All the information on this video is in German, so it’s “Mei fa-tzu” for me. I’ve been trying to remember the name of this song. It’s The Carol of the Bells. Played here on two harps.
Tag: christmas carols
‘What Child Is This?’
Just because the contest’s over doesn’t mean we won’t post any more Christmas carols. I can’t get enough of them. Can’t get enough of Christmas.
I found this one by chance: What Child Is This?, sung by “Melanie,” whoever that is–beautiful job she did–backed up by a guitar that sounds vaguely like a harpsichord: a lovely sound.
O Lord our God! Bless this Christmas and put it to work all year! In our hearts, in our minds, in the work of our hands. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
‘Gesu Bambino’ (Pavarotti)
No hymn requests this morning, no entries in our carol contest… well, maybe this will help get us started: Gesu Bambino, sung by Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Osborne in a special concert in Modena, Italy–Pavarotti’s birthplace.
‘Good Christian Men Rejoice’
We’ve got no entries into our Christmas Carol Contest this morning, so I’m on my own to choose a hymn.
Good Christian Men Rejoice, performed by the Mennonite Hour Singers…
Lord , I pray this Christmas for a spirit of reconciliation: we, your servants, are in need of it.
‘Personent Hodie’ (‘On This Day Earth Shall Ring’)
Let’s try to get back into a Christmas spirit.
Personent Hodie, sung by the Ely Cathedral Choir–our 7th-grade chorus sang it in English, On The Day Earth Shall Ring: an ancient hymn, still going strong.
‘I Saw Three Ships’
No Christmas carol requests yet–and our computers have risen against us, full-scale mutiny, you wouldn’t believe the trouble I had, posting this: I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing, by Blackmore’s Night. You can’t really sail a ship to Nazareth, but the sentiment is what counts.
‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
I’m not trying to win my own carol contest… but somebody’s gotta post carols. So let’s post this: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, choir, orchestra, and all, from St. Paul’s Cathedral.
(I hope the contest hasn’t lost its savor…)
By Request, ‘Away in a Manger’
Requested by Erlene, entered into the carol contest: Away in a Manger, sung by Carrie Underwood.
I think this was the first Christmas carol I learned. Seventy-some years later, it was the power to move me to tears.
Yes, we have a Savior.
Carol of the Bells’
Don’t worry, I’m not trying to win my own Christmas carol contest. Just getting the day started: Carol of the Bells, performed by four high school students from the Krentz Cello Studio, plus their teacher… on a walkway over the highway.
Carol Contest News: As of Day 1, the leading carol entry has 20 views.
‘O Come, Emmanuel’
Once upon a time, on a 15-minute panel show on our lovely Christian radio station that isn’t here anymore, I heard a woman give advice that I hope I never forget:
When things go bad, she said… “Sing louder.”
Okay! I’ve got Simon Khorolsky, he sings so you can hear it: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. With snow and trees.