Piedmont Lessons and Carols program final - Piedmont College

Piedmont Chorale and *Chamber Singers
Dr. C. Wallace Hinson,
conductor
Mr. Micah Dingler,
assistant conductor
Ms. Joy Hayner, piano
Soprano
Margit Adams
*Jennifer Babel
*Heather Barcroft
*Rebecca Barnes
Maralyn Bell
Sue Blair
Edna Brescia
Susan Brown
Ruth Bunn
Jean Calef
Memrie Cox
*Leah Cunningham
*Leah Della Torre
Mary Garrison
Amanda Ghann
*Emily Giardina
Paula Gibson
Rachel Hamilton
Mary Harlan
Ethel Henderson
Carolyn Hill
Beverly Holbrook
Wilma Humphries
Mr. Bobby Ivey,
conductor
Miss Bethany Fisher, piano
Kelsea Bentley
John Burke
Portia Burns
Katie Cashion
Jared Cox
Bri Hyatt
Carole Jackson
Kristin Johnson
Martha Kaulbach
Jeanette Lackey
*Sarah Jean Miller
*Laurie Mullinax
Laura Owenby
Betty Ridley
Lindsey Robbins
Glad Simmons
Margaret Stabler
*Kristen Taylor
*Stefanie Watkins
Virginia Webb
Rebecca Yarbrough
Alto
*Maria Arenas
Brenda Boonstra
*Courtney Branson
Karen Brown
Tina Evans
*Bethany Fisher
Michelle Goulet
Krystal Grantham
Susan Johnson
*Haley Jordan
Shirley Leavens
Amanda Demore
Ashley Dockery
Amber Dodd
Rhiannon Edwards
Dana Emig
Jessie Finley
Josette Gilbert
Collier Hatchett
Leah Holcomb
*TaShara Lee
Doris Mallard
Bev Mannes
Melinda McClenahan
Barbara McKinley
*Abbey Meents
Rita Myers
Sandy Oscar
Amy Pointer
Sylvia Price
Jane Ann Quartel
*Ashley Rittenour
Katie Robinson
*Jessica Snider
Miriam Strong
Ethel Tanner
Jamie Telford
*Heather Thomas
Alicia Varner
*Susan Vickers
Tenor
*Patrick Anderson
Mack Barry
Lincoln Blackwood
*Charron Davis
*Thomas Dunbar
*Micah Dingler
Bill Gaik
Habersham Singers
Casey Lopez
Kyle Maxwell
Krista McGugan
Colleen Mims
P.J. Mitchell
Josh Moore
Amanda Murphy
Jenna Parrish
William Gillow
Patrick Hawkins
*Greg Holder
Ray Kreiner
Gene Mallard
*Wally Smith
George Stabler
*Kyle Thurmond
*Kallan Williams
Van Wunderlich
Bass
Thomas Barnes
*Jeremy Bishop
*Daniel Burns
Len Cohen
Jack Foster
Kirk Grizzle
*Phillip Hayner
Larry Holbrook
*John Paul Jordan
Bob Lackey
*Saul Olvera-Rubio
Robin Oscar
*Evan Poole
Daniel Showalter
*Allen Wheeler
Jamie Wyman-Blackburn
Cathy Rice
Cassie Shaver
Kristy Simmons
Hope Sosebee
Devorio Tate
Amber Watson
Krys Whitfield
Kayla Wilson
Brass
Brad Whitwell, trumpet Colin Jones, trumpet Sarah Bandfield, horn Patricia Jameson, trombone
Saul Olvera-Rubio, tuba
Upcoming Piedmont College Music Events
Monday, December 5 7:30 p.m.
Monday, December 12 7:30 p.m.
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Habersham Central High School Christmas Program.
Thomas Jameson, director. Tickets $5
Thursday, December 8 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 7:30 p.m.
Habersham Central High School Band Concert. Graduate Recital. Melissa Walding, oboe.
Saturday, December 10 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 19 7:30 p.m.
Senior Recital. Betty Thompson, organ.
Wissinger/Lugo Duo: flute and guitar. Brooks Hall.
Seventeenth enteenth Annual
Service of Lessons and Carols
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Friday, December 2, 2005
Saturda
day, December 3, 2005
7:30 p.m.
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Piedmont College e Center for Wor
orship and Music

Piedmont College Chorale
Dr. Wallace Hinson, conductor
Mr. Micah Dingler, assistant conductor
Ms. Joy Hayner, piano
Piedmont College Chamber Singers
Dr. Wallace Hinson, conductor
Dr. Phillip Hayner, piano
Dr. James Mellichamp, organ
Habersham Central High School Singers
Mr. Bobby Ivey, conductor
Miss Bethany Fisher, piano
Lectors
Rev. Dr. Ashley Cook, Piedmont College Chaplain; Minister, Covenant Congregational Church
Dr. Betsey Blakeslee, Chair, Department of Mass Communications
Dr. David Greene, Professor of English
Dr. Garen Simmons, Professor of History and President Emeritus
Ms. Lores Hauck, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Dr. Barbara Steinhaus-Jordan, Associate Professor of Music
Dr. Tim Lytle, Director, Honors College
Dr. Barbara Crosson, Dean, School of Nursing
Dr. Stephen Whited, Chair, Department of Humanities
Dr. Curtis Bradford, Professor of French
Carol O Come, All Ye Faithful arr. David Willcocks
Congregation is invited to join on all verses
1. 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, Christ the Lord.
2. God of God, Light of Light,
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Very God, begotten, not created:
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizen of heav'n above;
Glory to God in the highest:
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
4. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory giv'n;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing
O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Carol Silent Night Franz Gruber
1. Silent night, Holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and child!
Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
2. Silent night, Holy night,
Darkness flies, all is light;
Shepherds hear the angels sing
Alleluia hail the King!
Christ the Saviour is born.
Congregation is invited to join on verses 2, 3 & 4
The Closing Litany
One: We open now the doors of night.
All: Strains of holy harmony guide us with a heavenly compass.
One: Remembering the coarse encampment where God's child was born,
All: Soothes our sadness and calms our worldly cares.
One: Earth unlocks the gates to a gracious throne
All: Stirring us to sense a sacred embrace.
One: Expecting to encounter the One whose kingdom is joy and love,
All: We shall know the Christ when he comes!
The Blessing
3. Silent night, Holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord at thy birth.
4. Silent night, Holy night,
Wondrous Star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing
Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Saviour is born.
The Rev. Ashley Cook
The Rev. Ashley Cook
The Recessional O Day of Peace That Dimly Shines Charles H. H. Parry
O day of peace that dimly shines through all our hopes and prayers and dreams,
Guide us to justice, truth, and love, delivered from our selfish schemes.
May swords of hate fall from our hands, our hearts from envy find release,
Till by God's grace our warring world shall see Christ's promised reign of peace.
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, nor shall the fierce devour the small;
As beasts and cattle calmly graze, a little child shall lead them all.
Then enemies shall learn to love, all creatures find their true accord;
The hope of peace shall be fulfilled, for all the earth shall know the Lord.

Carol The First Nowell arr. David Willcocks
Congregation is invited to stand and join on verses 1 & 5
1. The first Nowell the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they
lay:
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel!
2. They looked up and saw a star,
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
Nowell, Nowell...
3. This star drew nigh to the northwest;
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest
And there it did both stop and stay
Right over the place where Jesus lay:
Nowell, Nowell...
4. Then enter'd in those wise men three,
Full rev'rently upon their knee,
And offer'd there in his presence
Their gold and myrrh and frankincense
Nowell, Nowell...
5. Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
That hath made heav'n and earth of naught,
And with his blood mankind was bought:
Nowell, Nowell...
Carol Where Shepherds Lately Knelt Carl Schalk
Piedmont Chorale
Where shepherds lately knelt and kept the angel's word,
I come in half-belief, a pilgrim strangely stirred;
But there is room and welcome there for me,
But there is room and welcome there for me.
In that unlikely place I find him as they said:
Sweet, newborn Babe, how, frail, and in a manger bed:
A still small Voice to cry one day for me,
A still small Voice to cry one day for me.
How should I not have know Isaiah would be there,
His prophecies fulfilled? With pounding heart, I stare:
A Child, A Son, the Prince of Peace for me,
A Child, A Son, the Prince of Peace for me.
Can I, will I forget how Love was born and burned
Its way into my heart: unasked, unforced, unearned,
To die to live, and not alone for me,
To die to live, and not alone for me.
The Eighth Lesson The wise men are led by the star to Jesus St. Matthew 2: 1 - 5, 9 - 11
Dr. Stephen Whited, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Dies Sanctificatus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Piedmont College Chamber Singers
A holy day rises for us: come ye peoples and pray to the Lord, because today a great light descended to earth.
This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
The Ninth Lesson St. John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation St. John 1: 1 - 14
Dr. Curtis Bradford, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Hallelujah! (from Messiah) Georg Fredric Handel
Piedmont Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Habersham Singers
Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the
Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever. King of Kings and
Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!
Program
Prelude Prelude on “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” John Watkinson
Silent Night
arr. Dudley Buck
Dr. James Mellichamp, organ
The Processional Once In Royal David's City arr. David Willcocks
Congregation is invited to stand and join on all verses
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. And through all his wondrous childhood,
He would honor and obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms he lay:
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as he.
Prayer
4. For he is our childhood's pattern
Day by day like us he grew
He was little, weak, and helpless
Tears and smiles like us he knew:
And he feeleth for our sadness,
And he shareth in our gladness.
5. 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.
6. 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;
When like stars his children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
Rev. Dr. Ashley Cook
Carol I Was Glad Charles H. H. Parry
Piedmont Chorale
I was glad when they said unto me, we will go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is at unity with itself.
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within they palaces.
The First Lesson The Prophet proclaims good news to a people in exile Isaiah 40: 1 -5
Dr. Betsey Blakeslee, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Prepare The Way O Zion arr. Winston Cassler
Piedmont Chorale
Micah Dingler, conductor
Prepare the way, O Zion! Ye awful deeps, rise high;
Sink low, ye lofty mountains, the Lord is drawing nigh;
The righteous King of glory, foretold in sacred story.
O blest is he that came in God the Father's name!
O Zion, he approaches, your Lord and King for aye;
Strew palms where he advances, spread garments in his way;
God's promise faileth never, hosanna sound forever,
O blest is he that came in God the Father's name!
Fling wide your portals, Zion, and hail your glorious King;
His tidings of salvation to every people bring,
Who, waiting still in sadness, would sing his praise in gladness.
O blest is he that came in God the Father's name!
The throne which he ascended is fixed in heaven above:
His everlasting kingdom is light, and joy and love;
Let us his praise be sounding for grace and peace abounding.
O blest is he that came in God the Father's name!

The Second Lesson Christ's birth and Kingdom are foretold by Isaiah Isaiah 9: 2, 6 - 7
Dr. David Greene, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Thou Shalt Know Him Mark Sirett
Piedmont Chorale
Micah Dingler, conductor
Thou shalt know him when he comes,
Not by any din of drums,
Nor his manners nor his airs,
Nor by anything he wears.
Thou shalt know him when he comes,
Not by crown of by gown,
But his coming known shall be,
By the holy harmony which is coming makes in thee.
Thou shalt know him when he comes. Amen.
The Third Lesson The Lord promises the King will come to Israel in peace Zechariah 9: 9 - 10
Dr. Garen Simmons, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Verbum Caro Factum Est Hans Leo Hassler
Piedmont Chorale
The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us;
And we beheld his glory,
The glory of the only-begotten by the Father,
Full of grace and truth.
The Fourth Lesson The peace that Christ will bring is foreshown Isaiah 11: 1 - 5
Ms. Lores Hauck, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol This Little Babe, from A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten
Habersham Singers
Mr. Bobby Ivey, conductor
1. This little Babe so few days old,
Is come to rifle Satan's fold;
All hell doth at his presence quake,
Though he himself for cold do shake;
For in this weak unarmed wise
The gates of hell he will surprise.
2. With tears he fights and wins the field,
His naked breast stands for a shield;
His battering shot are babish cries,
His arrows looks of weeping eyes,
His martial ensigns Cold and Need,
And feeble Flesh his warrior steed.
3. His camp is pitched in a stall,
His bulwark but a broken wall;
The crib his trench, haystalks his stakes;
Of shepherds he his muster makes;
And thus, as sure his foe to wound,
The angels' trumps alarum sound.
4. My soul, with Christ join thou us in fight;
Stick to the tents that he hath pight.
Within his crib is surest ward;
This little Babe will by thy guard.
The Fifth Lesson The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Luke 1: 26 - 33
Dr. Barbara Steinhaus-Jordan, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Congregation is invited to stand and join on all verses
1. Hark! The herald angels sing glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled:
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies,
With angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark! The herald angels sing glory to the newborn King.
2. Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come off-spring of the virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, hail th'incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! The herald angels sing glory to the newborn King.
3. Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son 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 newborn King.
Carol O Nata Lux Morten Lauridsen
Piedmont College Chamber Singers
O born of light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, mercifully deem worthy and accept the praises and prayer of your
supplicants. Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost ones, grant us to be made
members of your holy body.
The Sixth Lesson St. Luke tells of the birth of Jesus St. Luke 2: 1 - 7
Dr. Tim Lytle, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Carol In the Bleak Midwinter arr. Donald Moore
Habersham Singers
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long time ago.
Angels and archangels o'er the stable there,
Cherubim and seraphim gathered in the air;
But his mother only, in her maiden bliss,
Worshiped the beloved, worshiped with a kiss.
O what can I give him, poor though as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
What I can I give him; give him my heart.
The Seventh Lesson The shepherds go to the manger St. Luke 2: 8 - 14
Dr. Barbara Crosson, Lector
Lector: The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.