Today’s first entry into our Christmas Carol Contest is from SlimJim–The Glorious Impossible, by the Gaither Vocal Band. Nevcerd heard this one before, but I think it’s a keeper. Thanks, Jimmy!
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By Request, ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’
Requested by Erlene–and I wish I’d posted it sooner, before getting involved with any nooze–It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, sung by St. Peter’s Choir.
Beautiful! Moves me to tears! Brings me to one of my earliest memories: I’m a little boy sitting on my Uncle Bernie’s lap while this hymn is playing somewhere in my Grammie’s house. I must’ve been all of three years old. I’ve loved this hymn since then.
By Request (Encore), ‘Mary’s Boy Child’
We had it by Harry Belafonte yesterday, and today Ina has requested it by Boney M–Mary’s Boy Child.
[I hope you can view this video. My computer has developed its own agenda and has been very naughty lately.]
By Request, ‘For Unto Us a Child Is Born’
For Unto Us a Child Is Born, from Handel’s “The Messiah”–and from the Bible, Isaiah Chapter 9: yes, someone did request this a week ago, but we don’t mind posting your favorite hymns as often as you ask for them. This time we have the Kings College Choir.
The two hymns currently leading the Christmas Carol Contest are tied with 19 views apiece.
By Request, ‘Good King Wenceslaus’
Requested by ElderMike–and I know he likes the Irish Rovers, so here we go: Good King Wenceslaus, by the Irish Rovers.
Historical note: Wenceslaus was Duke of Bohemia in the 10th century, famous for his piety and good works. After death, he was recognized as St. Wenceslaus and promoted posthumously to king by the Pope, in recognition of his unfailing charity. He was murdered and martyred in 935 A.D. by his brother, Boleslaus the Cruel.
by Request, ‘Mary’s Boy Child’
This Christmas hymn request comes to us from Scotland, from Ina–Mary’s Boy Child, sung by Harry Belafonte.
I was sure I didn’t know this hymn, until the chorus came along. “Oh! So that’s where that comes from!” So now I know.
By Request, ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’
Erlene asked for O Come, All Ye Faithful, kicking off our Christmas Carol Contest this morning; and I remembered from last year this wonderful rendition of it by the students at Fountainview Academy. Okay, it is a little fanciful, setting it up to perform the carol on a moving train. And for once they had to leave their piano behind! But anytime you can get a trainload of Christmas cheer, go for it.
By Request, ‘How Unto Bethlehem (This Pilgrimage of Kings)’
Here’s another one I never heard before, another hymn for our Christmas Carol Contest: requested by Phoebe, How Unto Bethlehem (This Pilgrimage of Kings), by the Robert Shaw Chorale.
Remember–anyone can play, and you can play as often as you like.
By Request, ‘To Us a Child of Hope Is Born’
SlimJim asked for this one–To Us a Child of Hope Is Born, by Cardiphonia. The lyrics, of course, come from Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…”
Hey, everybody, our annual Christmas Carol Contest is ongoing–the Christmas hymn with the most views on the day it was posted, wins!
By Request, ‘All Praise To Thee, Eternal Lord’
Requested by Susan–Text by Martin Luther, music by Elaine Hegenberg: All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord.
Our annual Christmas Carol Contest has begun! Anyone can enter, and enter as often as you like. Leave a Christmas hymn request anywhere as a comment or a reply, and we’ll do the rest.