tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post4660405322552496577..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Advent Musical InterludeAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91711878349763155212019-12-08T05:51:21.312-06:002019-12-08T05:51:21.312-06:00Excellent choice.... great to hear "real"...Excellent choice.... great to hear "real" Christmas music...thanks.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-15940163692416773702019-12-08T05:09:56.597-06:002019-12-08T05:09:56.597-06:00During the forty-odd years I served the Church, I ...During the forty-odd years I served the Church, I wrote many original descants and aternative harmonization to familiar hymns. Also Chorale Preludes (short contrapuntal arrangements of a hymn tune) to introduce the Processional or the Recessional on High Holy Days.<br /><br />All this effort was not always appreciated, but I had a whale of a good time exercising the talents God gave me, and excellent training I was privileged to have received..Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-44907117457895927642019-12-07T10:28:01.225-06:002019-12-07T10:28:01.225-06:00The descant is truly glorious! I chose this versi...The descant is truly glorious! I chose this version in part because of that descant.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-4917672740594671942019-12-07T09:25:42.959-06:002019-12-07T09:25:42.959-06:00Is a pleasant treat to hear a DESCANT on the final...Is a pleasant treat to hear a DESCANT on the final vrse sung so beautifully by the pure, innocent, refreshingly clear voices of sweet young boys –– a glorious Anglican tradition. Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38941275379699039232019-12-07T05:41:12.947-06:002019-12-07T05:41:12.947-06:00Curmudgeon,
Yes, this music uplifts the heart.
I ...Curmudgeon,<br />Yes, this music uplifts the heart.<br /><br />I am crazily busy here: <a href="http://alwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com/2019/11/where-ive-been-and-still-am.html" rel="nofollow">decades of stuff to sort</a>. An exhausting task! I am so grateful that former blogger The Merry Widow is here helping me.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8130413138959502882019-12-07T02:11:21.233-06:002019-12-07T02:11:21.233-06:00I love the line "the story that never grows o...I love the line "the story that never grows old". It's 3:09 AM as I type this. Perhaps the quiet of the evening and promise of God's everlasting love lifted my heart.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this beautiful Christmas music.<br /><br />Hope all is well with you and Mr. AOW.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042237845503794179noreply@blogger.com