This Festival Holy Eucharist service is sung by the Cathedral Choir with members of the Atlanta Symphony Brass, and timpani.
Prelude music:
- “God rest you merry, gentlemen” God Rest You Merry
- arr. Kenneth Leighton (British, 1929-1988), O leave your sheep
- “On this day earth shall ring” Personent hodie
- arr. Mack Wilberg (American, b. 1955), Ding dong! merrily on high
- “Good Christian friends, rejoice” In dulci jubilo
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (English, 1872-1958), Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Service music:
- “O come, all ye faithful” Adeste fideles
- “Angels we have heard on high” Gloria
- “While shepherds watched their flocks by night” Winchester Old
- Kim André Arnesen (Norwegian, b. 1980), Cradle Hymn
- “Hark! the herald angels sing” Mendelssohn
- Tómas Luis de Victoria (Spanish, c. 1548-1611), O magnum mysterium
- Stephen Paulus (American, 1949-2014), A Savior from on High
- “In the bleak midwinter” Cranham
- “Silent night” Stille Nacht
- “Joy to the world” Antioch
