VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers, Singers Of This Age, & Vintage Voices, Brass and Percussion Ensemble,
Mary Jo Gothmann, organ

Felix Mendelson, setting by Walter Pelz (USA)
Audience:
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the new-born king
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled.”
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With angelic host proclaim
“Christ is born in Bethlehem.”

Chorus:
Christ by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of the virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity,
Pleased as man with us to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Audience:
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that we no more may die,
Born to raise us from the earth,
Born to give us second birth.
—Charles Wesley, 1753, alt.