Posts filed under: Christmas

Here is a rendition of one of the season’s more beautiful works performed by a truly spectacular group. Enjoy the King’s College Choir. Latin text O magnum mysterium,et admirabile sacramentum,ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,jacentem in praesepio!Beata Virgo, cujus viscerameruerunt portareDominum...
Written in 1963, this was one of its composers earliest pieces. It was published in 1967 with organ accompaniment, and later scored for strings by the composer. Nativity Carol Born in a stable so bare, Born so long ago; Born...
I have always been a Karen Carpenter fan. As a band director, I closed my first Christmas concert with “Merry Christmas Darling.” Little did any of us know that Karen Carpenter would pass away shortly thereafter. Throughout my career as...
Straight No Chaser performs ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ at their reunion show at Indiana University!...
O Come, All Ye Faithful, sung by the King’s College Choir....
“The Wexford Carol” played by James Galway, flute; Laurence Beaufils, harp...
Enjoy Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughn Williams For the younger readers, here is an activity which will give you more information on the piece and the composer....