RING OUT, WILD BELLS! A CHRISTMAS CONCERT
With the Montview Choirs and Orchestra
December 4, 2022 • 4:00pm
Adam Waite, Minister of Music and Conductor
Barbara Hulac, Associate Minister of Music
Becki Taylor, Assistant Minister of Music
Welcome
Rev. Ian Cummins, Co-Pastor
Ring Out, Wild Bells!
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
O Earth, O Earth, return!
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the time;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Text – Alfred Tennyson
I Wonder As I Wander
arr. Adam Waite (b. 1978)
Soloist – Barbara Wollan
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky,
how Jesus the Savior did come for to die
for poor ordinary people like you and like I;
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky.
If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing,
a star in the sky, or a bird on the wing,
or all of God’s angels in heaven for to sing,
he surely could have it, ’cause he was the King.
Peace, Peace
Sara Groves (b. 1972)
Jubilate Singers
Peace, peace, it’s hard to find
Trouble comes like wrecking ball
To your peace of mind
And all that worry you can’t leave behind you
All your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight
Peace, peace, it’s hard to find
Doubt comes like a tiny voice that’s so unkind
And all your fears
They conspire to unwind you
And all your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him
And in your dark street shines
An everlasting light
And all your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight
And all your hopes and fears
All your hopes and fears, oh
All your hopes and fears
Are met in Him tonight
Angels We Have Heard On High
arr. Arthur Harris (1927-1992)
Angels we have heard on high,
sweetly singing o’er the plains,
and the mountains in reply
echoing their joyous strains.
Refrain:
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
gloria in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem and see
him whose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain]
See him in a manger laid
Whom the choirs of angels praise
Holy Spirit lend thy aid
While our hearts in love we raise [Refrain]
Sans Day Carol
arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)
Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk,
And Mary bore Jesus, all wrapped up in silk,
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross,
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all,
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Now the holly bears a berry as blood is it red,
And Mary bore Jesus who rose from the dead,
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Three Carols
Phillip Hesteltine (P. Warlock) (1894-1930)
Soloist – Jayden Greicius
I. Tyrley, Tyrlow
About the field they piped right,
So merrily the shepherds began to blow.
Adown from heaven that is so high.
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
Of angels there came a company
With merry songs and melody,
The shepherds anon gan them a-spy.
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
The shepherds hied them to Bedlem
To see that blessed sun his beam.
And there they found that glorious leme.
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
Now pray we to that meke child,
And to his mother that is so mild,
The which was never defiled
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
That we may come unto his bliss,
where joy shall never miss,
Then may we sing in paradise.
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
I pray you that be here
For to sing and make good cheer
In the worship of God this year.
Tyrley, tyrlow, tyrley, terlow, tyrley, tyrlow.
II. Balulalow
O my dear hert, young Jesus sweet,
Prepare thy creddil in my spreit,
And I sall rock thee in my hert
And never mair from thee depart.
Now I sall praise thee evermore
With sangis sweet unto Thy glor!
The knees of my hert sall I bow,
And sing tht richt Balulalow.
III. The Sycamore Tree
As I sat under the sycamore tree,
a sycamore tree, a sycamore tree,
I looked me out upon the sea
A Christmas day in the morning.
I saw three ships a-sailing there,
a-sailing there, a-sailing there,
The Virgin Mary and Christ they bare
A Christmas day in the morning.
He did whistle and she did sing,
she did sing, she did sing,
And all the bells on earth did ring,
A Christmas day in the morning.
And now we hope to taste your cheer,
taste your cheer, taste your cheer,
And wish you all a happy new year,
A Christmas day in the morning.
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
O Magnum Mysterium
Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Sung in Latin
O great mystery,
and wonderful sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord,
lying in a manger!
Blessed is the virgin whose womb
was worthy to bear
the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
Alfie, The Christmas Tree
Lee Holdridge (b. 1944)
Narrator – Heidi Shriver
It’s In Every One of Us
David Pomeranz (b. 1951)
It’s in everyone of us
To be wise
Find your heart
Open up both your eyes,
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why,
It’s in everyone of us
By and by
Silent Night
arr. Adam Waite
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
arr. Arthur Harris
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS AT MONTVIEW
Advent
Love Unbound: A Service of
Remembrance
December 12 | 7:00pm
Sanctuary & Livestream
Service of Lessons and Carols
December 18 | 8:30 and 11:00am
Sanctuary & 11am Livestream
Christmas Tea and Children’s
Craft Fair
December 18 | 9:30am
Christmas
Christmas Eve Services
2pm – Family Service
Sanctuary & Livestream
4pm – Family Service
Sanctuary
6pm – Candlelight
Sanctuary & Livestream
8pm and 10pm – Candlelight
Sanctuary
Witness to the Light
December 24 | 7:15-7:30pm
(candlelight and music along Montview Blvd)
Christmas Day
One Service at 11am
Sanctuary & Livestream
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