{"id":1716,"date":"2022-12-24T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-at-the-oldies\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T17:16:31","slug":"christmas-eve-at-the-oldies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-at-the-oldies\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve at the Oldies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The following selections and commentary courtesy of Edward Buckner.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LndB94i2F_0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDieux Parmi Nous\u201d (God among us) by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. The glorious final movement from Messiaen's nine-part La Nativit\u00e9 is performed by Richard Gowers on the organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. It is a tradition in England for the family to listen to the carols from King\u2019s on Christmas Eve, and for the women to talk over it. [Ed's remark cannot be sexist if it is true.]<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YamipW44v4c<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToccata on 'Veni Emmanuel'\u201d by the English composer Andrew Carter. The origin of the melody was a mystery for some time but it was recently found in a 15th-century manuscript in the National Library of France. Keep an eye out for the organist\u2019s socks.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SixnHKwyrjI<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJesus Christ the Apple Tree" by English composer Elizabeth Poston. During World War II Poston is supposed to have worked as a secret agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tq8mgyBUJgk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNativity Carol\u201d by English composer John Rutter. Rutter is hated by many as verging on kitsch, but \u201cChristmas wouldn\u2019t be Christmas without this magnificent carol\u201d. Judge for yourself.  [A little kitsch never hurt anybody.]<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KXOaTOylx0c<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis Christmas Night\u201d by Australian composer Malcolm Williamson. Williamson worked as a nightclub pianist when he moved to London, but soon converted to Roman Catholicism. He became the Master of the Queen's Music in 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8XQwLp9d5eg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA Babe is Born\u201d by Welsh composer William Mathias. His anthem \u201cLet the people praise Thee, O God\u201d was written for the July 1981 royal wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and thus heard by 1 billion people. The tenor part is difficult for us tenors.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l1wHyMR_SCA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO Come, All Ye Faithful\u201d (Adeste Fideles<\/em>) from our wonderful Westminster Abbey. The origin of the melody is unknown, but was first published by John Francis Wade in his collection Cantus Diversi<\/em>. Watch out for the lovely descant at \u2018Sing choirs of angels\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales The following selections and commentary courtesy of Edward Buckner. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LndB94i2F_0 \u201cDieux Parmi Nous\u201d (God among us) by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. The glorious final movement from Messiaen's nine-part La Nativit\u00e9 is performed by Richard Gowers on the organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. It is a tradition … Continue reading “Christmas Eve at the Oldies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}