Before my head explodes, courtesy of flaming computers, here’s a carol which I hope will calm me down–It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, performed by our dear friends and esteemed colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy.
I love this hymn. One of my earliest memories: I’m sitting on Uncle Bernie’s lap, and this carol is playing somewhere in the house.
We have another request for Good King Wenceslas, this one from Michele Dumas. Let’s try Bing Crosby’s rendition.
The annual Christmas Carol Contest is open to all, enter as often as you like–don’t be bashful, don’t be shy, step up and let those carols fly.
Well, whatever else I do today, I’ve posted three Christmas carols for our contest and we have done our bit for the Christmas spirit–glory to God in the highest!
Nominated by Phoebe: Angels We Have Heard on High, by the Christendom College Choir and Schola Gregoriana.
We have this request from Thewhiterabbit–Unto Us a Child is Born, from Handel’s Messiah… via Isaiah 9:6. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
We have one more carol coming up… Everybody, vote with your views.
We’ve been around the track together often enough for me to know that this is one of Ina’s favorite Christmas carol videos–David Bowie and Bing Crosby, and The Little Drummer Boy.
The carol contest is in full swing now; enter, all, while ye may!
Hey, what happened to our carol contest? No entries this morning.
Let me post this, then–I Saw Three Ships (On Christmas Day), sung by Nat King Cole. This is one of my favorite Christmas carols, even if it’s not exactly a teaching tool (you can’t sail a ship to Bethlehem, it’s too far inland). There are a couple of grand versions of it on YouTube.
Would you believe I learned this hymn in school? In third grade. In Latin, no less!
Requested by Phoebe: Adeste Fideles, sung by Luciano Pavarotti in 1978 at Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal. Watch close: you may catch him fighting off a tear.
Ina, you asked for Adeste Fideles by Nat King Cole, and here it is! We know there were prombles with O Come All Ye Faithful yesterday. Hopefully this video can be viewed in Scotland at the Philippines.
(I’d love to hear that whole album…)
Do you feel it yet–the Christmas spirit? You know, I think I do! My soul is drinking in these carols.
Requested by Erlene–Away in a Manger, sung by Nat King Cole. This is the carol’s American melody. Next time I post it, I’ll use the British melody.
Come on, now, don’t be shy! There’s room in this contest for everybody.
Our Christmas Carol Contest continues with The Holly and the Ivy by the Robert Shaw Chorale, requested by Phoebe.
Hello! If you haven’t entered yet, the contest is open to all, enter as many times as you like–and let’s just blow the cold and dark away with Christmas cheer! What could be better news than this? Jesus Christ our Messiah is come in the flesh!