Here is Julien Neel’s lovely rendition of this sweet song .. enjoy!
not trying to sound pretentious, but I do believe my solo tonight was the best it has ever been. Quite proud of myself. Even got some difficult parts for the oboe. #winning ^first time i’ve used hashtag, is it appropriate?
The Sans Day Carol, arranged by Philip Stopford for Christopher Gray and the Choir of Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, Engand. Here performed by MELISMA
Christmas Oratorio
Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists
Part Four
I. Coro ‘Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben’
II. Evangelista ‘Und da acht Tage um waren’
III. Recitativo ‘Immanuel, o susses Wortl’ – Arioso ‘Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben’
IV. Aria ‘Flosst, mein Heiland’
V. Recitativo ‘Wohlan’
VI. Aria ‘Ich will nur dir ze Ehren leben’
VII. Choral ‘Jesus richte mein Beginnen’
(Sorry I forgot about the QODs for yesterday!)
Ever danced with wild abandon to a busker playing ‘last Christmas’ on an oboe?
Ravenscroft: Remember O Thou Man
Collegium Vocale Gent, conducted by Peter Dijkstra
Remember O thou man
thy time is spent:
how thou art dead and gone,
And I did what I can,
therefore repent!
Remember Adam’s fall
o thou man
From heav’n to hell!
How we were condemned all
In hell perpetual,
There for to dwell.
Remember God’s goodness,
o thou man,
And promise made!
How he sent his son, doubtless
Our sins for to redress:
Be not afraid!
The angels all did sing,
o thou man,
On heav’n's high hill;
Praise to our hean’nly King,
And peace to man living,
With a good will.
In Bethlem He was born,
o thou man,
For mankind’s sake;
For us that were forlorn,
And therefore took no scorn,
Our flesh to take.
Give thanks to God always,
o thou man,
with heart most joylly,
For this is our happy day,
let all men sing and say:
“Holy, Holy!”
In case you’ve missed earlier Advent posts:
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, Day 22, Day 23, Day 24, Day 25, Day 26
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
From the Adventskonzert at the Dresden Frauenkirche.
Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
I have seen this young oboist on YouTube before, but just ran across this video of him playing the Goosens concerto. Bravo, McKenzie Allen!
(How is it that British music is so obviously British? I confess to not being familiar with this work at all — I know, I know, I’m really lame sometimes — and yet before seeing the composer’s name I knew it was a British composer.)
… and what is it about composers and their crazy lives?
Somebody Talkin’ ‘Bout Jesus
I was looking at the German translation for “Angels We Have Heard on High” and these are not the words to that. Same tune, same chorus … different words?
Sopran Carolina Ullrich
Tenor Vittorio Grigolo
Kammerchor der Frauenkirche
Leitung Frauenkirchenkantor Matthias Grünert
Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
I’m such a band nerd, but i don’t care I GOT MY OBOE 2DAY!!!!!!
I hate hate HATE the oboe!
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Performed by the Royal School of Church Music’s (UK) Millennium Youth Choir (Director: David Ogden)
In case you’ve missed earlier Advent posts:
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, Day 22, Day 23, Day 24
We finished up The Gift of the Magi tonight. What a fantastic time this was! I enjoyed working with all the musicians — both singers and instrumentalists. I really loved the music. And you simply can’t beat this location! The people who work here at Hidden Valley are wonderfully gracious too … so it was just an all around incredible time. Tonight will be my final night here, and then I head back home. Aside from playing for a Christmas Eve service I have nothing scheduled until my students return and Symphony Silicon Valley starts up in January.
Here are a few photos from the theater, and of course Mr. Nut did make an appearance!
Comfy chairs for the audience … at least they look comfy to me!:
View from the pit:
The stage:
Mr. Nut:
