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===Commissioned carols and organ postludes=== {{See also|List of carols at the Nine Lessons and Carols, King's College Chapel}} The table below shows the new carols commissioned by King's College, Cambridge, since 1983. <!--Please arrange in chronological order. Thanks.--> {| class="wikitable" style="max-width: 1000px;" |- !width=60px|Year !width=|Title of carol !width=|Author/source and composer |- valign=top |align=center|1983 |In Wintertime{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(When Thou Wast Born in Wintertime) |Words: [[Betty Askwith]]<br />Music: [[Lennox Berkeley]] |- valign=top |align=center|1984 |One Star, At Last{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Fix on One Star) |Words: [[George Mackay Brown]]<br />Music: [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] |- valign=top |align=center|1985 |Illuminare Jerusalem<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2001">{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2001|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2001/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2001|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209052818/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2001/|archive-date=9 December 2007}}.</ref> |Words: Adapted from the [[Bannatyne Manuscript]]<ref>{{citation|author=John MacQueen|author2=Winifred MacQueen|title=A Choice of Scottish Verse, 1470–1570|location=London|publisher=[[Faber and Faber]]|year=1972|isbn=0-571-09532-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/choiceofscottish0000macq}}</ref><br />Music: [[Judith Weir]] |- valign=top |align=center|1986 |Nowel, Nowel, Holly Dark{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: [[Walter de la Mare]]<br />Music: [[Richard Rodney Bennett]] |- valign=top |align=center|1987 |What Sweeter Music Can We Bring<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2005|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2005/NineLessonsCarols2005.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2005|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211001315/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2005/NineLessonsCarols2005.pdf|archive-date=11 December 2006}}.</ref> |Words: [[Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]]<br />Music: [[John Rutter]] |- valign=top |align=center|1988 |The Birthday of Thy King{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Awake, Glad Heart, Get up, and Sing!) |Words: After [[Henry Vaughan]]<br />Music: [[Peter Sculthorpe]] |- valign=top |align=center|1989 |Carol of St. Steven{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: Adapted from [[William Sandys (antiquarian)|William Sandys]]<br />Music: [[Alexander Goehr]] |- valign=top |align=center|1990 |Богородице Дево, радуйся<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2007|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/assets/7/7c/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols_2007.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2007|access-date=24 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607220420/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/assets/7/7c/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols_2007.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2011}}.</ref><br />(Rejoice, O Virgin Mary) |Words: [[Eastern Orthodox]] liturgy (in [[Russian language|Russian]])<br />Music: [[Arvo Pärt]] |- valign=top |align=center|1991 |A Gathering{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: [[Lancelot Andrewes]]<br />Music: [[John Casken]] |- valign=top |align=center|1992 |Swetë Jesu{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: Anonymous, 13th century<br />Music: [[Nicholas Maw]] |- valign=top |align=center|1993 |Christo Paremus Cantica{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: Anonymous, 15th century<br />Music: [[Diana Burrell]] |- valign=top |align=center|1994 |The Angels{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Should you Hear them Singing Among Stars) |Words: [[John V. Taylor]]<br />Music: [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]] |- valign=top |align=center|1995 |Seinte Marie Moder Milde{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} |Words: 13th century manuscript in the library of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]<br />Music: [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]] |- valign=top |align=center|1996 |Pilgrim Jesus{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}<br />(Iesus! Christus! In the Manger of my Body) |Words: [[Kevin Crossley-Holland]]<br />Music: [[Stephen Paulus]] |- valign=top |align=center|1997 |The Fayrfax Carol<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 1997|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1997/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=1997|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928142402/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1997/|archive-date=28 September 2006}}.</ref> |Words: Anonymous, [[Tudor period|early Tudor]]<br />Music: [[Thomas Adès]] |- valign=top |align=center|1998 |Winter Solstice Carol<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 1998|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1998/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=1998|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813171723/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1998/|archive-date=13 August 2007}}.</ref> |Words: English translation of the [[Magnificat]] [[antiphon]] for Christmas Day<br />Music: [[Giles Swayne]] |- valign=top |align=center|1999 |On Christmas Day to My Heart<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 1999|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1999/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=1999|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216001631/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/1999/|archive-date=16 December 2007}}.</ref> |Words: [[Clement Paman]]<br />Music: [[Richard Rodney Bennett]] |- valign=top |align=center|2000 |[[The Three Kings (Dove)|The Three Kings]]<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2000|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2000/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2000|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808233206/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2000/|archive-date=8 August 2007}}.</ref> |Words:[[Dorothy L. Sayers]]<br />Music: [[Jonathan Dove]] |- valign=top |align=center|2001 |Spring in Winter<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2001"/> |Words: [[Christopher Smart]]<br />Music: [[John Woolrich]] |- valign=top |align=center|2002 |The Angel Gabriel Descended to a Virgin<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2002|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2002/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2002|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117232733/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2002/|archive-date=17 November 2007}}.</ref> |Words: 15th–17th century<br />Music: [[Robin Holloway]] |- valign=top |align=center|2003 |The Gleam<ref>{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2003|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2003/|publisher=[[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]|year=2003|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225122620/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2003/|archive-date=25 December 2007}}.</ref><br />(Not yet shepherds the gilded kings) |Words: [[Stephen Plaice]]<br />Music: [[Harrison Birtwistle]] |- valign=top |align=center|2004 |God Would be Born in Thee<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2004">{{citation|title=Nine Lessons and Carols 2004|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2004/|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|year=2004|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117224654/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2004/|archive-date=17 January 2008}}.</ref><ref>In addition, a carol entitled ''Starry Night O'er Bethlehem'' with words by Anne Willcocks and music by [[David Willcocks]] was also specially written for the service.</ref><br />(Lo, In the Silent Night a Child in God is Born) |Words: [[Angelus Silesius]]<br />Music: [[Judith Bingham]] |- valign=top |align=center|2005 |[[Away in a Manger]]<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005"/> |Words: 19th century<br />Music: [[John Tavener]] |- valign=top |align=center|2006 |Misere' Nobis<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2006|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2006|access-date=1 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204013517/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/2006/NineLessonsCarols2006.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2007}}.</ref><br />(Jesu of a Maiden Thou Wast Born) |Words: English mediaeval carol<br />Music: [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] |- valign=top |align=center|2007 |Noël (Now Comes the Dawn)<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007"/><br />(Stardust and Vaporous Light) |Words: [[Richard Watson Gilder]]<br />Music: [[Brett Dean]] |- valign=top |align=center|2008 |Mary<br /> (The Night When She First Gave Birth)<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2008">{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve, 2008|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|publisher=Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]]|date=24 December 2008|access-date=25 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105081101/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/festival-nine-lessons-2008.pdf|archive-date=5 November 2010|url-status=dead}}. For the songs sung in earlier years, see "[[List of carols performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]".</ref> |Words: [[Bertolt Brecht]], translated by [[Michael Hamburger]]<br />Music: [[Dominic Muldowney]] |- valign=top |align=center|2009 |The Christ Child<ref name="OUP Choral News Oct 2009">{{citation|title=OUP Choral News E-mail October 2009|date=9 October 2009}}.</ref> |Words: [[G. K. Chesterton]]<br />Music: [[Gabriel Jackson (composer)|Gabriel Jackson]]<ref>{{citation|title=Oxford Music Now|url=http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/music/OMN33.pdf|date=Spring 2009|issue=33|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=5|access-date=16 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726010030/http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/music/OMN33.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2010 |Christmas Carol (Offerings They Brought of Gold) |Words: [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], translated by Hanni-Mari and Christopher Latham<br />Music: Einojuhani Rautavaara<ref>{{citation|title=Boosey & Hawkes - Performance Calendar|url=http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/calendar/perf_results.asp|access-date=24 October 2010}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2011 |Christmas Hath a Darkness |Words: [[Christina Rossetti]]<br />Music: [[Tansy Davies]]<ref>{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Order of Service, 2011|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2011.pdf|access-date=25 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131002742/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2011.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2012|url-status=dead}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2012 |Ring Out, Wild Bells |Words: [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]<br />Music: [[Carl Vine]]<ref>{{citation|title=A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, Order of Service, 2012|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2012.pdf|access-date=27 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181748/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/files/services/festival-nine-lessons-2012.pdf|archive-date=16 January 2013|url-status=dead}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2013 |Hear the Voice of the Bard |Words: [[William Blake]]<br />Music: [[Thea Musgrave]]<ref>{{citation|title=Commissioned carol sets Blake poem to music|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2013/blake-carol.html|access-date=5 December 2013}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2014 |De Virgine Maria |Words: 12th-century Latin, translated by [[Ronald Knox]]<br />Music: [[Carl Rütti]] |- valign=top |align=center|2015 |The Flight |Words: [[George Szirtes]]<br />Music: [[Richard Causton (composer)|Richard Causton]]<ref>{{citation|title=Richard Causton composes 2015 commissioned carol|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2015/causton-carol.html|access-date=29 November 2015}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2016 |This Endernight |Words: Anonymous c. 1400<br />Music: [[Michael Berkeley]]<ref>{{citation|title=Michael Berkeley composes Christmas commissioned carol|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2016/michael-berkeley-composes-christmas-commissioned-carol.html|access-date=19 November 2016}}.</ref> |- valign=top |align=center|2017 |Carol Eliseus |Words: Welsh<br />Music: [[Huw Watkins]]<ref>{{citation|title=New Christmas Eve carol announced|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/huw-watkins-commissioned-carol.htm|access-date=9 December 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> |- |align=center|2018 |O Mercy Divine |Words: [[Charles Wesley]]<ref>http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/chapel/9lc_order_of_service_2018.pdf|access-date=15{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} December 2018</ref><br />Music: [[Judith Weir]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2018/king%E2%80%99s-announces-christmas-eve-carol-composer|title=News}}</ref> |- |align=center|2019 |The Angel Gabriel |Words: [[Sabine Baring-Gould]]<br />Music: [[Philip Moore (organist)|Philip Moore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2019/kings-commissions-new-carol-christmas-eve|title = King's commissions a new carol for Christmas Eve}}</ref> |- |align=center|2020 |''No new commission''<ref>Interview with Daniel Hyde > 'The Irregular Christmas'; [[BBC Music Magazine]], Christmas 2020, p 35</ref> |- |align=center|2021 |There is no Rose |Words: 15th century<br />Music: [[Cecilia McDowall]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2021/kings-announces-commissioned-carol-christmas-eve|title = King's announces commissioned carol for Christmas Eve}}</ref> |- |align=center|2022 |Angelus ad Virginem |Words: Mediaeval<br />Music: [[Matthew Martin (composer)|Matthew Martin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christmas Religious Programming on the BBC 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/christmas-religious-programming/ |access-date=2025-01-12 }}</ref> |- |align=center|2023 |The Cradle |Words: Anonymous, 17th century Austrian, translated by [[Robert Graves]]<br />Music: [[Cheryl Frances-Hoad]]<ref>[https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2023/kings-commissions-new-carol-christmas-eve King's College, Cambridge, "King's commissions a new carol for Christmas Eve"], 28 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.</ref> |- |align=center|2024 |Three Points of Light |Words: Peter Cairns<br />Music: [[Grayston Ives]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002611f. Retrieved 4 December 2024.]</ref> |} Organ postludes have also been commissioned in certain years, as shown in the table below. <!--Please arrange in chronological order. Thanks.--> {| class="wikitable" style="max-width: 1000px;" |- !width=60px|Year !width=|Title of postlude !width=|Composer |- valign=top |align=center|2005 |Improvisation on "[[Adeste Fideles]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2005"/> |[[Francis Pott (composer)|Francis Pott]] |- valign=top |align=center|2006 |Recessional on "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2006"/> |[[Lionel Steuart Fothringham]] |- valign=top |align=center|2007 |Sortie on "[[In Dulci Jubilo]]"<ref name="Nine Lessons and Carols 2007"/> |[[David Briggs (musician)|David Briggs]] |}
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