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A celebration of Christmas from the candlelit chapel of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge, led by the dean, the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry, with the world-renowned choir under the direction of Daniel Hyde.

A celebration of Christmas from the candlelit chapel of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge, led by the dean, the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry, with the world-renowned choir under the direction of Daniel Hyde.

Music includes Harold Darke鈥檚 setting of In the Bleak Midwinter, Sally Beamish鈥檚 In the Stillness and John Rutter's arrangement of Child in a Manager. The story of the Nativity is read by members of King鈥檚 College in the words of the King James Bible and in poems by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Marion Strobel, Thomas Hardy and Walter de la Mare. Congregational carols include O Come All Ye Faithful, the First Nowell and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.

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Christmas Day 2023 09:00

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Director Marcus Viner
Production Manager Amy Swan
Executive Producer Catherine Stirk

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