As an English horn player I was ready not to enjoy this. But honestly, it is just lovely.
VOCES8 sings Dvorak
I never grow weary of this piece.
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Abendlied
Choir Aidija
Bide with us, for evening shadows darken, and the day will soon be over.
I think this works for today:
Giovanni Croce: Buccinate in Neomenia
VOCES8
TEXT
Buccinate in neomenia tuba, In insigni die solemnitatis vestrae.
Alleluja.
In voce exultationis, in voce tubae corneae, exultate Deo adjutori nostro.
Alleluja.
Jubilemus/Jubilate Deo in chordis et organo, In tympano et choro.
Cantate et exultate et psallite sapienter.
Alleluja.
TRANSLATION
Blow the trumpet when the moon is new, at the sign of your solemn feast day. Alleluia.
With a voice of rejoicing, with the sound of the trumpet, rejoice in the Lord our help. Alleluia.
Let us rejoice/Rejoice in God with strings and organ, with drum and in chorus.
Sing and rejoice and sing psalms as well as you know how.
Alleluia.
Beautiful Savior, arr. F. Melius Christiansen/Olaf C. Christiansen
St. Olaf Choir
because it’s lovely …
Stellenbosch University Choir
DIE DONKER (The Dark)
Two Afrikaans Songs
Arranged by André van der Merwe
Die Gang – Christopher Torr
(Publisher: Christopher Torr Music)
As performed by Laurika Rauch
Klein Tambotieboom – Die Heuwels Fantasties
Sound Engineer: Dr Gerhard Roux
Video Production: Regardt Visser
Choir Management: US Woordfees – sing@sun.ac.za
English Translation:
DIE GANG (The Corridor):
In the dark corridor I saw a light, but the flame was delicate and frail.
I yearned for springtime on my uncle’s farm without electricity.
My aunt said, “My child, my child, love and moths are blind.”
The flame is delicate and frail, and like a thief it can disappear in the night.
Deep within the corridor I yearned for something.
The wind was singing that spring would bring love.
I could hear the day withering – it was only the sun disappearing.
And as certain as the earth that turns, a cock would crow again.
One evening the night turned to day as the storm erupted with all its force.
And I hid in the corridor, because I was afraid of the electricity.
KLEIN TAMBOTIEBOOM (a farm in the Limpopo Province of South Africa):
When the shadows come to fetch me, and when the good Lord does not look out for me,
when the ozone layer perishes
and falls into a chandelier of stars,
lay my heart to rest in Klein Tambotieboom and scatter my ashes across the Bushveld horizon.
I would wait to post this for a Sunday Morning or Evening post, but … well … I just can’t wait. It’s just lovely.
Patriarch Ilya II of Georgia: Kyrie Eleison
Russian Orthodox Male Choir of Australia; Gregori Scanlan, Solo; Nectar Kotlaroff, Conductor
Audio Producer: Nektary Kotlaroff
Video Producer: Adrian Metlenko
… and here is a lovely way to start it out:
Palestrina: Sicut cervus
Collegium Musicum Almae Matris
Coro e Orchestra dell’Università di Bologna
Editing e mixaggio: Nicola Carli
As a hart longs for the flowing streams,
so longs my soul for thee, O God.
Linda Kachelmeier: We Toast the Days
Cantus
Performed by Cantus on December 20, 2018 at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas in St. Paul, MN.
Music and lyrics by Linda Kachelmeier
https://www.lindakachelmeier.com/
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When the clock strikes twelve and another year has gone,
I give a kiss to you
As remembrance of the past we have shared and the future yet to come.
We toast the days, both good and bad,
the old friends and the new.
When the clock strikes twelve and another year has gone,
I give a kiss to you.
While the night is long and the bitter cold has come,
we lengthen our embrace
To sustain us as we mourn our regrets and the fear of days unknown.
We toast the days…
As we stand on the edge of another bright new year,
I take your hand in mine
With assurance of the courage we will find
and the hope that leads us on.
Mendelssohn: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Los Cantantes de Manila; Darwin B. Vargas, Conductor
Stravinsky: Credo
Intrada; Ekaterina Antonenko, Conductor
