| I | |
| Christmas Comes Anew | Mark Allen Riese, 1990 |
| II | |
| The world languishes in sorrow and Mary learns that she is to bear a Savior: | |
| Sicut cervus / Sitivit anima mea | Giovanni da Palestrina, 1581 |
| Magnificat (The Song of Mary, Luke I, vs. 46-55) | Cristobal de Morales, 1545 |
| III | |
| The child is born in a humble stable: | |
| O Magnum Mysterium | William Byrd, 1607 |
| The First Mercy | Peter Warlock, 1927 |
| O Gloriosa Domina | |
| IV | |
| While mother and child repose, angels bring the glad news to shepherds on the hillside, crying "Glory to God!" and all rejoice: | |
| Our Blessed Lady's Lullaby | Christopher Chivers, 1988 |
| Regem natum angelus annuntiavit pastoribus [The birth of the King is told by an angel to the shepherds] | Jacob Handl, 1586 |
| Resonet in laudibus [With joyful voices let us sing] | Jacob Handl, 1586 |
| V | |
| Three wise men from the East seek the infant King to bring Him gifts; Herod rages in fear of the newborn's power: | |
| Here Is the Little Door | Herbert Howells, 1918 |
| Tribus Miraculis | Orlandus Lassus, 1568 |
| Came He to a World Forlorn | John La Montaine, 1975 |
| Intermission | |
| VI | |
| Ave Maria | Franz Biebl, 1964 |
| VII | |
| A Ceremony of Carols | Benjamin Britten, 1943 |
| 1. Hodie Christus natus est | |
| 2. Wolcum Yole! | |
| 3. There is no Rose of such vertu | |
| 4. That yonge child – Balulalow | |
| 5. As dew in Aprille | |
| 6. This little Babe | |
| 7. Interlude | |
| 8. In Freezing Winter Night | |
| 9. Adam lay i-bounden (Deo Gracias!) | |
| 10. Hodie Christus natus est | |
| The AD HOC Singers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Lee, Director | |||
| Sopranos | Altos | Tenors | Basses |
| Charlotte Bristow | Margaret Broughall | Ronald Boucher | Martin Bernstein |
| Hellen Gelband | Robin Costanza | Brent Chivers | Michael Donaldson |
| Norma Meyer | Carol Pierstorff | Tim Burr | Richard Gillam |
| Debbie Pieper | Enid Rubenstein | Steve Thompson | |
| Andrea Shotkin | Jon Westergaard | ||
| Jane Thomas | |||
| Joanne Vesper | |||
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