A traditional Christmas carol, arranged for a classical chamber ensemble, led by a piano solo and tinkling tubular bells, solemn and stately in mood, well-suited for visual scenarios imbued with the festive spirit of the Christmas season and the Winter holidays.
Acknowledgments of the public domain and/or creative commons licenses: music and lyrics by John of Reading (d. 1346), English lyrics by Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880).
O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
O come, all ye faithful, / Joyful and triumphant! / O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; / Come and behold him / Born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore Him, / O come, let us adore Him, / O come, let us adore Him, / Christ the Lord. God of God, / Light of Light, / Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb; / Very God, Begotten, not created:
Sing, choirs of angels, / Sing in exultation, / Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above! / Glory to God
In the highest:
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, / Born this happy morning; / Jesus, to thee be glory given! / Word of the Father, / Now in flesh appearing!
ADESTE FIDELES
Adeste fideles læti triumphantes, / Venite, venite in Bethlehem. / Natum videte / Regem angelorum:
Venite adoremus (ter) / Dominum. / Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine / Gestant puellæ viscera. / Deum verum, genitum non factum. / Venite adoremus (ter) / Dominum.
Cantet nunc ‘Io’, chorus angelorum; / Cantet nunc aula cælestium, / Gloria! Soli Deo Gloria! / Venite adoremus (ter) / Dominum.
Ergo qui natus die hodierna. / Jesu, tibi sit gloria, / Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum. / Venite adoremus (ter) / Dominum.