Feeling a little bit frivolous today. The arrangement is mine. I should probably be ashamed to admit this, but I’m not, not even a little bit.
Tag: advent calendar
Advent Calendar 14 – Lute Book Lullaby
It’s only a short carol, I thought. I’ve sung it before!, I thought. How hard can it be? I thought. Yeah. I don’t think I have sung it before, actually, or at least, not in this arrangement, and as for…
Advent Calendar 13: I Saw a Maiden
I love this piece for its gorgeous alto line and for the lovely lyrics – mickle melody is such an awesome phrase. I taught it to my work choir years ago and after an initial round of complaining that it…
Advent Calendar 12: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
I was going to start with the medieval cradle songs today, but my to-do list got out of control and I thought I’d better do something quick! Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep this up all the way to Christmas……
Advent Calendar 11 – Stille Nacht
I don’t think I’ve ever put this carol in an Advent Calendar before. This is mostly because it is one of my least favourite carols of all time, due to overexposure – I sang this more than 130 times one…
Advent Calendar 10 – There is no Rose
And back to the medieval carols again, because that’s how I roll! This one is from the 15th century, and it shows – lots of open fifths and fourths! Once again, I don’t have a lot to say about this…
Advent Calendar 9 – Christmas Day
Time for something bright and cheerful and Australian! This has been a favourite carol of mine since I was quite little, though I could have sworn that the version I first heard as a six year old in York was…
Advent Calendar 8 – The Holly and the Ivy
I’ve loved this carol since I was little – mostly because I encountered it at around the first time I ever encountered actual holly, which is such a beautiful plant. This is a traditional English carol from the 19th century,…
Advent Calendar 7 – Coventry Carol
This isn’t strictly a Christmas Carol at all. It’s a carol for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which falls just after Christmas and commemorates Herod’s slaying of the infants of Bethlehem. Very Christmassy! But it does turn up in…
Advent Calendar 6 – Angels from the Realms of Glory
So you’ve probably figured out by now that most of these carols are going to be obscure medieval or pseudo-medieval carols, because that’s how I roll. This is for reasons of both taste – I love the sound of these…