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31 December 2015

Alle Jahre wieder (Germany)





Alle Jahre wieder
kommt das Christuskind
auf die Erde nieder,
wo wir Menschen sind.

Kehrt mit seinem Segen
ein in jedes Haus,
geht auf allen Wegen
mit uns ein und aus.

Steht auch mir zur Seite
still und unerkannt,
daß es treu mich leite
an der lieben Hand.

Sagt den Menschen allen,
daß ein Vater ist,
dem sie wohlgefallen,
der sie nicht vergisst.

Words: Wilhelm Hey (1837)
Music: Christian Heinrich Rinck (1846)
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28 December 2015

Coventry Carol (England)

VERSION I:






VERSION II: KENNETH LEIGHTON







Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.
Lullay, thou little tiny Child,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we do sing
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

Herod, the king, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young to slay.

That woe is me, poor Child for Thee!
And ever mourn and sigh,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

Words: Robert Croo (1534)
Music: Anonymous (16th century)
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25 December 2015

2015 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (Live Recording) from King's College, Cambridge

Live Sound Recording from BBC Radio of the 2015 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge at 3:00pm, 24 December 2015.



Link: Program Booklet for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2015 (PDF)

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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2015 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)

COMPLETE VERSION (with readings and prayers):



CAROLS ONLY:




Carols from King's 2015, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholars: Tom Etheridge and Richard Gowers

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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1992 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)



Carols from King's 1992, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury

See also: the live voice recordings of the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at 3:00 pm every Christmas Eve:
See also: King's College, Cambridge's Carols from King's from previous years:
RELATED: 60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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24 December 2015

Here is the Little Door













1. Here is the little door,
lift up the latch, oh lift!
We need not wander more,
but enter with our gift;
Our gift of finest gold.
Gold that was never bought or sold;
Myrrh to be strewn about his bed;
Incense in clouds about His head;
All for the child that stirs not in His sleep,
But holy slumber hold with ass and sheep.

2. Bend low about His bed,
For each He has a gift;
See how His eyes awake,
Lift up your hands, O lift!
For gold, He gives a keen-edged sword.
(Defend with it thy little Lord!)
For incense, smoke of battle red,
Myrrh for the honored happy dead;
Gifts for His children, terrible and sweet;
Touched by such tiny hands,
and Oh such tiny feet


Words: Francis Chesterton (1874-1936)
Music: Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
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23 December 2015

Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging (Germany)











See also the English translation: Mary Walked Through A Wood of Thorn

Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging.
Kyrie eleison!
Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging,
Der hatte in sieben Jahrn kein Laub getragen!
Jesus und Maria.

Was trug Maria unter ihrem Herzen?
Kyrie eleison!
Ein kleines Kindlein ohne Schmerzen,
Das trug Maria unter ihrem Herzen!
Jesus und Maria.

Da hab'n die Dornen Rosen getragen.
Kyrie eleison!
Als das Kindlein durch den Wald getragen,
Da haben die Dornen Rosen getragen!
Jesus und Maria.

Wie soll dem Kind sein Name sein?
Kyrie eleison!
Der Name, der soll Christus sein,
Das war von Anfang der Name sein!
Jesus und Maria.

Wer soll dem Kind sein Täufer sein?
Kyrie eleison!
Das soll der Sankt Johannes sein,
Der soll dem Kind sein Täufer sein!
Jesus und Maria.

Was kriegt das Kind zum Patengeld?
Kyrie eleison!
Den Himmel und die ganze Welt,
Das kriegt das Kind zum Patengeld!
Jesus und Maria.

Wer hat erlöst die Welt allein?
Kyrie eleison!
Das hat getan das Christkindlein,
Das hat erlöst die Welt allein!
Jesus und Maria.

See also the English translation: Mary Walked Through A Wood of Thorn

Words & Music: Traditional 16th c. Germany
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