Many years ago, I had the privilege of working under the baton of Richard Wayne Dirksen at the Washington National Cathedral. Below is one of his choral pieces, a glorious celebration of the birth of Christ the Lord. Ever since I obtained a recording of "Welcome All Wonders," I never let a Christmas go by without listening to this glorious musical celebration of the birth of Christ the Lord:
Welcome all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span.
Summer in winter, day in night, heaven in earth, and God in man,
That He, the old Eternal Word, should be a Child and weep.
Each of us his lamb will bring, each his pair of silver doves,
Till burnt at last in fire of thy fair eyes, ourselves become our own best sacrifice.
Welcome all wonders in one sight!
A merry Christmas to you. We did the messiah at our church, and there is nothing better than singing in a choir.
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To help celebrate this Christmas Season we have posted a series of examples of the finest performances we could find of sacred music composed especially for the Christmas Season at FreeThinke's blog.
Starting yesterday after first posting the original television broadcast of Amahl and the Night Visitors in its entirety, we offer splendid performances of the following:
O Holy Night
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I Wonder As I Wander
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Il est ne, le divin enfant
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For Unto Us A Child Is Born
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O Magnum Mysterium
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Rejoice , O Daughter of Zion
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Ding Dong Merrily on High
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Christmas Day, a Choral Fantasy
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Please feel free to wander back and forth through these individual selections, and enjoy them in no particular order, as ~ or if ~ the mood strikes. They'll be here all Christmas week and beyond.
You don't even have to be a Christian to enjoy these sublime works of musical art. ;-)
Merry Christmas!!!
~ FreeThinke
Merry Christmas to you both, peace love and happiness.
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