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SUMMARY:A Festival of Lessons & Carols featuring Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony
  of Carols
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Sunday\, December 14 at 10:00 am. for First
  Congregational Church's annual Festival of Lessons and Carols\, a
  beloved tradition from England where God's word is proclaimed and
  contemplated in a special sequence of readings\, prayers\, poetry\,
  choral anthems and congregational carols and hymns. 
 
 The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is most affectionately
  connected to King's College in Cambridge\, England\, where it has
  graced the Chapel on Christmas Eve since 1918. 
 
 About Benjamin Britten and A Ceremony of Carols 
 
 This year\, our Lessons and Carols service highlights the music of
  Benjamin Britten. A Ceremony of Carols has a storied history. Benjamin
  Britten wrote the piece in 1942 while crossing the Atlantic aboard a
  Swedish cargo ship. He actually intended to use the month-long voyage
  to complete what would become his well-known Hymn to St. Cecilia\, but
  the early sketches were confiscated by customs authorities who feared
  that the music was in fact a secret code.
LOCATION:First Congregational Church\, 21 Church Street\, Winchester\, MA 01890
URL:https://www.winchester.us/calendar.aspx?EID=12205
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CATEGORIES:Cultural\,Faith
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