This Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols, sung by the Cathedral Choir, observes the beginning of the season of Advent. The officiant is the Very Rev. Sam Candler. Choral repertoire includes:
- The Great O Antiphons
- The Advent Prose
- Judith Weir (b. 1954), Drop down, ye heavens, from above
- “Lo, he comes with clouds descending” Helmsley
- Ben Parry (b. 1965), Adam lay ybounden
- “Savior of the nations, come!” Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
- Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553), Veni Domine
- “Come, thou Redeemer of the earth” Puer nobis
- Kerensa Briggs b. 1991), A tender shoot
- “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming” Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Charles Beaudrot (b. 1951), Comfort, comfort ye my people
- “The great forerunner of the morn” The Truth from above
- Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980), O Oriens
- arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969), The Linden Tree Carol
- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (b. 1963), Ave Maria d’Aosta
- Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977), O Emmanuel
- Gerald Finzi (1905-1956), Magnificat
- “O come, O come, Emmanuel” Veni, veni Emmanuel
