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'''Nine Lessons and Carols''', also known as the '''Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols''' and '''Service of Nine Lessons and Carols''', is a service of [[Christian worship]] traditionally celebrated on or near [[Christmas Eve]] in England. The story of the [[fall of man|fall of humanity]], the [[Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament|promise of the Messiah]], and the [[nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]] is told in nine short [[Bible]] readings or [[Lection|lessons]] from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of [[Christmas carol]]s, [[hymn]]s and [[choir]] [[anthem]]s.
 
==History==
[[File:Edward Benson.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Edward White Benson]], credited with devising the service of Nine Lessons and Carols in 1880]]
[[File:Order of Service for Nine Lessons and Carols 1880.JPG|thumb|upright|Order of Service for the first Nine Lessons and Carols in 1880 on display in [[Truro Cathedral]]]]
Although the tradition of Nine Lessons and Carols is popularly associated with [[King's College, Cambridge]], its origins are attributed to [[Truro Cathedral]] in [[Cornwall]]. Up to the late 19th century, the singing of Christmas carols was normally performed by singers visiting people's houses, and carols — generally considered to be secular in content — had been excluded from Christian worship. In the [[Victorian era]], the rising popularity of [[hymnody]] encouraged church musicians to introduce carols into worship. An 1875 book of carols, ''Carols for Use in Church During Christmas and Epiphany'' by Richard Chope and [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], was an influential publication. At around this time, the composer and organist [[John Stainer]] was compiling a collection, ''Christmas Carols New and Old'', and during Christmas 1878 he introduced carols into the service of [[Choral Evensong]] at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London.{{sfn|Dibble|2017|p=399}} Other cathedrals also began to adopt carols at [[Christmastide]] that year and the ''[[Royal Cornwall Gazette]]'' reported that the choir of Truro Cathedral would sing a service of carols at 10:00 pm on Christmas Eve:
 
{{QuoteBlockquote|The Choir of the Cathedral will sing a number of carols in the Cathedral on Christmas Eve, the service commencing at 10pm. We understand that this is at the wish of many of the leading parishioners and others. A like service has been instituted in other cathedral and large towns, and has been much appreciated. It is the intention of the choir to no longer continue the custom of singing carols at the residences of members of the congregation.|source=''[[Royal Cornwall Gazette]]'', 20 December 1878<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Christmas at the Cathedral |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000180/18781220/039/0004 |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Falmouth |date=20 December 1878 |access-date=18 August 2015 }}</ref>}}
 
Two years later, the Right Rev. [[Edward White Benson]], at that time [[Bishop of Truro]], conducted the first formal service of "Nine Lessons and Carols" on [[Christmas Eve]] (24 December) 1880. Benson, concerned at the excessive consumption of alcohol in Cornish [[pub]]s during the [[festive season]], sought a means of attracting revellers out of the pubs and into church by offering a religious celebration of Christmas. The idea for a service consisting of Christmas music interspersed with Bible readings was proposed by the [[succentor]] of the cathedral, the Rev. [[Somerset Walpole|George Walpole]] (who later became [[Bishop of Edinburgh]]). The cathedral — a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Victorian gothic]] building — was still under construction, and services were being held in a temporary wooden structure which served as a [[pro-cathedral]]. The first Nine Lessons and Carols service took place there at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. on Christmas Eve and was attended by over 400 people.<ref>{{citation|author=Alex Webb|title=Choir that sings to the world|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1703517.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=24 December 2001}}.</ref><ref name="guardian-truro">{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Christopher |title=How Truro created Christmas musical history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/29/truro-nine-lessons-carols-christmas-history |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 May 2019 |date=29 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="trurocathedral-ninelessons">{{cite web |title=Nine Lessons and Carols |url=https://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/history/nine-lessons-and-carols |website=www.trurocathedral.org.uk}}</ref>
 
Benson's son, [[A. C. Benson]], later recalled:
{{QuoteBlockquote|My father arranged from ancient sources a little services for Christmas Eve, nine carols and nine tiny lessons. They were read by various officers of the church, beginning with a chorister and ending, through different grades, with the bishop.|author=[[A. C. Benson]]|source=<ref name="bbc-faith-feature">{{cite news|title=Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/articles/2005/12/16/faith_nine_lessons_feature.shtml|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|date=16 December 2005}}</ref>}}
 
Bishop Benson was appointed [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in 1883, and the Nine Lessons service began to gain in popularity across the [[Church of England]] and the wider [[Anglican Communion]], as well as [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|Roman Catholic]] churches in [[England &and Wales]]. The original liturgy has since been adapted and used by other churches all over the world, particularly in English-speaking countries. Lessons and Carols most often occur in [[Anglican]] churches. However, numerous Christian denominations have adopted the service, or a variation of it, as part of their Christmas celebrations. In the UK, the service has become the standard format for school carol services.
 
In 1916, a service of Nine Lessons and Carols was held at [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]; the institution celebrated the 100th anniversary of its Lessons and Carols in 2016.<ref name="brown.edu">{{cite web |title=100th Annual Service of Lessons and Carols {{!}} Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life |url=https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/spiritual-life/chaplains/upcoming-events/100th-annual-service-lessons-and-carols |website=www.brown.edu |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
 
Notably in 1918, the Rev. [[Eric Milner-White]] the new [[Dean (education)|Deandean]] of King's College, Cambridge, introduced the service to the college chapel, taking advantage of the established choral tradition of the [[Choir of King's College, Cambridge]]. It proved highly successful, and began an annual tradition — albeit with some alterations to Benson's original format from 1919 onwards. The [[BBC]] began to broadcast the service on the radio from 1928 and on television from 1954, establishing ''Carols from King's'' as the most popular and widely recognised presentation of the service.<ref name="McGrath" /><ref name="guardian-truro" />
 
In North America, the Lessons and Carols tradition spread to other US and Canadian institutions. In 1928, organist and choirmaster Twining Lynes, introduced the service to [[Groton School]] in [[Groton, Massachusetts]], after being inspired by services in England.<ref name="groton">{{cite web |title=Spiritual Life at Groton |url=https://www.groton.org/student-life/spiritual-life |website=Groton School |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
 
In Canada, the Festival of Nine Lessons and carols is done multilingually at [[Bishop's College School]], [[QuébecQuebec]], with the nine lessons read in nine languages or dialects.
 
In December 2013, Truro Cathedral staged a reconstruction of Bishop Benson's original 1880 Nine Lessons with Carols Service which was attended by a congregation of over 1,500 people.<ref name="trurocathedral-ninelessons" />
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The King's College service was immensely successful, and the following year Milner-White made some changes to Benson's original format, notably introducing the tradition of opening the service with a solo treble singing "[[Once in Royal David's City]]". This was then followed by a [[bidding prayer]] penned by Milner-White himself, and re-ordering the lessons.<ref name="McGrath">{{cite book |last1=McGrath |first1=Alister E. |title=Christianity: An Introduction |date=2006 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781405108997 |page=293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v26doW8jIyYC&q=Edward%20White%20Benson%20nine%20lessons%20archbishop%20of%20canterbury&pg=PT234 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In the Chapel: Carols |url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/online-resources/online-exhibitions/in-the-chapel-carols |website=King's College Cambridge |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="guardian-truro" /> The choir had 16 [[boy soprano|trebles]] as specified in statutes laid down by [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], and until 1927 the men's voices were provided by [[choral scholar]]s and [[lay clerk]]s. Today, 14 [[undergraduate]]s from the choir sing the men's parts.<ref name="King's College Chapel: History"/>
 
===Broadcasting of the service===
The popularity of the service was established when the service began to be broadcast by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] in 1928, and, except for 1930, has been broadcast every year since. During the 1930s the service reached a worldwide audience when the BBC began broadcasting the service on its [[BBC World Service|Overseas Service]]. Even throughout the [[Second World War]], despite the [[stained glass]] having been removed from the chapel and the lack of heating, the broadcasts continued. For security reasons, the name "King's" was not mentioned during wartime broadcasts.<ref name="King's College Chapel: History"/>
 
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[[File:Peter Paul Rubens 009.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[The Adoration of the Magi]]'' (1634) by [[Peter Paul Rubens]], which hangs behind the [[Altar#In Western Christian churches|altar]] in [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]]]
Since the Second World War, it has been estimated that each year there are millions of listeners worldwide who listen to the service live on the [[BBC World Service]]. Domestically, the service is broadcast live on [[BBC Radio 4]], and a recorded broadcast is made on Christmas Day on [[BBC Radio 3]].<ref name="King's College Chapel: History"/> In the US, a 1954 service was put into the [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | first=Natasha | last=Metzler | title=New National Recording Registry entries announced | date=9 June 2009 | publisher=Associated Press, San FranscisoFrancisco Chronicle | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/09/national/w124722D20.DTL&type=business | access-date =17 March 2017 }}</ref> The broadcast has been heard live on public radio stations affiliated with [[American Public Media]] since 1979, and most stations broadcast a repeat on Christmas Day. Since 1963, the service has been periodically filmed for television broadcast in the UK.<ref>{{citation|title=History of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services/nine-lessons/history.html|publisher=[[King's College, Cambridge]]|access-date=25 December 2010}}.</ref> Presently, each year a programme entitled ''Carols from King's'' is pre-recorded in early or mid-December then shown on Christmas Eve in the UK on [[BBC Two]] and [[BBC Four]]. The programme is weighted more heavily in favour of carols sung by the choir, with only seven readings in total, not all of which are from the Bible.
 
In 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|Covid pandemic]], the service was conducted, for the first time, without a congregation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qrxc|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.bbc.co.ukBBC|title=Carols from King's}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-29|title=Carols from King's to be sung in empty chapel for first time in a century|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/29/first-time-100-years-kings-carollers-coronavirus|access-date=2020-12-25|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The service did not take place live, but instead a pre-recorded service produced by King's College was broadcast at the usual time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Radio to broadcast recorded version of Christmas Eve service|url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2020/radio-broadcast-recorded-version-christmas-eve-service|access-date=2021-08-31|website=King's College Cambridge|language=en}}</ref> It was the first time since 1930 that the service had not been broadcast live.
 
===Order of service===
The format of the first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols didhas not differchanged substantially from the one known at King's College, Cambridgesince today1918. The order of the lessons was revised in 1919, and since that timewhen the service has always begun with the hymn "[[Once In Royal David's City|Once in Royal David's City]]".<ref name="King's College Chapel: History"/> Today the first verse is sung unaccompanied by a solo boy chorister. To avoid putting him under undue stress, the chorister is not told that he will be singing the solo until immediately before the service is to begin.<ref>{{citation|author=Peter Kingston|title=The world's greatest carol event|url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2231099,00.html|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] (EducationGuardian)|date=21 December 2007}}.</ref>
 
The Ninenine Lessonslessons, which are the same every year, are read by representatives of the collegeCollege and of the [[Cambridge|Citycity of Cambridge]] fromusing the 1611text of the [[Authorized King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] published in 1611. The singing is dividedmade intoup of "carols" which are sung by the choir and "hymns" sung by the choir and congregation. Some services have also included [[anthemanthems]]s sung between the carols and hymns, such as a performance of "[[E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come]]" in 2004.<ref name=LC2004>{{cite web|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2004|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services/nine-lessons/order-service-2004.html|website=King's College, Cambridge|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024073528/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services/nine-lessons/order-service-2004.html|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since From 19821983, Director of Music [[Stephen Cleobury]] commissioned a new carol eachhas yearbeen oncommissioned behalf ofby the College forand premiered at the Choirservice. The carols vary from year to year, although some music is repeated., Theand the service ends with the hymn "[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]". The followingorder is from theof service in 2008.2023 was as follows:<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 20082023">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 20082023|url=httphttps://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sitespdfviewer/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf48431|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 20082023|access-date=2524 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105081101/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2010|url-status=dead2023}}. For the songs sung in earlier years, see "[[List of carols performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]".</ref>
 
*Organ preludes
::*"Fantasia in C, BK 25" &ndash; music by [[William Byrd]] (c. 1540−1623)
:*[[Processional hymn|Processional Hymn]]: "[[Once in Royal David's City]]" &ndash; words by [[Cecil Frances Alexander]]; melody by [[Henry Gauntlett]]; harmonised by Henry Gauntlett and A. H. Mann; [[descant]] by [[Stephen Cleobury]].▼
::*'La vierge et l'enfant' from『[[La Nativité du Seigneur]]』&ndash; music by Olivier Messaien (1908−1992)
*[[Bidding-prayer|Bidding Prayer]]▼
::*Carol: "IfPrelude Yein wouldD, HearBuxWV the Angels Sing139" &ndash; wordsmusicbyD.[[Dieterich Greenwell; music byBuxtehude]] P(c. Tranchell1637−1707)
::*'Les anges''First Lesson from [[Book"La ofNativité Genesis|Genesis]]du 3:Seigneur" 8&ndash;19''' (readmusicbyaOlivier chorister)Messaien
:*Carol:*"Prelude "Rememberand Fugue in G, O ThouBWV Man550" &ndash; words, 16th century; music by [[ThomasJohann RavenscroftSebastian Bach]] (1685−1750)
::*Carol: "[[AdamIn laydulci ybounden]]jubilo, BuxWV 197" &ndash; words, 15th century; music by [[BorisDieterich Ord]]Buxtehude
▲:*[[Processional hymn|Processional Hymn]]: "[[Once in Royal David's City]]" &ndash; words by [[Cecil Frances Alexander]] (1818−1895); melody ('Irby') by [[Henry Gauntlett]] (1805−1876); harmonised by [[Arthur Henry GauntlettMann]] and A. H. Mann(1850−1929); [[descant]] by [[StephenPhilip CleoburyLedger]]. (1937−2012)
*'''Second Lesson from Genesis 22: 15&ndash;18''' (read by a choral scholar)▼
▲*[[Bidding- prayer|Bidding]], concluding with the [[Lord's Prayer]]
:*Carol: "[[Angels from the Realms of Glory]]" &ndash; words by [[James Montgomery (poet)|James Montgomery]]; music, old French tune arranged by [[Philip Ledger|Philip S. Ledger]]
:*Carol: "[[InOut Dulciof Jubilo]]your sleep arise and wake" &ndash; words, 14th-anonymous 15th century German;English, musicmodernised by [[HieronymusEleanor PraetoriusParker (historian)|Eleanor Parker]]; music by Robin Nelson
*'''ThirdFirst Lessonlesson from [[IsaiahBook of Genesis|Genesis]] 93: 28&ndash;15, 617&ndash;719''' (read by a representativechoristerofCambridgeKing's churchesCollege)
:*Carol: "Nowell[[Adam Singlay We Now All and Someybounden]]" &ndash; words, and15th musiccentury medievalEnglish, editedmodernised by [[Edith Rickert]] (1871-1938); musicbyJohnMatthew StevensMartin
▲*'''Second Lessonlesson from Genesis 22: 15&ndash;18''' (read by athe choralChaplain scholarof King's College)
:*Hymn: "[[Unto Us is Born a Son]]" &ndash; words, 15th-century Latin, translated by G.R. Woodward; music from ''[[Piae Cantiones]]'' arranged by [[David Willcocks|David V. Willcocks]]
:*Carol: "Illuminare Jerusalem" &ndash; words, 16th century Scots, modernised by Eleanor Parker; music by [[Judith Weir]]
[[File:William Blake - Songs of Innocence and Experience - The Lamb.jpg|thumb|200px|The fourth lesson employed [[John Tavener]]'s choral arrangement "[[The Lamb (Tavener)|The Lamb]]" of [[William Blake]]'s ''[[The Lamb (poem)|The Lamb]]'' from Blake's collection''' [[Songs of Innocence and of Experience]]''. This image represents copy C, object 8 of that original poem, currently held by the [[Library of Congress]]. The poem was published during 1794 and hand painted by Blake and his wife.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=songsie.c.illbk.09&java=no| title = Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, object 9 (Bentley 8, Erdman 8, Keynes 8) "The Lamb"| publisher = [[William Blake Archive]]|editor1= Morris Eaves |editor2=Robert N. Essick |editor3=Joseph Viscomi| access-date = 26 September 2013}}</ref>]]
*'''FourthThird Lessonlesson from [[Isaiah]] 119: 1&ndash;3a; 4a;2, 6&ndash;97''' (read by a representativemember of the CityKing's ofCollege Cambridgestaff)
:*Carol: "[[TheO LambRadiant (Tavener)|The Lamb]]Dawn" &ndash; words byfrom ''[[WilliamLiber BlakeUsualis]]'', based on Isaiah 9:2; music by [[JohnJames TavenerMacMillan]]
:*Hymn: "[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]]" &ndash; words by [[Phillips Brooks]] (1835−1893); melody ('Forest Green'), English traditional; arranged by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (1872−1958); descant by [[Thomas Armstrong (musician)|Thomas Armstrong]] (1898−1994)
:*Carol: "[[Es ist ein Ros entsprungen|Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming]]" &ndash; words, 15th-century German, translated by C. Winkworth; music by Philip S. Ledger
*'''FifthFourth Lessonlesson from theIsaiah [[Gospel of Luke]]11:1:&ndash;4a, 266&ndash;35; 389''' (read by a representative of King's College's [[Eton College|sister college at Eton]])
:*Carol: "[[IKing SingJesus ofhathaMaiden]]garden" &ndash; words and music, 15thtraditional centuryDutch; musictranslated by [[LennoxGeorge BerkeleyRatcliffe Woodward]] (1848−1934); arranged by [[Stephen Cleobury]] (1948−2019)
:*Carol: "The[[Es Nightist whenein SheRos Firstentsprungen|A GaveSpotless Birth"Rose (is Blooming]]"Mary") &ndash; words, by14th [[Bertoltcentury Brecht]]German, translated by [[MichaelCatherine HamburgerWinkworth]] (1827−1878); music by [[DominicPhilip Muldowney]]Ledger
*'''SixthFifth Lessonlesson from [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 21: 1; 326&ndash;735, 38''' (read by thea [[Fellow]] of King's ChaplainCollege)
:*Carol: "Sweet Baby, Sleep! What Ails My Dear?" ("Wither[[Gabriel's Rocking Hymn)Message]]" &ndash; words by [[GeorgeSabine WitherBaring-Gould]] (1834−1924); music, Basque carol, arranged by [[RalphDavid Vaughan WilliamsWillcocks]] (1919−2015)
:*Carol: "WhatCome Sweeterall Musicyou canfaithful We BringChristians" &ndash; words, English traditional; music by [[RobertChristopher HerrickRobinson (poetmusician)|Robert Herrick]]; music by [[JohnChristopher RutterRobinson]]
*'''SeventhSixth Lessonlesson from Luke 2: 81&ndash;167''' (read by the Director[[ListofMusicmayors of Cambridge|Mayor of Cambridge]])
:*Carol: "[[InfantSir Holy, Infant LowlyChristèmas]]" &ndash; words, Polish15th traditional, translated by Edith M.G.century ReedEnglish; music arrangedbyStephen[[William Mathias]] Cleobury(1934−1992)
:*Hymn: "[[GodThe RestFirst Ye Merry, GentlemenNoel|GodThe RestFirst You Merry, GentlemenNowell]]" &ndash; Englishwords and melody ('The First Nowell'), Cornish traditional; arranged by David V. Willcocks
*'''EighthSeventh Lessonlesson from the [[Gospel of Matthew]]Luke 2: 18&ndash;1216''' (read by athe [[Fellow#Oxford,Director Cambridgeof and Dublin|fellow]]MusicoftheKing's collegeCollege)
:*Carol: "IlluminareThe JerusalemCradle" &ndash; words, adapted17th from thecentury Bannatyne manuscript in John and Winifred MacQueenAustrian, ''Atranslated Choiceby of[[Robert Scottish Verse, 1470–1570''Graves]] (19721895−1985); music by [[JudithCheryl WeirFrances-Hoad]] (commissioned for the 2023 service)
*'''NinthEighth Lessonlesson from the [[Gospel of JohnMatthew|Matthew]] 12: 1&ndash;1412''' (read by the [[Vice-Provost (education)|Provost]]oftheKing's collegeCollege)▼
:*Carol: "Glory, Alleluia to the Christ Child" &ndash; words, 17th century; music by A. Bullard
:*Carol: "The Christ-Child lay on Mary's lap" &ndash; words, 'A Christmas Carol' by [[G. K. Chesterton]] (1874−1936); music by [[John Rutter]] (written in memory of Stephen Cleobury)
▲*'''Ninth Lesson from the [[Gospel of John]] 1: 1&ndash;14''' (read by the [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of the college)
:*HymnCarol: "[[AdesteProcedenti Fideles|O Come, All Ye Faithful]]puero" ("Adeste Fideles") &ndash; words, 18th-15th century Latin, translated by [[Frederick Oakeley]]English; melodymusic by [[JohnPeter Francis WadeWarlock]], arranged by Stephen Cleobury(1894−1930)
*'''Ninth lesson from the [[Gospel of John]] 1: 1&ndash;14''' (read by the [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of King's College)
*[[Collect]] and Blessing▼
:*Hymn: "[[Hark!Adeste TheFideles|O HeraldCome, AngelsAll SingYe Faithful]]" &ndash; words, translated by [[CharlesFrederick WesleyOakeley]] and(1802−1880), [[GeorgeWilliam Whitefield]]Thomas Brooke (1848−1917), et al.; musicmelody ('Adeste, fideles') by [[FelixJohn MendelssohnFrancis Wade]] (1711−1786); arranged by David Willcocks; descant by Stephen[[Daniel CleoburyHyde (organist)|Daniel Hyde]]
▲*[[Collect]] and Blessing[[blessing]]
*Organ Voluntaries: "[[In Dulci Jubilo]]" (BWV 729) by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]],『[[La nativité du seigneur|Dieu Parmi Nous]]』by [[Olivier Messiaen]]
:*Hymn: "[[Hark! The Herald Angels Sing]]" &ndash; words by [[Charles Wesley]] (1707−1788), et al.; melody ('Mendelssohn') by [[Felix Mendelssohn|Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]] (1809−1847); descant by David Willcocks
*Organ Postlude
*Organ voluntaries
::*"[[In Dulci Jubilo]], BWV 729" &ndash; music by Johann Sebastian Bach
::*'Dieu parmi nous' from『La Nativité du Seigneur』&ndash; music by Olivier Messaien
 
===Commissioned carols and organ postludes===
 
{{See also|List of carols at the Nine Lessons and Carols, King's College Chapel}}
 
The table below shows the new carols commissioned by King's College, Cambridge, since 1983.
 
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!width=60px|Year
!width=|TitlesTitle of carol
!width=|AuthorsAuthor/source and composer
|- valign=top
|align=center|1983
|In Wintertime{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(When Thou wastWast bornBorninwintertimeWintertime)
|Words: [[Betty Askwith]]<br />Music: [[Lennox Berkeley]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1984
|One Star, atAt Last{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Fix on oneOne starStar)
|Words: [[George Mackay Brown]]<br />Music: [[Peter Maxwell Davies]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1985
|Illuminare Jerusalem<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2001">{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2001|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2001/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2001|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209052818/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2001/|archive-date=9 December 2007}}.</ref>
|Words: adaptedAdapted from the [[Bannatyne manuscript in Manuscript]]<ref>{{citation|author=John MacQueen|author2=Winifred MacQueen|title=A Choice of Scottish Verse, 1470&ndash;1570|location=London|publisher=[[Faber and Faber]]|year=1972|isbn=0-571-09532-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/choiceofscottish0000macq}}.</ref><br />Music: [[Judith Weir]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1986
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|- valign=top
|align=center|1988
|The Birthday of thyThy King{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Awake, gladGlad heartHeart, getGet up, and singSing!)
|Words: After [[Henry Vaughan]]<br />Music: [[Peter Sculthorpe]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1989
|Carol of St. Steven{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
|Words: Adapted from ''W.[[William Sandys' Christmas(antiquarian)|William Carols''Sandys]]<br />Music: [[Alexander Goehr]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1990
|Богородице Дево, радуйся<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2007|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/assets/7/7c/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols_2007.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2007|access-date=24 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607220420/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/assets/7/7c/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols_2007.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2011}}.</ref><br />(Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)
|Words: the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Liturgy]] (in [[Russian language|Russian]])<br />Music: [[Arvo Pärt]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1991
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|align=center|1992
|Swetë Jesu{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
|Words: Anonymous, 13th Centurycentury<br />Music: [[Nicholas Maw]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1993
|Christo Paremus Cantica{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
|Words: Anonymous, 15th Centurycentury<br />Music: [[Diana Burrell]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1994
|The Angels{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Should you hearHear them singingSinging amongAmong starsStars)
|Words: [[John V. Taylor]]<br />Music: [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1995
|Seinte Marie Moder Milde{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}
|Words: From13th a 13th-century manuscript in the Librarylibrary of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]<br />Music: [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1996
|Pilgrim Jesus{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Iesus! Christus! In the mangerManger of my bodyBody)
|Words: [[Kevin Crossley-Holland]]<br />Music: [[Stephen Paulus]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1997
|The Fayrfax Carol<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 1997|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1997/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=1997|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928142402/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1997/|archive-date=28 September 2006}}.</ref>
|Words: Anonymous, [[Tudor period|Earlyearly Tudor]], anonymous<br />Music: [[Thomas Adès]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1998
|Winter Solstice Carol<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 1998|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1998/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=1998|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813171723/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1998/|archive-date=13 August 2007}}.</ref>
|English words and musicWords: [[GilesEnglish Swayne]]<brtranslation />[[Latin]]of words:the [[Magnificat]] [[antiphon]] for Christmas Day<br />Music: [[Giles Swayne]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|1999
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|align=center|2000
|[[The Three Kings (Dove)|The Three Kings]]<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2000|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2000/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2000|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808233206/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2000/|archive-date=8 August 2007}}.</ref>
|Words: ''The Three Kings'' (1916) by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]<br />Music: [[Jonathan Dove]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|2001
|Spring in Winter<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2001"/>
|Words: C.[[Christopher Smart, from ''Hymn &c: The Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'']]<br />Music: [[John Woolrich]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|2002
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|- valign=top
|align=center|2004
|God wouldWouldbebornBornintheeThee<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2004">{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2004|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2004/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2004|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117224654/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2004/|archive-date=17 January 2008}}.</ref><ref>In addition, a carol entitled ''Starry Night O'er Bethlehem'' with words by Anne Willcocks and music by [[David Willcocks]] was also specially written for the service.</ref><br />(Lo, inIn the Silent Night a Child in God is Born)
|Words: [[Angelus Silesius]]<br />Music: [[Judith Bingham]]
|- valign=top
|rowspan=2 align=center|2005
|'''Carol''': [[Away in a Manger]]<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005"/>
|Words: 19th century<br />Music: [[John Tavener]]
|- valign=top
|rowspan=2 align=center|2006▼
|'''Organ postlude''': Improvisation on "[[Adeste Fideles]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005"/>▼
|'''Carol''': Misere' Nobis<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2006|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2006|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204013517/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2007}}.</ref><br />(Jesu of a Maiden Thou wastWast Born)▼
|[[Francis Pott (composer)|Francis Pott]]▼
|Words: aEnglish version of a medieval Englishmediaeval carol<br />Music: [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]▼
|- valign=top▼
▲|rowspan=2 align=center|2006
▲|'''Carol''': Misere' Nobis<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2006|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2006|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204013517/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2007}}.</ref><br />(Jesu of a Maiden Thou wast Born)
▲|Words: a version of a medieval English carol<br />Music: [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]
|- valign=top▼
|'''Organ postlude''': Recessional on "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006"/>▼
|[[Lionel Steuart Fothringham]]▼
|- valign=top
|rowspan=2 align=center|2007
|'''Carol''': Noël (Now comesComes the dawnDawn)<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007"/><br />(Stardust and vaporousVaporous lightLight)
|Words: [[Richard Watson Gilder]]<br />Music: [[Brett Dean]]
|- valign=top▼
|'''Organ postlude''': Sortie on "[[In Dulci Jubilo]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007"/>▼
|[[David Briggs (musician)|David Briggs]]▼
|- valign=top
|align=center|2008
|Mary<br />
(The Night When She First Gave Birth)<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2008">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2008|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2008|access-date=25 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105081101/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2010|url-status=dead}}. For the songs sung in earlier years, see "[[List of carols performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]".</ref>
(The Night when She First Gave Birth)<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2008"/>
|Words: [[Bertolt Brecht]], translated by [[Michael Hamburger]]<br />Music: [[Dominic Muldowney]]
|- valign=top
|align=center|2009
|The Christ Child<ref name="OUP Choral News Oct 2009">{{citation|title=OUP Choral News E-mail October 2009|date=9 October 2009}}.</ref>
|Words: [[GKG. K. Chesterton]]<br />Music: [[Gabriel Jackson (composer)|Gabriel Jackson]]<ref>{{citation|title=Oxford Music Now|url=http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/music/OMN33.pdf|date=Spring 2009|issue=33|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=5|access-date=16 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726010030/http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/music/OMN33.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}.</ref>
|- valign=top
|align=center|2010
|Christmas Carol (Offerings theyThey broughtBroughtofgoldGold)
|Words: [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], translated by Hanni-Mari &and Christopher Latham<br />Music: [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]]<ref>{{citation|title=Boosey & Hawkes - Performance Calendar|url=http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/calendar/perf_results.asp|access-date=24 October 2010}}.</ref>
|- valign=top
|align=center|2011
|Christmas hathHathadarknessDarkness
|Words: [[Christina Rossetti]]<br />Music: [[Tansy Davies]]<ref>{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Order of Service, 2011|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2011.pdf|access-date=25 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131002742/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2011.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2012|url-status=dead}}.</ref>
|- valign=top
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|- valign=top
|align=center|2013
|Hear the voiceVoice of the Bard
|Words: [[William Blake]]<br />Music: [[Thea Musgrave]]<ref>{{citation|title=Commissioned carol sets Blake poem to music|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2013/blake-carol.html|access-date=5 December 2013}}.</ref>
|- valign=top
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|align=center|2016
|This Endernight
|Words: Anonymous c1400c. 1400<br />Music: [[Michael Berkeley]]<ref>{{citation|title=Michael Berkeley composes Christmas commissioned carol|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2016/michael-berkeley-composes-christmas-commissioned-carol.html|access-date=19 November 2016}}.</ref>
|- valign=top
|align=center|2017
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|align=center|2018
|O Mercy Divine
|Words: [[Charles Wesley]]<ref>http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/9lc_order_of_service_2018.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=15{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} December 2018</ref><br />Music: [[Judith Weir]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2018/king%E2%80%99s-announces-christmas-eve-carol-composer|title=News}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2019
|The Angel Gabriel
|Words: [[Sabine Baring-Gould]]<br />Music: [[Philip Moore (organist)|Philip Moore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2019/kings-commissions-new-carol-christmas-eve|title = King's commissions a new carol for Christmas Eve}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2020
|''No new commission''<ref>Interview with Daniel Hyde > 'The Irregular Christmas'; [[BBC Music Magazine]], Christmas 2020, p 35</ref>
|-
|align=center|2021
|There is no Rose
|Words: English, 15th Centurycentury<br />Music: [[Cecilia McDowall]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2021/kings-announces-commissioned-carol-christmas-eve|title = King's announces commissioned carol for Christmas Eve}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2022
|Angelus ad Virginem
|Words: Mediaeval<br />Music: [[Matthew Martin (composer)|Matthew Martin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christmas Religious Programming on the BBC 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/christmas-religious-programming/ |access-date=2022-11-29 }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2023
|The Cradle
|Words: Anonymous, 17th century Austrian, translated by [[Robert Graves]]<br />Music: [[Cheryl Frances-Hoad]]<ref>[https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2023/kings-commissions-new-carol-christmas-eve King's College, Cambridge, "King's commissions a new carol for Christmas Eve"], 28 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.</ref>
|}
 
Organ postludes have also been commissioned in certain years, as shown in the table below.
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="max-width: 1000px;"
|-
!width=60px|Year
!width=|Title of postlude
!width=|Composer
▲|- valign=top
|align=center|2005
▲|'''Organ postlude''': Improvisation on "[[Adeste Fideles]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005"/>
▲|[[Francis Pott (composer)|Francis Pott]]
▲|- valign=top
|align=center|2006
▲|'''Organ postlude''': Recessional on "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006"/>
▲|[[Lionel Steuart Fothringham]]
▲|- valign=top
|align=center|2007
▲|'''Organ postlude''': Sortie on "[[In Dulci Jubilo]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007"/>
▲|[[David Briggs (musician)|David Briggs]]
|}
 
===Attendance at the service in person===
TheAttendance at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held on Christmas Eve atis King'snow Collegeby Chapelticket isonly, openmany of which are allocated by public ballot; standby tickets are also made availableto those who applied for in the generalballot.<ref publicname=kingsattendance>[https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/a-festival-of-nine-lessons-and-carols TheKing's serviceCollege, isCambridge, veryA popular,Festival of Nine Lessons and someCarols, peopleAttending startin queuingPerson]. theRetrieved night21 beforeDecember as2023.</ref> Owing to the service's popularity, demand for seats alwaysgreatly exceeds the number of tickets available. In previous years, when tickets were available at the door, some people began queuing the night before,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hallows |first1=Neil |title=Queuing for King's |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6202751.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=5 October 2019 |date=22 December 2006}}</ref> but now only those with standby tickets are permitted to stand in the queue.<ref name=kingsattendance/>
 
==See also==
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===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last=Dibble|first=Jeremy |editor=Rowan Strong|title=The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume III: Partisan Anglicanism and its Global Expansion 1829-c. 1914|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5an_DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|volume=Vol. III|year=2017|publisher=University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-108462-1|chapter=Music and Anglicanism in the Nineteenth Century}}
{{refend}}
 
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Nine Lessons and Carols}}
*[httphttps://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services/a-festival-of-nine-lessons.html-and-carols King's College, Chapel'sCambridge: webpage"A aboutFestival theof serviceNine Lessons and Carols" webpage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171115221800/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/nine-lessons-2009.pdf Detailed order of service for 2009]
 
{{Christmas}}
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