It’s not advent without Adam Lay Y Bounden. This has been a favourite carol of mine for a long time, particularly the version by Boris Ord, with that gorgeous soaring ‘Deo Gracias’ at the end of it. Admittedly, my initial…
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Advent Calendar Day 24: The Holly and the Ivy (Trad. Arranged Shaw)
The Holly and the Ivy has been one of my favourite Christmas Carols since I was quite young – I think I first heard it when my family stayed for a few months in England when I was six, and…
Advent Calendar Day 1: Veni, Veni Emmanuel (The King’s Singers)
It’s December, which means it’s musical Advent Calendar time (and possibly also, oh look, I have a music blog, maybe I should stop ignoring it time)! I’m starting Advent this year with a recording of The King’s Singers, singing Veni,…
Advent Calendar Day 16: Gaudete! (Trad., sung by Mediaeval Baebes)
Today is Gaudete Sunday (Gaudete is Latin for “Rejoice”), which is notable for the fact that the liturgical colour is Rose, which means priests in pink vestments and great swathes of hot pink fabric draped over the purple that was…
Advent Calendar Day 25 – MERRY CHRISTMAS
Huzzah! I survived a midnight mass as the lone soprano in descant hell – and I still have my vocal chords!! I’ve been trying to figure out all day what I can possibly use for tonight’s carol. You see, I…
Advent Calendar Day 14 – The Holly and the Ivy (Mediaeval Baebes)
I’m not sure this next one is strictly an Advent carol (I’ve been saying that a lot, I know); it usually gets sung as a Christmas carol, though it shares the advent tendency to focus on aspects of theology or…
Advent Calendar Day 6 – There is no Rose of Swych Vertu (Mediaeval Baebes)
Here’s one that I’m not quite sure counts as an Advent Carol – is it still an Advent Carol if it is not sung with any religious intent? – but is nonetheless too pretty to miss. The text is medieval,…