Never mind the Nine Lessons, is anyone doing Advent Carols either as well as or instead of Nine Lessons? And if so, what do you plan to sing? Just to keep it on-thread, the closing voluntary will be Wachet Auf (BWV 645).

This is my first venture into Advent Carols. I definitely want us to sing a setting of Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, and among other things I'm minded to schedule is Charles Wood's Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary and Elvey's Arise, shine, for thy light is come .

I don't want to overload the programme with stodgy/twee Victorian stuff--though IMO a revival of Victorian twee is long overdue--so I think I'll leave Sullivan's Turn Thy Face until next year.

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Yeah, we are doing Advent Carols as well. The quire-only bits will include:

People Look East (arr. Barry Ferguson)
Adam Lay Ybounden (Sir Philip Ledger)
Remember O Thou Man (Ravenscroft)

and a few other bits!

I am fond of Andrew Carter's arrangement of Angelus ad Virginem, but there was no room for it this year in the proceedings!

oh don't knock victorian twee... am now wondering if the Elvey is the "arise, shine" that I did back in my youth...

at my last church the Advent service was four parts; love, light, judgment and something else... in some order or other... I'm sure someone will help me here? Our D of M regards Advent as the choir showpiece whereas 9 L&C is about the congregation singing their favourites.

I would put in a plea for Stanford'a "How beauteous are their feet" or Mendelssohn's "how lovely are the messengers", and don't forget Paul Manz's "E'en so Lord Jesus". or Es ist ein ros.

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I would put in a plea for Stanford'a "How beauteous are their feet" or Mendelssohn's "how lovely are the messengers", and don't forget Paul Manz's "E'en so Lord Jesus". or Es ist ein ros.
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Thanks for giving me these ideas for 2012! Es ist ein Ros' is available in umpteen settings, so I'm sure that won't present a problem. Don't know the Stanford, Mendelssohn or Manz pieces, though, and they wouldn't be feasible unless they can be done by an SSA choir (I do a fair bit of arranging for my lot). Thank goodness for Grade 5 Theory!

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I would put in a plea for Stanford'a "How beauteous are their feet" or Mendelssohn's "how lovely are the messengers", and don't forget Paul Manz's "E'en so Lord Jesus". or Es ist ein ros.
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Thanks for giving me these ideas for 2012! Es ist ein Ros' is available in umpteen settings, so I'm sure that won't present a problem. Don't know the Stanford, Mendelssohn or Manz pieces, though, and they wouldn't be feasible unless they can be done by an SSA choir (I do a fair bit of arranging for my lot). Thank goodness for Grade 5 Theory!
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If you have the Purple advent for choirs book, they're in there. There's also a lovely little German carol "A tender shoot" which I think you could arrange nicely for SSA.

The Mendelssohn is from St Paul and majors on Altos having the tune hence my love for it.

The Manz is tricky but very effective - not sure it would work without men, although the tenor part is pretty high so you could put some altos on to it and do it accompanied. VERY high in one part though.

There is a version of Es ist ein Ros' in the Kings Singers book of canons which would make a lovely introit from a side chapel (well my barbershop group thought so anyway) - being a round it isn't too hard. It is a bit high in the tessitura but I love it and you can work out how many times to do it.

Presumably heaven, ######, death and judgement.

Our Advent Sunday service happens to be Mattins, so to make it a bit different I'm going to try them out on plainsong psalm and canticles.

I already did, Dulcet. Great minds think alike!

Otto Goldschmidt - hurrah for Victorian twee!

P4