For thirty-five years, beginning with the tenure of Music Director Stephen Cleobury, the Choir of King's College has commissioned a new carol for their annual Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service--a widely anticipated event broadcast around the world. This year, acclaimed composer Huw Watkins was asked to write the new piece. Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams chose the setting: part of the welsh Plygain tune, Carol Eliseus.
The King’s College Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will be broadcast to millions internationally on Christmas Eve, December 24, beginning at 3 PM GMT via BBC World Service and other public broadcasters, as well as on BBC Radio 4 in the UK.
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