Music for Advent 1

[tree_and_leaf]

Westminster Cathedral Choir singing the Advent Prose (Rorate Caeli - Drop down ye Heavens from Above, and let the skies pour down righteousness). Westminster Cathedral really do have a great choir, especially when it comes to Gregorian chant.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (the church is actually the cathedral at Bury St Edmunds, though).

"Lo He Comes With Clouds Desending" - Lichfield Cathedral Choir (taking it rather slow, but it's still a cracking hymn).

"Wachet Auf" - Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Concertus Musicus Wien (nb: this is 28 mins long...)

Enjoy!

Comments

[sporky_rat]

You just made this sad Episcopalian very happy.

[tree_and_leaf]

Happy to oblige!

[kayloulee]

I would just like to say that Clare's version of O Come O Come Emmanuel is my favourite version of it, and I have been using it for memorisation practise, because my choir are doing our Christmas concert this coming weekend and we have to walk in singing it.

[tree_and_leaf]

Excellent! They are a good choir - definitely the best mixed choir in Cambridge.

[trialia]

Hee. Had the hymnbook setting of 'O Come O Come Emmanuel' at our chapel service yesterday, and I sang the alto line to accompany the last verse, as I was one of the most audible voices in our small group and I felt like playing. ;D

One concert down for the season, two to go...

[tree_and_leaf]

Good luck!

[17catherines]

I'm just working on my own musical advent calendar, as it happens! There may be some overlap...

[tree_and_leaf]

I look forward to it! I don't have time to do a proper calendar this year, but I may post some more music later.