As far back as I can remember, you heard this piece of music at Christmastime–even on TV. I’m not sure it has anything specifically to do with Christmas, but somehow they belong together.
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra in 1961, Leopold Stokowski conducting… another one of those memories that lands me, 10 0r 11 years old, back in my mother’s sitting room with the snow coming down outside.
Oh, those are good memories.
I usually save this for Christmas-time, but I think I need it today. Maybe some of you do, too.
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, by Johann Sebastian Bach–performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra in 1961, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
I’m awfully tired today, but this should help.
No hymn requests this morning, so I’m on my own.
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, by J.S. Bach–performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski…
We usually hear this around Christmastime, but it’s good all year.
We can’t let Christmas come or go without posting this, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting, and the Norman Luboff Choir.
I just can’t think of a more beautiful hymn than this: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, by Johann Sebastian Bach. Here the orchestra is conducted by Leopold Stokowki, vintage 1992.