choirmas:2017 Christmas Carols Masterpost: The Minor CarolsFor the past eight Decembers, this blog h

choirmas:2017 Christmas Carols Masterpost: The Minor CarolsFor the past eight Decembers, this blog has been posting daily Christmas carols performed by some of the most extraordinary cathedral, chapel, abbey, and church choirs in Britain and from around the world. As of December 2017, hundreds of Christmas and Advent carols, hymns, motets, and songs are archived here.The following list is a selection of some of the more sombre, unexpectedly spine-tingling carols that have been featured here over the years. Thematically, these carols are haunting lullabies and reflections on the dark waiting-time of Advent, laments for doomed innocents and narratives of the mysterious, awesome intersections of the human and the divine.  A list of major-key carols can be found here. (If you’re in search of the Willcocks descants and congregational gems, go there!) By no means are all of the past eight years’ worth of carols represented in these lists, but you are very welcome to explore the archive to hear more. Some particular choices of mine are marked with [*] Enjoy the music, and have a very peaceful Christmastime.Adam Lay Ybounden (arr. Skempton)Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, EdinburghAway in a Manger (arr. Kelsey)Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, EdinburghA Babe is Born (Mathias)Manchester Cathedral ChoirBalulalow (Warlock)Choir of Ripon Cathedral[*] Behold, I Bring You Glad TidingsManchester Cathedral ChoirBefore Dawn (Andrews)Choir of New College, Oxford[*] Bethlehem Down (Warlock)Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh[*]  BWV 61: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (Bach)Choir of Manchester CathedralCarol of the Bells (Ukrainian Bell Carol)Ripon Cathedral ChoirThe Corpus Christi CarolChoir of St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide[*]  The Coventry CarolChoir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, EdinburghE’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Choir of Washington National CathedralThe Fayrfax Carol (Adès)Choir of King’s College, Cambridge[*] The FlightChoir of King’s College, CambridgeFollow That StarWells Cathedral Choir [*] Gabriel’s Message (Basque Melody)Choir of St Matthew’s Church, NorthamptonGod Rest You Merry, GentlemenChoir of Durham Cathedral[*]  Here is the Little Door (Howells)Wells Cathedral ChoirThe Holly and the Ivy (Arr. Nixon)Choir of King’s College, Cambridge[*] The Huron Carol (Arr. MacDonald)Ely Cathedral Choir[*]  A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten)Salisbury Cathedral ChoirI Sing of a Maiden (Hadley)Westminster Cathedral Choir[*]  I Wonder as I Wander (arr. Rütti)Chester Cathedral ChoirI Wonder as I Wander (trad.)Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine[*]  The Lamb (Tavener)St Albans Cathedral Choir[*] Long the Night (Ukrainian Folk Melody)St Davids Cathedral ChoirLully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (Leighton)Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, EdinburghLux Aurumque (Whitacre)Wells Cathedral ChoirThe Magi (Carter)York Minster ChoirMasters in This HallChoir of Christ Church Cathedral, OxfordNoël NouveletChoeur de La Maîtrise de ToulouseO Come, O Come, EmmanuelChoir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine[*] O Magnum Mysterium (Gjeilo)Choir of King’s College, Cambridge[*]  O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen)Choir of Liverpool CathedralO Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)Choir of King’s College, Cambridge[*] O, Radiant Dawn (MacMillan)Choir of Merton College, Oxford [*]  Quem Vidistes PastoresSalisbury Cathedral ChoirRemember, O Thou Man (Ravenscroft)Choir of Eton CollegeSing Lullaby (Howells)Choir of Lincoln CathedralSweet Was the Song the Virgin SangChoir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor CastleThis is the Truth Sent from Above (arr. R.V. Williams)Choir of Exeter College, OxfordThe Three Kings (Dove)York Minster ChoirVeni, Veni, EmmanuelChoeur d'Enfants de la Maitrise de la Perverie[*] Videntes StellamChoeur de La Maîtrise de ToulouseVirga Jesse (Bruckner)Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh[*] Vox Dicentis: Clama (Naylor)York Minster ChoirWalking in the Air (Blake)Theme from ‘The Snowman’Peter Auty, St Paul’s Cathedral ChoristerWe Three KingsChoir of King’s College, Cambridge@kivrin​ @tollers-and-jack​ @lucyemers​  -- source link

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