Have you recovered from yesterday’s post yet? I’m still giggling about it, to be honest. But moving along, here’s a somewhat more conventional setting of the same text. Edward Bairstow was one of the great composers of English (Anglican) church…
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Advent Calendar Day 7 – Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Bairstow)
There’s just something about these particular lyrics that bring out the best in composers. I’ve sung, I think, three versions of them (including the hymn), and they are all gorgeous. This one, by Bairstow, is very lush and an absolute…