Concert: Candlelight and Carol Service - The Wayne Gilpin SINGERS

Past Concert

Candlelight and Carol Service

Anthems, carols, and readings telling the Christmas story.

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Date & Time

Sunday, December 20, 1998 - 7:00 p.m.

Location

Willowdale Presbyterian Church
38 Ellerslie Ave., North York, ON, M2N 1X8

Conductor

Wayne Gilpin

Accompanist

Andrew Gilpin

Guest Artists

Andrew Gilpin, Frédéric Julien, Willowdale Presbyterian Church Praise Choir, David Puttock, Sophie Roland.

Repertoire

* indicates performance by guest artist(s)

italics indicate a reading

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Traditional Carol

Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light

J.S. Bach

* Isaiah 40: 1-8

The Bible

Christmas Lullaby

John Rutter

* Luke 1: 26-33

The Bible

* Behold, a virgin shall conceive (from "Messiah")

G.F. Handel

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion ("Messiah")

G.F. Handel

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn

* For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth ("Messiah")

G.F. Handel

* The people that walked in darkness (from "Messiah")

G.F. Handel

For Unto Us a Child is Born (from "Messiah")

G.F. Handel

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Phillips Brooks, John Cornish

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Traditional (arr. David Willcocks)

* Adeste Fideles

John Francis Wade, Frederick Oakeley

* Luke 2: 1-7

The Bible

Angels' Carol

John Rutter

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Storrs Willis

Were You There on That Christmas Night?

Natalie Sleeth

* Minuit, Chrétien

Adolphe Charles Adam, C. de Roquemaure

* Luke 2: 8-20

The Bible

* One Candle Lights the Way

Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse

Silent Night

Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr

* John 1: 1-14

The Bible

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Traditional Spiritual (arr. Roger Emerson)

Joy to the World

Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason