KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON
CAROL SERVICE 2019
Monday 9th December, 7.30pm Romsey Abbey
We are very grateful to the Churchwardens and staff for their welcome and support in enabling us to worship in the Abbey this evening and also to Adrian Taylor, Romsey Abbey’s Assistant Organist. Fifth Year student Edward Bence will play Chorale Prelude by J.S Bach before the service. We are delighted to welcome: The Mayor and Mayoress of Test Valley, Cllr. Martin Hatley and Mayoress, Mrs Joanne Hatley. The Mayor and Mayoress of Southampton, Cllr. Peter and Mrs Kim Baillie.
Action To Be Taken On Hearing The Fire Alarm Calmly leave the Abbey by the nearest fire exit under the direction of the Abbey staff and stewards. Those in wheelchairs will be directed to the appropriate fire exit by the churchwarden. Support For The Abbey’s Ministry If you would like to make a donation to support Romsey Abbey, there are donation boxes and contactless giving points at both entrance doors. If you wish to gift aid a cash donation, please use the Gift Aid envelopes available or speak to a member of the Abbey team. Donations that are gift aided enable the Abbey to receive an additional 25% of the value of each donation. Thank you for your donation. Candles Please be ready to light your candle in the final hymn and pass the flame on. Do keep it lit for the blessing and please take it home to remember Christ’s Light coming into the world and our continuing mission. Any left behind will be used in churches attended by our students. Please ensure mobile phones are silenced. The taking of photographs is not permitted during the service. At The End Of The Service There will be a retiring collection in support of Fair Ways, selected by the School Charities Commission. This charity delivers a comprehensive range of specialist interventions and services for children and families at the high end of the spectrum of need including social care, support, training and education services. Do join us for seasonal refreshments. May we ask that the you remain seated until directed by the stewards. This is to allow safe movement; please extinguish your candle.
Born Among Us Christmas is a time of great joy for many of us. Mindful of those for whom it is a difficult period, it is our annual chance to give thanks that God reaches out to help us in our endeavours, day by day, to be the best version of ourselves we can be. In Jesus we have a role model like no other. Knowing our every foible and strength, God is unerring in his love for us, coming to be among us - Emmanuel, God-with-us and God-for-us. A remarkable thing for the Divinity to do! The Advent and Christmas carols we sing help express some of this but sometimes it’s hard to see the radical nature of what is being said because the music and renditions have become so familiar and more comforting than challenging. In this time of political discourse and decision-making there are merits in being required to consider the implications of claims and ideology; in being asked to think beyond the headline or easy soundbite, the cosy complacency of toasting chestnuts around the fire; just so with the claims we make about God coming among us. In Jesus we are offered a new understanding of God: not as some distant figure resting outside our existence and experience but one intimately involved and one who shares our humanity. It’s not accidental that Mary is the vulnerable unmarried mother-to-be, neither the lowly and unplanned birth of the child, nor his parents seeking shelter on their migration from one end of the country to another. The dirt and danger, the poverty and the uncertainty, the ever-present risk of death speak powerfully about the radical risk God takes and goes on to take: throughout Jesus’ life he makes the offer of love, knowing, risking, that it may well be rejected, as indeed it is most horribly on the Cross. The more mundane Jesus’ birth, the more like our lives, the more extraordinary the implications of Christmas because it means God really has shared our experience, even that of loss, humiliation and death. And being like us and among us in Jesus, we can conceive something of God we couldn’t before. We can know that God is loving, accepting, merciful and forgiving because this is visible and tangible through the person of Jesus. This is a remarkable and challenging claim. This Good News the angels bring changes history, re-boots the relationship between the Father and his creation, enables confidence in us his children that we are unconditionally loved but equally charges us to live as Jesus models and spells out unequivocally. How well are we as individuals or society shaping up to that standard? How are we as stewards of Creation? How are we when it comes to those most in need of our forgiveness, compassion and care? That’s a message for the whole year round – Christ is not just for Christmas nor for the lovely time we share in tonight’s service. It requires us to reflect prayerfully as we make decisions for ourselves, our families and our nation. May I wish you an enriching Advent, a joyous Christmas and a faithful New Year inspired by the Good News we explore this evening. Julian Poppleton - Chaplain
Hold On To Ideals Welcome The Reverend Julian Poppleton - Chaplain The Abbey lights are extinguished, leaving only the Advent Candle burning Reading It’s difficult in times like these - Anne Frank Read by Sophie Allan-Burns and Sam Burton, The Heads of Capon Congregational Carol Solo: Ben Langer Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.
All stand to sing And our eyes at last shall see him, Through his own redeeming love, For that child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in heaven above; And he leads his children on To the place where he is gone.
The Chamber Choir He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly Lived on earth our saviour holy.
Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him; but in heaven, Set at God’s right hand on high; Where like stars his children crowned All in white shall wait around.
The Winter Is Past Reading Praise to the Holiest - from The Dream of Gerontius - St. John Henry Newman Read by Millie Parsons and Oliver Wilson, The Heads of Sylvester Congregational Carol - Jesus Christ The Apple Tree - Elizabeth Poston The Combined Choirs Soloist: Sophie Roe The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green: The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green: The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ the apple tree.
For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought: For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought: I missed of all but now I see ‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree.
His beauty doth all things excel: By faith I know, but ne’re can tell, His beauty doth all things excel: By faith I know, but ne’re can tell, The glories which I now can see In Jesus Christ the apple tree.
This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive, Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree.
Do Not Be Afraid
Carol - Angels’ Carol - John Rutter The Chamber Choir accompanied by James Belassie
Congregational Carol
Have you heard the sound of the angel voices Ringing out so sweetly, ringing out so clear? Have you seen the star shining out so brightly As a sign from God that Christ the Lord is here? Have you heard the news that they bring from heaven To the humble shepherds who have waited long? Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo!, Hear the angels sing their joyful song.
Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled: Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th’ angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King. Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come Offspring of a Virgin’s womb: Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King. Hail the heav’n born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the new-born King. Reading The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2.1-20 Read by Zoe Henderson and Tom Lockyer, The Heads of Lake
He is come in peace in the winter’s stillness, Like a gentle snowfall in the gentle night; He is come in joy like the sun at morning Filling all the world with radiance and with light. He is come in love as the child of Mary; In a simple stable we have seen his birth: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo!, Hear the angels singing ‘Peace on earth’. He will bring new light to a world in darkness, Like a bright star shining in the skies above; He will bring new hope to the waiting nations When he comes to reign in purity and love. Let the earth rejoice at the Saviour’s coming; Let the heavens answer with the joyful morn: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo!, Hear the angels singing ‘Christ is born’. Congregational Carol Ding dong merrily on high in heav’n the bells are ringing: Ding dong! verily the sky is riv’n with angel singing Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E’en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen, And “io, io, io” by priest and people sungen. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Pray you, dutifully prime your matin chime, ye ringers, May you beautifully rhyme your eve’time song, ye singers. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
We Seek The Child Reading Have you heard about him? - Chadran Devanseen based on Matthew 11.2-6 Read by Alan Morgan, The Chair of Governors Carol - Do you hear what I hear? - Gloria Shayne The First Year Choir accompanied by Henry Gwilliam Said the night wind to the little lamb: ‘Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky, little lamb. Do you see what I see? A star, a star dancing in the night, With a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite.’ Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy: ‘Do you hear what I hear? Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy. Do you hear what I hear? A song, a song, high above the tree, With a voice as big as the sea, with a voice as big as the sea.’ Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king: ‘In your palace warm mighty king. Do you know what I know? A child, a child shivers in the cold, Let us bring him silver and gold, let us bring him silver and gold.’ Said the king to the people everywhere: ‘Listen to what I say: pray for peace, people everywhere! Listen to what I say: the child, the child sleeping in the night, He will bring us goodness and light, he will bring us goodness and light.’
Our Homage Pay Reading Here is your God - Isaiah 40.1-9 Read by Ottilie Beal, The Head of Lawrence Carol - O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam The Chamber Choir Soloist: Sophie Kileff O holy night! the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth; Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! O hear the angel, voices! O night divine! O night when Christ was born, O night divine! O night, O night divine. Led by the light of faith serenely beaming, With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand; So, led by light of a star sweetly gleaming, Here came the wise men from the Orient land. The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger, In all our trials born to be our friend; He knows our need, he guards us from all danger. Behold your King, before Him lowly bend! O night divine! O night, O night divine.
Congregational Carol God rest you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy. O tidings of comfort and joy. From God our heav’nly Father a blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same, How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name: The shepherds at those tidings rejoicéd much in mind, And left their flocks a-feeding, in tempest, storm and wind, And went to Bethlehem straightway this bless-ed babe to find:
Incarnation Carol - Nativity Carol - John Rutter The Combined Choirs Born in a stable so bare, born so long ago; Born ‘neath light of star He who loved us so. Far away silent he lay, born today, your homage pay, For Christ is born for aye, born on Christmas Day. Cradled by mother so fair, tender her lullaby; Over her son so dear Angel hosts fill the sky. Far away silent he lay, born today, your homage pay, For Christ is born for aye, born on Christmas Day. Love in that stable was born into our hearts to flow; Innocent dreaming babe, make me thy love to know. Far away silent he lay, born today, your homage pay, For Christ is born for aye, born on Christmas Day. Reading The Word made flesh - John 1.1-14 Read by Amy Boyle and Finn McCullagh, The Heads of Watts Carol - Gaudete! Gaudete! - Traditional, arranged by Lana Walter The Chamber Choir Accompanied by James Belassie Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus ex Maria Virgine, gaudete Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born of the Virgin Mary, rejoice! Tempus adest gratiae, hoc quod optabamus; carmina laeticiae devote reddamus The time of grace has come — what we have wished for; songs of joy let us give back faithfully. Deus homo factus est natura mirante; mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante. God has become man, with nature marvelling, the world has been renewed by the reigning Christ. Ezechielis porta clausa per transitur unde lux est orta salus invenitur. The closed gate of Ezekiel is passed through, whence the light is risen; Salvation has been found. Ergo nostra concio psallat jam in lustro benedicat Domino, salus Regi nostro. Therefore, let our preaching now sing in brightness; let it bless the Lord: greeting to our King.
The Cost Of Love Reading A God who suffers - Helen Waddell Read by Ewan Horn and Issy Todd, The Heads of Reynolds Congregational Carol The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood the holly bears the crown: O the rising of the sun and the running of the deer, The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir. The holly bears a blossom as white as lily flower And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to be our sweet Saviour: The holly bears a berry as red as any blood; And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to do poor sinners good: The holly bears a prickle as sharp as any thorn; And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ on Christmas Day in the morn: Prayers Led by members of the School community Response to Thy Kingdom Come: Thy Will be Done Carol - The Lord of the Dance - Traditional Shaker Lower School Choir accompanied by Henry Gwilliam I danced in the morning When the world was begun, And I danced in the moon And the stars and the sun, And I came down from heaven And I danced on the earth, At Bethlehem I had my birth.
I danced on a Friday When the sky turned black. It’s hard to dance With the devil on your back. They buried my body And they thought I’d gone, But I am the Dance, And I still go on.
Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
They cut me down And I leapt up high; I am the life That’ll never, never die; I’ll live in you If you’ll live in me I am the Lord Of the Dance, said he.
In Our Master’s Steps We Tread Reading Such an ordinary man - Ivan Turgenev Read by Mr Neal Parker, The Head Congregational Carol Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight Gathering winter fuel.
(Men) Bring me flesh and bring me wine, Bring me pine logs hither. Thou and I shall see him dine When we bear them thither. (Women) Page and monarch, forth they went, Forth they went together, Through the rude wind’s wild lament And the bitter weather.
(Men) Hither, page, and stand by me, If thou know’st it, telling, Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling? (Women) Sire, he lives a good league hence, Underneath the mountain, Right against the forest fence, By Saint Agnes’ fountain.
(All) In his master’s step he trod, Where the snow lay dinted. Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed. Therefore, Christian folk, be sure Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing.
Stir Us With Holy Discontent Reading Beckoning God - Kate Compston based on Matthew 2.1-12, 1 Corinthians 1.18-29 Read by Sam Thompson, The Head of School Candles are lit to represent the hope of Christ for the world Carol - S ussex Carol - Traditional arrangement by David Willcocks The Combined Choirs Soloist: Sophie Roe On Christmas night all Christians sing To hear the news the angels bring. On Christmas night all Christians sing To hear the news the angels bring News of great joy, news of great mirth, News of our merciful King’s birth.
When sin departs before his grace Then life and health come in its place. When sin departs before his grace Then life and health come in its place. Angels and men with joy may sing, All for to see the new born King.
Then why should men on earth be so sad Since our Redeemer made us glad? Then why should men on earth be so sad Since our Redeemer made us glad? When from our sin he set us free, All for to gain our liberty.
All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night. All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night: ‘Glory to God and peace to men, Now and for evermore. Amen.’
The Blessing Reverend Nik Gower, Assistant Curate, Romsey Abbey Congregational Carol O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem, Come and behold him, born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. God of God, Light of Light, Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, begotten not created: Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing all ye citizens of heaven above; Glory to God in the highest: occata in G major - ThÊodore Dubois Closing Music - T For your safety and comfort please extinguish your candles and wait for the stewards to direct you to leave the abbey. Retiring Collection - in support of Fair Ways
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Symphony Orchestra Violin I Yuqing Chen† Boheng Shen Jonah Hughes Will Atherton Harry Radford Violin II Elizabeth Lotery† Rosalind Dye Junhao Liu Madeleine Wright Samantha MacNaughton Viola Pierre Forster† Cello Daniel Simojoki† Sophie Carter Jemima Hughes Double Bass Barnaby Saer† Rosie Dyer-Slade Flute Joshua Lam† Elizabeth Field Emma Aellen Annie Cate Boyle Elspeth McFarlane
Choir Clarinet 1 Sophia Bassi† Tom Andrews Suheera Ebrahim Joseph Rachman Clarinet 2 Emily Smith Catherine Shore Andrew McFarlane Oboe William Booth† Barnaby Hughes Sam Venable Trumpet Elias Simojoki† Isobel Fleming James Tall Matthew Evans James Booth Elizabeth Jones Trombone Nathaniel Saer Percussion Ethan Celinski† † Denotes section leader
Rufus Adeney Charlotte Akerman* Imogen Akerman Destiny Annan Emily Ardern-Jones* Katie Ardern-Jones Phoebe Ashton Anuoluwapo Bamodu Lucy Barnes Megan Barribal Hannah Barton Edward Bence* Susanna Bence* Darren Biney Edmund Bissett Bea Blake Mia Blake* Millie Boyes Peter Burnand Emily Carrall-Wilcocks Holly Chambers Edward Cole James Cox Sofia Dewsbury Kishan Dulai Eleanor Dunlop* Huw Dunlop* Kate Dunn* Sophie Englyst Jack Evans* Harriet Field Isabella Finlay Zhiqing Gao
Adult Choir Mandy Ghafari Liam Goodman Henry Gwilliam* Emily Hancock* Alex Hegedus-Adkin* Sophie Hews Max Henderson Alice Higenbottam Millie Hills Sophie Holebrook Joshua Kileff Sophie Kileff* Tessa Kimmance Molly Knapman* Amelia Kozlowska Ben Langer* Olivia Larkin Alicia Laverty Poppy Lloyd-Jones Rosie Lyndon Elisabeth Mathies Freya McCauley* Arev Melikyan* Lusin Melikyan* Amanda Mensah Ayushna Mishra Anna Morley* Abbie Morton* Phoebe Mufushwa Sophie Murray-Dryden Evelyn Nagy* Ankit Nambiar* Carol Naoum Ateya*
Defne Nebol Ava Neilson Martin Neves* Thomas Norman Annabel Panaech* Aditi Pathak Katie Ramamoorthy Amelia Roberts James Roe Sophie Roe* Nell Sarton Rajeev Sathyanath Ottilie Saunders Julia Schmalz Rosa Shepherd Isabelle Sheppard Isabel Smith Andreanne Solomou Annabel Stonadge Jemima Sullivan Luke Sullivan Nemanja Theriault Peggy Tomson Fred Turner Anoushka Umranikar* Avantika Umranikar Heidi Waite Charlotte Wallis Lily Walker Lucy Walker* Evie Waud Georgie Wheeler Sophie Wu* *Denotes Chamber Choir
Stacey Barnett Heather Beardsall James Belassie Karen Bentley Jo Bisseker Barr Helena Bissett Susan Blunsden Emily Brown Viv Carter David Clarke Maggie Clarke Lisa Denman Helen Dunlop Stella Evans Helen Everest Emily Gilmour Lisa Gilmour Sophie Groves Sarah Hamilton Julia Hardwick Julia Holm Ruihua Hou Mary Keany Mike Kelly Sonia Kelly Katy Le Poidevin Helen Lotery Ken Matthews Stephen McCann Rebecca Moisan Rachel Moody Alan Morgan Lorraine Morgan
Neal Parker Jackie Paulson Emma Ramamoorthy Mel Roe Orlando Saer Emma Sheppard Alison Stembridge Bridie Strachan David Smith Elizabeth Smith Hilary Smith Sarah Tall Lynda Thompson Teresa Venable Genie Webb Sarah Wood
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