Choir carols for Christmas Eve 2024
Thank you for joining us for the choir for this year's Nine Lessons and Carols. It is always a very special occasion and marks the beginning of Christmas for many of us!
We are hoping to have rehearsals on the following dates directly following the Sunday service. So grab your drink and come on through!
3rd November
17th November
24th November
8th December
22nd December
We recognise that not everyone will be available for every rehearsal but do please try and attend at least 3 of them if you can!
This year the choir will be singing 2 items:
Cloth for the Cradle - These are words sung to a traditional Scottish folk song. We will sing in unison and some of the verses will be men or women only. For now, please familiarise yourself with the tune and all of the lyrics as per this YouTube link. Actual song sheets will follow once we have them!
Cloth for the Cradle
We will also sing The lovely version of The First Nowell that we sang last year. This was newly composed for the Church of England by Bob Chilcott and we feel it can take an outing for the second year on the run! If you did not sing with us last year, don't worry - you will soon pick it up! You can access the music and lyrics and listen to it via the links below.
The First Nowell Lyrics
The First Nowell Music and Lyrics
We are hoping to have rehearsals on the following dates directly following the Sunday service. So grab your drink and come on through!
3rd November
17th November
24th November
8th December
22nd December
We recognise that not everyone will be available for every rehearsal but do please try and attend at least 3 of them if you can!
This year the choir will be singing 2 items:
Cloth for the Cradle - These are words sung to a traditional Scottish folk song. We will sing in unison and some of the verses will be men or women only. For now, please familiarise yourself with the tune and all of the lyrics as per this YouTube link. Actual song sheets will follow once we have them!
Cloth for the Cradle
We will also sing The lovely version of The First Nowell that we sang last year. This was newly composed for the Church of England by Bob Chilcott and we feel it can take an outing for the second year on the run! If you did not sing with us last year, don't worry - you will soon pick it up! You can access the music and lyrics and listen to it via the links below.
The First Nowell Lyrics
The First Nowell Music and Lyrics
The First Nowell with lyrics: