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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Our month-long Christmas party rolls on, and I’m a little late with this one, but let’s have it anyway–
Requested by Erlene: Hark the Herald Angels Sing, by the Kings College Choir at Cambridge…
As for our carol contest, the two carols with 18 views each are still tied for the lead.
What must it be like, to be able to make such beautiful music and offer it to the Lord in praise?
Requested by Marcia, O Holy Night, sung by David Crowder and his group, Passion. Just beautiful!
Requested by Joshua, another new carol to enter into our Christmas Carol Contest (“new” in the sense of I haven’t heard it before)–Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne, sung by TheNCrew.
The wonderful thing about this carol is, it ties Christmas to Easter and the Resurrection–a tie we must never forget.
SlimJim asked for this one, an Advent hymn–The King Shall Come, by Trevor Thomson.
Across the street from me, at St. Francis, they’ve set up the Christmas creche outside the church. Once a line of wild turkeys crossed Main Street to inspect the manger. Point is–even wild turkeys know it’s Christmastime!