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Carols from King's: Centenary Celebration - Jeremy Summerly

3,146 views · Published 20 December 2018 · 48:39 · Indexed 26 September 2026

Channel: Gresham College · 2018 · Education

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00:00 // Introduction: 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
01:30 // The Origins: Bishop Benson & Truro Cathedral (1880)
03:45 // The First Service: Structure & Format
06:00 // Celtic Culture & the West Country Carol Tradition
08:30 // Why 10pm? The Pub Theory Debunked
11:00 // The Congregation's Role & Musical Expectations
13:30 // Carol Evolution: From Streets to Choir Stalls
16:00 // The Journey to King's College Cambridge
19:00 // 1918: A Memorial Service for the Fallen
22:30 // Hark! The One Carol That Never Moved

At 3.00 pm on Christmas Eve, millions of listeners around the world will tune in to the live radio relay of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. 

In this lecture, Jeremy Summerly reverently and enthusiastically celebrates the centenary of the world’s most famous carol service and, with the help of live musical examples from the St Luke’s Carollers, he traces the early history of this Christmas spectacular.

This lecture was recorded by Professor Jeremy Summerly on the 13th December 2018 at Barnard’s Inn Hall, London

Jeremy Summerly is a British conductor, a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and was Visiting Professor of Music History at Gresham College 2019-2022.

The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/carols-kings-centenary

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