A service of carols, hymns, and readings live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge will air on BBC.
For many, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols marks the beginning of Christmas. It is based on nine Bible readings which tell the story of God. They are interspersed with carols old and new, sung by the Chapel Choir which also leads the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns.
A new work has been commissioned for the Christmas Eve service every year since 1983; a tradition begun by Sir Stephen Cleobury. For 2022, Matthew Martin has chosen to set the text of the famous medieval carol ‘Angelus ad Virginem’.
