La Chasse, Clément Janequin
This renaissance part-song is about a stag hunt. It is often performed unaccompanied.
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Every day an advent or Christmas song - Come thou long-expected Jesus
Every day an Advent or Christmas song. I had to search to find one that didn't use Hydrofoil as a tune. I wanted this one, written by Stainer, I think. Sorry about the red-robed choir - and the intrusive 'r's. But we do get Wesley's words. Somehow I don't think Wesley thought of this as a seasonal hymn.
From the 4th Century Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, born near Tarragona in Spain
Every day of Advent a Christmas or Advent song. Today from the 4th century Spanish Aurelius Prudentius Clemens :
Every day a new Christmas song
One of the rich aspects of being an international church is that many Christmas songs have different versions in the UK, in France and in the USA. I expect Canada adds its own fruit to the pudding, but of that I know nothing. It means planning a carol service can be a puzzle. So in a fit of positivity I decided to make a list of all the Christmas carols I know and to indicate whether the UK, FR and USA versions differ. ( I left out things like the Cherry Tree Carol, all the ones about Apple Trees and 20th Century mediaevalism, like Sir Christemas, Wolkym Yeule and all the rest...) Then I thought, why not share a Christmas Song every day till Christmas. Originally I thought maybe the Daveys could sing them, but covid. Then I thought it might be a good opprtunity to use the Acapella app on the smartphone. So here's the Kings Singers. https://youtu.be/5ZPlhAVsmPQ
Old hundredth, or Psalm 134
One of the great things about being interested in music is that there's a whole world out there. Here's a recent discovery. Jacob Van Eyck, the carillon and recorder player from Amsterdam. Born blind, he had a good ear and apparently discovered that the shape of bells affects the overtones of their chime. He was employed as a carillon player and also to play his recorder in the gardens next to the church. And he composed, or improvised, and vast number of melodies and variations for the recorder. Here's Psalm 134, which we know as Old Hundredth.
Silent noon, from the House of Life, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake and a woodland somewhere
On a different and possibly discordant note there's a Peruvian pan-pipe group that plays in the city centre and I'm sure that yesterday I heard them playing Jerusalem.
