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05 February 2015

Nuit lumineuse, nuit bienheureuse (Taizé)



1. Nuit lumineuse, nuit bienheureuse, nuit où Christ descendit des cieux !
O doux mystère : Christ sur a terre, vient porter le salut de Dieu !
Vibre, mon âme ! Chante et proclame, chante ta joie !
Dieu te l’envoie, Christ le Sauveur, le Roi, Alléluia !
Plus de tristesse, plus de détresse, sois sans alarmes, sèche tes larmes :
Peuple voici ton Roi ! Alléluia !

2. Paix sur la terre : Dieu notre Père donne au monde l’enfant Jésus.
Gloire et louange, chantent les anges, Gloire au Fils, le Sauveur, l’Élu !
Nuit adorabe ! Là, dans l’ étable, pauvres et mages vont rendre hommage,
Vont saluer leur Roi. Alléluia !
Peuple fidèle, viens, Dieu t’appelle ! Plein d’allégresse, plein de tendresse,
Viens adorer ton Roi, Alléluia !

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English  

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26 December 2014

2014 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (Live Recording) from King's College, Cambridge

Live Sound Recording from BBC Radio of the 2014 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge at 3:00pm, 24 December 2014.



Link: Program Booklet for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2014 (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:
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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25 December 2014

1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge (UPDATE: 2014 digitally remastered version)

2014 DIGITALLY REMASTERED VERSION




ORIGINAL (1954) RECORDING


Historical recording of the 1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge under the direction of Boris Ord.

Hymn - Once in royal David's city 
Bidding Prayer
Carol - And there were shepherds (JS Bach) 
First Lesson - Genesis 3
Carol - Up! good Christen folk (Piae Cantiones)
Carol - In dulci jubilo (Pearsall) 
Second Lesson - Luke 1
Carol - Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary! (arr. Charles Wood) 
Third Lesson - Matthew 1 
Carol - A virgin most pure (arr. Charles Wood) 
Fourth Lesson - Luke 2
Hymn - While shepherds watched 
Fifth Lesson - Matthew 2 
Carol - The Three Kings (Peter Cornelius)
Carol - Sing lullaby (arr. Edgar Pettman)
 Sixth Lesson - John 1
Collect and Blessing 
Hymn - O Come all ye faithful
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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Boris Ord
Organ Scholar - Hugh McLean

UPDATED - 25 Dec 2014:
To mark 60 years of the BBC broadcast of Carol's from King's College Cambridge; BBC screened a digitally remastered copy of the 1954 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

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:
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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60 Years of Carols from King's 2014 (BBC Documentary)





An amazing documentary broadcast on the BBC Christmas Day 2014. Features rare footage from many years of the Carol broadcasts since 1954 and revealing interviews with giants of Choral composing today such as John Rutter and Bob Chilcott, both past choral scholars at Kings. As well as an interview with Jonathan Willcocks son of the great Sir David Willcocks who will be 95 this year. An unbelievably good Christmas gift and treat.

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


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24 December 2014

2014 Carols from King's (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)





Carols from King's 2014, the pre-recorded version as televised on BBC TWO.

Hymn - Once in royal David’s city
Carol - Up! Good Christen Folk (Piae Cantiones) 
First reading - Isaiah 9 
Carol - A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt)
Carol - Sussex Carol (arr. David Willcocks) 
Second reading - Letter from Private Cunningham of the 5th Scottish Rifles 
Carol - Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Carol - In the bleak mid-winter (Gustav Holst)
Hymn - It came upon the midnight clear 
Third reading - Luke 1 
Carol - The angel Gabriel (arr. Edgar Pettman)
Carol - Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock) 
Fourth reading - Whereto shall we liken (Christina Rossetti) 
Carol - A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
Carol - Joys Seven (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
 Hymn - God rest you merry, gentlemen 
Fifth reading - Luke 2 
Carol - The lamb (John Tavener)
Carol - Ding! Dong! merrily on high (arr. Mack Wilberg & Peter Stevens) 
Sixth reading - Matthew 2 
Carol - Noel nouvelet (Stephen Jackson) 
Seventh reading - Royal Presents (Nathaniel Wanley) 
Carol - The three kings (Peter Cornelius)
Carol - A babe is born all of a may (William Mathias) 
Eighth reading - John 1
Carol - God is with us (John Tavener)
Hymn - Hark! the herald-angels sing
Voluntary - Vom Himmel hoch BWV 606 (JS Bach)
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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholar: Douglas Tang

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:
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge's recent CD release: Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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Après la longue attente (Taizé)



Après la longue attente,
Après le rude hiver,
La nouvelle éclatante
Ebranle l’univers.
Fini le dur tourment,
Le Messie va paraître,
L’annonce des prophètes

S’accomplit maintenant.
Les humbles de la terre,
Les pauvres du Seigneur
Pourront lever la tête
Et réjouir leur cœur.
L’amour de Dieu s’étend
Sur tous ceux qui le craignent,
La splendeur de son règne
Eclaire les vivants.

O Seigneur, ta puissance
Nous soutient chaque jour,
Eveillant l’espérance
De ton prochain retour.
Le désespoir n’est plus
Car ta bonté fidèle
Est la vie éternelle:
Oh! viens, Seigneur Jésus!

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English 
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Voici l'Étoile du Matin (Taizé)



Voici l'Étoile du Matin
Que fait lever l'amour du divin,
Pure et sainte lumière,
Répands dans nos cœurs ta clarté,
Viens dissiper l'obscurité
Qui règne sur la terre.
Seigneur, Sauveur, Fils du Père,
Ta lumière Salutaire
Nous conduit et nous éclaire.

Tu viens Jésus pour nous chercher
dans notre nuit et nous guider
à travers nos détresses.
Tu vois nos peines, nos malheurs,
tu deviens le libérateur
du mal qui nous oppresse
Seigneur, Sauveur, Fils du Père,
ta lumière salutaire
nous conduit et nous éclaire.

Laissant la puissance et l'honneur,
tu parais comme un serviteur,
pauvre et dans la souffrance.
Tu prend sur toi tous nos péchés
et ton amour nous rend a paix,
la joie et l'espérance.
Seigneur, Sauveur, Fils du Père,
ta lumière salutaire
nous conduit et nous éclaire.

Text: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, by Philipp Nicolai

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English
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