A FESTIVAL OFNINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

Every December , VOX Cape Town presents a loca l ly -f lavoured adaptat ion of the famous Fest iva l of N ine Lessonsand Caro ls that was f i rst sung at K ing 's Co l lege , Cambr idge , in 1918 . D IRECTOR John Wood land | ORGAN Er ik D ippenaarSOPRANO  Suzanne Buchanan , E l i se de Kock , Quanta Gau ld , Chr ist ina Gooda l l , Ch loё Joustra , Maryanne McLach lan , Stephan ie Pu lker , Nyambura Shawa , Jenn i van Doesburgh | ALTO  He lene Cooke , E l inor Dr iver , Karen Hahne ,Les ley Jenn ings , Jenn i fer Mat lock , Anthea van Wier ingen , Jean Westwood | TENOR  Peter Borchers , Trevor C loete ,Roger Hunter , M ichae l Marchant , Owen Rogers , Chr ist iaan van Woerden , Stefan Zwiegers | BASS  Chr is Arno ld ,Casey Dr iver , Shaun February, N ick Gorven , Brent Johnson , Aaron Jur i tz , Ky le Pau lssen , John Renn ie , Johan van der Walt

VOX CAPE TOWN PRESENTSA FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS ORGAN PRELUDE In Dulci Jubi lo BuxWV 197 Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) 2:39 Once In Royal David’s City (Soloist: Jenni van Doesburgh) 4:14 THE BIDDING PRAYER (Read by Reverend Natal ie van Rooyen) 3:23 CHORAL PLAINSONG Veni , Creator Spir itus (“Come, Creator Spir it”) 2:12 FIRST LESSON Genesis 3:8-15 (Read by Aaron Juritz) 2:24 Pula, Pula! (“Rain, Rain!”) Franco Prinsloo (b. 1987, South Africa) 4:14 SECOND LESSON Genesis 22:15-18 (Read by Jenni van Doesburgh) 1 :01 R íu, R íu, Ch íu Tradit ional Spanish (Soloists: Chris Arnold and Nick Gorven) 2:01 THIRD LESSON Isaiah 9:2,4-7 (Read by Anthea van Wieringen) 1 :00 Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending 4:40 FOURTH LESSON Micah 5:1-3 (Read by David Patrick) 0:58 Bethlehem Down Peter Warlock (1894-1930) 3:45 FIFTH LESSON St Luke 1 :26-38 (Read by Dr Barry Smith) 2:03 Bogoróditse Djévo (“Rejoice, Mother of God”) Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Estonia) 1 :07 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 3:27 SIXTH LESSON St Matthew 1 :18-23 (Read by Lesley Jennings) 1 :27 Away In A Manger 2:09 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Tradit ional Pol ish arr . Sir David Wil lcocks 2:01 SEVENTH LESSON St Luke 2:8-16 (Read by Kyle Paulssen) 1 :22 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night 2:24 Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite Francis Poulenc (1899-1963, France) 2:32 EIGHTH LESSON St Matthew 2:1-11 (Read by Michael Marchant) 2:16 Fol low That Star Peter Gritton (b. 1963, England) 1 :48 NINTH LESSON St John 1 :1-14 (Read by Reverend Douglas Bax) 2:31 O Come, Al l Ye Faithful 3:42 Christmas in Africa Music by Maike Watson (b. 1989) / Words by Margaret Kollmer (b. 1936) 4:48 A new South African carol commissioned by VOX Cape Town especial ly for the 2017 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. THE COLLECT AND BLESSING (Read by Reverend Natal ie van Rooyen) 1 :00 Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing 2:53 ORGAN VOLUNTARY In Dulci Jubi lo BWV 729 JS Bach (1685-1750) 2:57

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