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