Every Christmas Eve millions of people worldwide tune into A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which is the longest established annual broadcast in history, reaching 90 years in 2018. It's carried every year by Classical MPR and classical stations around the country via St. Paul-based American Public Media.
Now you can listen to the choir's recent concert at the Cathedral of St. Paul, as captured by Classical MPR on March 28. Just click on the player above.
Be sure explore our photo gallery (below) of the event, too.
The St. Paul performance of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, was supported by:
• The Cathedral Heritage Foundation
• Cynthia Bittner and Randal Schreiner Organ Scholar Endowment in honor of Stephen Cleobury and Tom Etheridge
• Nicholas Nash & Karen Lundholm
• The Marolyn Halverson Endowed Fund for Classical and Choral Music
• Abbott Downing
Program
Part 1
Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
Tallis: Videte miraculum
Palestrina: Magnificat primi toni a8
Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Bach: Prelude in C minor BWV 546 (organ solo)
Lotti: Crucifixus a8
Humfrey: Hear, O heavens
Purcell: Jehova, quam multi sunt
Part 2
S.S. Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father
Parry: My soul there is a country
Naylor: Vox dicentis, clama
Vierne: Symphony no. 2 Op. 20, III: Scherzo (organ solo)
Britten: Praised be the God of love(antiphon)
Howells: Like as the hart
Berkeley: The Lord is my shepherd
Vaughan Williams: Valiant-for-truth
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