
# These are the colours of Christmas | 0:24:12 | 0:24:17 | |
# Let them shine all over the earth | 0:24:17 | 0:24:24 | |
# These are the colours of happiness | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
# The joy of a new baby's birth | 0:24:29 | 0:24:38 | |
# Blue for the robe of his mother so mild | 0:24:38 | 0:24:46 | |
# Gold for the precious gifts they brought to the child | 0:24:46 | 0:24:53 | |
# Silver the starlight to shine through your sleep | 0:24:53 | 0:25:02 | |
# And a rainbow for all the sweet dreams | 0:25:02 | 0:25:11 | |
# You will keep. # | 0:25:11 | 0:25:16 | |
It's now Christmas morning. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:25 | |
What better way to celebrate than with Ding Dong! Merrily On High? | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
We're going to hear that now. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:30 | |
You've chosen the arrangement by your great friend and mentor, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:34 | |
David Willcocks. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
Ding Dong! Merrily On High has got all the Christmas sparkle | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
you could ever wish for and anyone who's ever sung in a choir | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
will know the great challenge is to get to the end | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
of the "Gloria In Excelsis" bit | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
without taking a breath in the middle. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
With the Cambridge singers on hand, I'm confident that we can do that. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:55 | |
Sir David Willcocks' arrangement, for me, adds sparkle to sparkle. | 0:25:55 | 0:26:01 | |
It's an absolute winner. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
# Ding dong! Merrily on high In heaven the bells are ringing | 0:26:09 | 0:26:15 | |
# Ding dong! Verily the sky Is riven with angels singing | 0:26:15 | 0:26:22 | |
# Gloria | 0:26:22 | 0:26:31 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
# Gloria | 0:26:35 | 0:26:44 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
# E'en so here below, below Let steeple bells be swung | 0:26:50 | 0:26:56 | |
# And, "Io, io, io!" By priest and people sung | 0:26:56 | 0:27:03 | |
# Gloria | 0:27:03 | 0:27:12 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
# Gloria | 0:27:16 | 0:27:25 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
# Pray you, dutifully prime Your matin chime, ye ringers | 0:27:31 | 0:27:38 | |
# May you beautifully rime Your evetime song, ye singers | 0:27:38 | 0:27:44 | |
# Gloria | 0:27:44 | 0:27:52 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
# Gloria | 0:27:56 | 0:28:06 | |
# Hosanna in excelsis! # | 0:28:06 | 0:28:14 | |
BELLS CHIME | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
Our next carol is I Wonder As I Wander, | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
sung for us by baritone Gerald Finley. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:24 | |
I Wonder As I Wander is a carol that comes from | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
the Appalachian folk people of North America, | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
so I feel that that's something I can associate to quite well, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:36 | |
being from Canada. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
It's a folk melody, it uses very, very simple language, | 0:28:39 | 0:28:45 | |
a very simple tune and the way John has arranged it, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:49 | |
it's magical. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:50 | |
# I wonder as I wander | 0:29:23 | 0:29:27 | |
# Out under the sky | 0:29:27 | 0:29:31 | |
# How Jesus the saviour | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
# Did come for to die | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
# For poor ordinary people | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
# Like you and like I | 0:29:43 | 0:29:47 | |
# I wonder as I wander | 0:29:47 | 0:29:52 | |
# Out under the sky | 0:29:52 | 0:29:59 | |
# When Mary birthed Jesus | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
# 'Twas in a cow's stall | 0:30:02 | 0:30:07 | |
# With wise men and farmers | 0:30:07 | 0:30:10 | |
# And shepherds and all | 0:30:10 | 0:30:15 | |
# But high from God's heaven | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
# The star's light did fall | 0:30:18 | 0:30:22 | |
# Then the promise of the ages | 0:30:22 | 0:30:27 | |
# It then did recall... # | 0:30:27 | 0:30:32 | |
# If Jesus had wanted | 0:30:41 | 0:30:45 | |
# For any wee thing | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
# A star in the sky or a bird on the wing | 0:30:49 | 0:30:57 | |
# Or all of God's angels in heaven to sing | 0:30:57 | 0:31:05 | |
# He surely could have had it | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
# Because he was the King | 0:31:09 | 0:31:15 | |
# I wonder as I wander | 0:31:37 | 0:31:41 | |
# Out under the sky | 0:31:41 | 0:31:45 | |
# How Jesus the saviour | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
# Did come for to die | 0:31:49 | 0:31:54 | |
# For poor ordinary people | 0:31:54 | 0:31:58 | |
# Like you and like I | 0:31:58 | 0:32:03 | |
# I wonder as I wander | 0:32:03 | 0:32:09 | |
# Out under | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
# The sky. # | 0:32:11 | 0:32:17 | |
And there were, in the same country, shepherds abiding in the field, | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
keeping watch over their flock by night. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
and glory of the Lord shone round about them, | 0:32:40 | 0:32:42 | |
and they were sore afraid. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
And the angel said unto them, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
"which shall be to all people." | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
Our story now moves on to the appearance of the angels | 0:32:53 | 0:32:57 | |
to the shepherds and you've chosen a passage from Handel's Messiah. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Handel's Messiah. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
And the most extraordinary passage in it, in a way, | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
is the narrative of the angels and the shepherds | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
because it's the only time that Handel tells the story | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
direct in the words of the Bible | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
and brings it to life almost as if it was an opera. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
And you seem to see those sleepy shepherds, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
they're suddenly awakened by this light in the sky | 0:33:23 | 0:33:27 | |
and the angel of the Lord | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
and they become more and more excited. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
And then, the whole heavenly host is there singing "glory to God." | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
Handel was a man of the theatre and he just brings that scene to life. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:40 | |
It's so special, it's something I remember from my childhood, | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
from when my mum sang it in choirs. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:46 | |
And so, to get the chance to stand up and to, as it were, | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
BE the Angel Gabriel is very special. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
# There were shepherds abiding in the field | 0:33:53 | 0:33:58 | |
# Keeping watch over their flock by night | 0:33:58 | 0:34:05 | |
# And lo! | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
# The angel of the Lord came upon them | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
# And the glory of the Lord shone round about them | 0:34:13 | 0:34:18 | |
# And they were sore afraid | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
# And the Angel said unto them | 0:34:24 | 0:34:28 | |
# Fear not, for behold | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
# I bring you good tidings of great joy | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
# Which shall be to all people | 0:34:35 | 0:34:39 | |
# For unto you is born this day | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
# In the City Of David a saviour | 0:34:45 | 0:34:50 | |
# Which is Christ the Lord | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
# And suddenly there was an angel | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
# A multitude of the heavenly host | 0:35:04 | 0:35:08 | |
# Praising God and saying | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
-FULL CHOIR: -# Glory to God | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
# Glory to God in the highest | 0:35:15 | 0:35:21 | |
# And peace on Earth | 0:35:23 | 0:35:29 | |
# Glory to God, glory to God | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
# Glory to God in the highest | 0:35:38 | 0:35:43 | |
# And peace on Earth | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
-ALL REPEAT: -# Good will to all men | 0:35:52 | 0:35:58 | |
# Glory to God | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
# Glory to God in the highest | 0:36:14 | 0:36:19 | |
# And peace on Earth | 0:36:20 | 0:36:25 | |
-ALL REPEAT: -# Good will to all men. # | 0:36:28 | 0:36:32 | |
One of your most popular carols is The Shepherd's Pipe Carol. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
And we are now at that stage in the Nativity | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
when the shepherds are travelling to Bethlehem. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
Tell me what inspired that carol, one of the earliest ones you wrote. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:20 | |
I wrote The Shepherd's Pipe Carol just at the end of my time at school. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:26 | |
And I think I had been leafing through a book of Picasso. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:32 | |
And I remember seeing the little shepherd boy | 0:37:32 | 0:37:37 | |
with his arm round a baby sheep. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
But there was something just rather innocent | 0:37:40 | 0:37:42 | |
and rather lovely, and I thought, | 0:37:42 | 0:37:45 | |
"Well, I wonder if he was a musical shepherd." | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
And I wondered whether he might have been the one | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
who wanted to tell the story. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
# Going through the hills on a night all starry | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
# On the way to Bethlehem | 0:38:02 | 0:38:04 | |
# Far away I heard a shepherd boy piping | 0:38:04 | 0:38:09 | |
# On the way to Bethlehem | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
# Angels in the sky brought this message nigh | 0:38:12 | 0:38:16 | |
# Dance and sing for joy that Christ the King of Kings | 0:38:16 | 0:38:20 | |
# Is come to bring us peace on Earth and he's lying | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
# Cradled there at Bethlehem | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
# Tell me, shepherd boy piping tunes so merrily | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
# On the way to Bethlehem | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
# Who will hear your tunes on these hills so lonely? | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
# On the way to Bethlehem | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
# Angels in the sky brought this message nigh | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
# Dance and sing for joy that Christ the King of Kings | 0:38:46 | 0:38:50 | |
# Is come to bring us peace on Earth and he's lying | 0:38:50 | 0:38:54 | |
# Cradled there at Bethlehem | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
# None may hear my pipes on these hills so lonely | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
# On the way to Bethlehem | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
# But a King will hear me play sweet lullabies | 0:39:07 | 0:39:11 | |
# When I get to Bethlehem | 0:39:11 | 0:39:16 | |
# Angels in the sky came down from on high | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
# Hovered o'er the manger where the babe was lying | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
# Cradled in the arms of his mother Mary | 0:39:23 | 0:39:28 | |
# Sleeping now at Bethlehem | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
# Where is this new King, shepherd boy piping merrily? | 0:39:33 | 0:39:38 | |
# Is he there at Bethlehem? | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
# I will find him soon by the star shining brightly | 0:39:40 | 0:39:45 | |
# In the sky o'er Bethlehem | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
# Angels in the sky brought this message nigh | 0:39:48 | 0:39:52 | |
# Dance and sing for joy that Christ the King of Kings | 0:39:52 | 0:39:56 | |
# Is come to bring us peace on Earth and he's lying | 0:39:56 | 0:40:00 | |
# Cradled there at Bethlehem | 0:40:00 | 0:40:01 | |
# May I come with you, shepherd boy piping merrily? | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
# Come with you to Bethlehem? | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
# Pay my homage too at the new King's cradle | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
# Is it far to Bethlehem? | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
# Angels in the sky brought this message nigh | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
# Dance and sing for joy that Christ the King of Kings | 0:40:21 | 0:40:25 | |
# Is come this night and born in a stable lowly | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
# Born for you | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
# At Bethlehem. # | 0:40:31 | 0:40:38 | |
And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
and the babe lying in a manger. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying that | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
was told them concerning this child. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
by the shepherds. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:57 | |
Christina Rossetti's poem In The Bleak Midwinter | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
is a beautiful reflection on the scene in the stable | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
after Jesus is born. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:12 | |
There are two famous musical settings of her words | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
one by Gustav Holst | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
and one by London organist and composer Harold Darke. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
John met Harold Darke when In The Bleak Midwinter | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
was performed alongside one of his own carols | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
at a Bach Choir Christmas concert in the 1970s. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:29 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:41:36 | 0:41:42 | |
# Frosty wind made moan | 0:41:42 | 0:41:48 | |
# Earth stood hard as iron | 0:41:48 | 0:41:54 | |
# Water like a stone | 0:41:54 | 0:42:02 | |
# Snow had fallen, snow on snow | 0:42:02 | 0:42:08 | |
# Snow on snow | 0:42:08 | 0:42:14 | |
# In the bleak midwinter | 0:42:14 | 0:42:21 | |
# Long | 0:42:21 | 0:42:26 | |
# Ago | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
# Enough for him whom cherubim | 0:42:38 | 0:42:44 | |
# Worship night and day | 0:42:44 | 0:42:50 | |
# A breast full of milk | 0:42:50 | 0:42:56 | |
# And a manger | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
# For a bed | 0:42:59 | 0:43:04 | |
# Enough for him whom angels | 0:43:04 | 0:43:11 | |
# Fall down before | 0:43:11 | 0:43:17 | |
# The ox and ass and camel | 0:43:17 | 0:43:23 | |
# Which adore | 0:43:23 | 0:43:30 | |
# What can I give him? | 0:43:37 | 0:43:44 | |
# Poor as I am | 0:43:44 | 0:43:51 | |
# If I were a shepherd | 0:43:51 | 0:43:57 | |
# I would bring a lamb | 0:43:57 | 0:44:04 | |
# If I were a wise man | 0:44:05 | 0:44:11 | |
# I would do my part | 0:44:11 | 0:44:16 | |
# Yet what I can | 0:44:16 | 0:44:20 | |
# I give him | 0:44:20 | 0:44:24 | |
# Give | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
# My heart | 0:44:27 | 0:44:33 | |
# Give | 0:44:33 | 0:44:39 | |
# My heart. # | 0:44:39 | 0:44:45 | |
And, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, | 0:45:01 | 0:45:06 | |
till it came and stood over where the young child was. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:13 | |
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child | 0:45:13 | 0:45:17 | |
with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
# Sing this night | 0:45:26 | 0:45:28 | |
# For a boy is born in Bethlehem | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
# Christ our Lord | 0:45:30 | 0:45:31 | |
# In a lowly manger lies | 0:45:31 | 0:45:33 | |
# Bring your gifts | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
# Come and worship at his cradle | 0:45:35 | 0:45:37 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:45:37 | 0:45:42 | |
# See his star shining bright | 0:45:44 | 0:45:48 | |
# In the sky this Christmas night | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
# Follow me joyfully | 0:45:51 | 0:45:55 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:45:55 | 0:46:00 | |
# Angels bright | 0:46:04 | 0:46:05 | |
# Come from heavens highest glory | 0:46:05 | 0:46:07 | |
# Bear the news | 0:46:07 | 0:46:09 | |
# With its message of good cheer | 0:46:09 | 0:46:11 | |
# Sing, rejoice | 0:46:11 | 0:46:12 | |
# For a King is come to save us | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:46:14 | 0:46:19 | |
# See his star shining bright | 0:46:22 | 0:46:25 | |
# In the sky this Christmas night | 0:46:25 | 0:46:29 | |
# Follow me joyfully | 0:46:29 | 0:46:32 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:46:32 | 0:46:38 | |
# Asleep he lies In his mother's tender keeping | 0:46:42 | 0:46:46 | |
# Jesus Christ In her loving arms asleep | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
# Shepherds, poor Come to worship and adore him | 0:46:50 | 0:46:54 | |
# Offer their humble gifts Before the son of man | 0:46:54 | 0:47:00 | |
# See his star shining bright | 0:47:03 | 0:47:07 | |
# In the sky this Christmas night | 0:47:07 | 0:47:10 | |
# Follow me joyfully | 0:47:10 | 0:47:15 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:47:15 | 0:47:20 | |
# Let us all pay our homage At the manger | 0:47:24 | 0:47:28 | |
# Sing his praise On this joyful Christmas night | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
# Christ is come Bringing promise of salvation | 0:47:32 | 0:47:35 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:47:35 | 0:47:41 | |
# See his star shining bright | 0:47:44 | 0:47:47 | |
# In the sky this Christmas night | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
# Follow me joyfully | 0:47:50 | 0:47:54 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary | 0:47:54 | 0:47:59 | |
# Hurry to Bethlehem And see the son of Mary. # | 0:48:00 | 0:48:07 | |
Now we're going to move on to the arrival of the three kings | 0:48:12 | 0:48:15 | |
and am I right in thinking this was the solo | 0:48:15 | 0:48:18 | |
that Gerry Finley sang when you discovered him? | 0:48:18 | 0:48:21 | |
I do remember that Gerry Finley sang The Three Kings | 0:48:21 | 0:48:25 | |
while he was a choral scholar at King's College | 0:48:25 | 0:48:29 | |
and I heard him sing it and I thought, "My goodness me". | 0:48:29 | 0:48:33 | |
"This is going to be his signature tune." | 0:48:33 | 0:48:37 | |
And I was very shy of asking, all these years later, | 0:48:37 | 0:48:40 | |
whether he would be willing to repeat his performance | 0:48:40 | 0:48:45 | |
and he said an immediate yes. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
This time of year is always a special time. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:50 | |
I've sung carols since I was a boy chorister | 0:48:50 | 0:48:54 | |
and although I'm an opera singer now and travelling the world, | 0:48:54 | 0:48:59 | |
Christmas time is always about coming back to the carols. | 0:48:59 | 0:49:02 | |
# Three Kings from Persian lands afar | 0:49:04 | 0:49:10 | |
# To Jordan follow the pointing star | 0:49:12 | 0:49:18 | |
# And this the quest Of the travellers three | 0:49:18 | 0:49:22 | |
# Where the new-born King Of the Jews may be | 0:49:22 | 0:49:29 | |
# Full royal gifts they bear For the King | 0:49:31 | 0:49:35 | |
# Gold, incense, myrrh Are their offering | 0:49:35 | 0:49:42 | |
# The star shines out With a steadfast ray | 0:49:45 | 0:49:51 | |
# The kings to Bethlehem Make their way | 0:49:53 | 0:49:58 | |
# And there in worship They bend the knee | 0:50:00 | 0:50:05 | |
# As Mary's child In her lap they see | 0:50:05 | 0:50:11 | |
# Their royal gifts They show to the King | 0:50:13 | 0:50:18 | |
# Gold, incense, myrrh Are their offering | 0:50:18 | 0:50:27 | |
# Thou child of man | 0:50:31 | 0:50:34 | |
# Lo, to Bethlehem | 0:50:34 | 0:50:40 | |
# The Kings are travelling | 0:50:40 | 0:50:45 | |
# Travel with them | 0:50:46 | 0:50:52 | |
# The star of mercy The star of grace | 0:50:52 | 0:50:57 | |
# Shall lead thy heart To its resting place | 0:50:57 | 0:51:01 | |
# Gold, incense, myrrh Thou canst not bring | 0:51:01 | 0:51:07 | |
# Offer thy heart to the infant King | 0:51:08 | 0:51:15 | |
# Offer thy heart. # | 0:51:21 | 0:51:30 | |
You've been called a composer in residence for Christmas, | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
which is a lovely title, one I'm sure you're very proud of, | 0:51:37 | 0:51:41 | |
but I think people might be surprised to hear | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
that you're not a hugely church-going Christian, are you? | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
I suppose I've got a sceptical mind by nature | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
and I always think religious faiths are a gift rather like perfect pitch. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:56 | |
If you haven't got it, don't pretend you've got it | 0:51:56 | 0:52:00 | |
because you'll get found out. | 0:52:00 | 0:52:03 | |
I... I find that I'm nourished and uplifted by faith. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:09 | |
The ceremonies, the history, the liturgy, the music of the Church | 0:52:10 | 0:52:15 | |
is part of me, and I can't imagine my life without it. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:20 | |
I'm just not terribly good at signing on dotted lines | 0:52:20 | 0:52:24 | |
and I think, well, I'll find out soon enough. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
# I saw three ships come sailing in | 0:52:34 | 0:52:37 | |
# Come sailing in Come sailing in | 0:52:37 | 0:52:40 | |
# I saw three ships come sailing in | 0:52:40 | 0:52:43 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:52:43 | 0:52:46 | |
# And here they sail Those ships all three | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
# The ships all three The ships all three | 0:52:49 | 0:52:52 | |
# And here they sail The ships all three | 0:52:52 | 0:52:55 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:52:55 | 0:52:57 | |
# They sailed into Bethlehem | 0:52:59 | 0:53:02 | |
# To Bethlehem To Bethlehem | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
# O they sailed into Bethlehem | 0:53:04 | 0:53:07 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:53:07 | 0:53:10 | |
# And who should be in those three ships | 0:53:11 | 0:53:14 | |
# In those three ships In those three ships | 0:53:14 | 0:53:16 | |
# And who should be in those three ships | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
# But Joseph and his lady | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
# And he did whistle And she did sing | 0:53:23 | 0:53:26 | |
# And she did sing And she did sing | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
# And he did whistle And she did sing | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:53:31 | 0:53:34 | |
WHISTLING TO THE TUNE OF THE VERSE | 0:53:36 | 0:53:38 | |
# La la la la la la la la | 0:53:47 | 0:53:50 | |
# La-la la la La-la la la | 0:53:50 | 0:53:53 | |
# La la la la la la la la | 0:53:53 | 0:53:56 | |
# La la la-la la-la la-la la | 0:53:56 | 0:53:58 | |
# And all the bells On Earth shall ring | 0:53:59 | 0:54:02 | |
# On Earth shall ring On Earth shall ring | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
# And all the bells On Earth shall ring | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:54:07 | 0:54:10 | |
# And all the angels In heaven shall sing | 0:54:10 | 0:54:12 | |
# In heaven shall sing In heaven shall sing | 0:54:12 | 0:54:16 | |
# And all the angels In heaven shall sing | 0:54:16 | 0:54:19 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning | 0:54:19 | 0:54:21 | |
# Then let us all rejoice again | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
# Rejoice again Rejoice again | 0:54:26 | 0:54:28 | |
# Then let us all rejoice again | 0:54:28 | 0:54:32 | |
# On Christmas Day in the morning. # | 0:54:32 | 0:54:36 | |
Written nearly 200 years ago in Austria by a school teacher | 0:54:41 | 0:54:45 | |
and a guitar-playing parish priest | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
and indisputably one of the world's favourite Christmas songs. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:51 | |
Silent night, holy night. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
This is John's own arrangement and it just remains for me | 0:54:53 | 0:54:56 | |
to say on behalf of everybody here at Dorchester Abbey, | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
# Silent night | 0:55:22 | 0:55:26 | |
# Holy night | 0:55:26 | 0:55:30 | |
# All is calm | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
# All is bright | 0:55:34 | 0:55:37 | |
# Round yon virgin | 0:55:37 | 0:55:41 | |
# Mother and child | 0:55:41 | 0:55:45 | |
# Holy infant | 0:55:46 | 0:55:49 | |
# So tender and mild | 0:55:49 | 0:55:53 | |
# Sleep in heavenly peace | 0:55:54 | 0:56:00 | |
# Sleep in heavenly peace | 0:56:03 | 0:56:09 | |
# Silent night | 0:56:12 | 0:56:16 | |
# Holy night | 0:56:16 | 0:56:20 | |
# Shepherds first | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
# Saw the sight | 0:56:23 | 0:56:28 | |
# Glories stream from heaven afar | 0:56:28 | 0:56:35 | |
# Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia | 0:56:37 | 0:56:43 | |
# Christ the Saviour is born | 0:56:45 | 0:56:51 | |
# Christ the Saviour is born | 0:56:53 | 0:56:59 | |
# Silent night | 0:57:06 | 0:57:10 | |
# Holy night | 0:57:10 | 0:57:15 | |
# Son of God | 0:57:15 | 0:57:19 | |
# Love's pure light | 0:57:19 | 0:57:23 | |
# Radiance beams From Thy holy face | 0:57:23 | 0:57:32 | |
# With the dawn of redeeming grace | 0:57:32 | 0:57:40 | |
# Jesus, Lord at Thy birth | 0:57:41 | 0:57:50 | |
# Jesus, Lord at Thy birth. # | 0:57:51 | 0:57:58 | |
Subtitling by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:58:19 | 0:58:23 | |
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