December Daily: Advent hymns

fox - Top five Advent carols, maybe

Always count on Fox to give me an opportunity to talk about music.

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People (these performers are inserting some odd pauses, which I don't like, but it's a nice bluegrassy version.)

People, Look East (from a poem by Eleanor Farjeon)

Of the Father's Love Begotten (you would not believe how hard it is to find a performance of this in plainsong style rather than with some notes extended to make it conventional rhythm. So this performance is kind of ... excessively hygienic? In a way that says "evangelical" to me? Sorry.)

Watchman, Tell Us Of the Night (surprising number of the YouTube hits were instrumentals of various kinds, but I found you a choir)

Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (i.e. Bach's "Sleepers Wake" arranged as a hymn. I used to go through the hymnal looking for Bach arrangments. This is a translation I'm not familiar with, though.)

Surprised to discover that I'm dissatisfied with the arrangements I could find, and embarrassed about it, as if y'all are going to judge me for liking some of these. Apparently there's part of my brain that considers this to be hospitality and has high standards for it!



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