Our ward choir will be singing Candlelight Carol by John Rutter. I hadn't heard it before, and I wanted to get an idea of what it sounded like as I learn to play it on the piano. This is the best video I could find, and it's in Welsh, so I don't understand much other than the "Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo!" part. But it's gorgeous. And reminds me that Christmas isn't far off, when we can remember the birth of our Savior and rejoice in Him.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Candlelight Carol
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We sang this song every year in my high school and once after I moved here in the Branch/Ward choir (or maybe that was while I was a missionary...). It's a good one. has a seriously amazing bass part if they hit it right. It makes girls cry. I'm still somewhat sick of it. Enjoy!
We sang that back in NY with our Stake Choir. It is one of my very favorite Christmas songs I love the music and the words. (We did change the last part from "Godhead incarnate" to "God everlasting" because we believe the Godhead is 3 separate beings.) I'm excited for you to sing it! Or are you playing for it? Either way, it's beautiful.
Oh, you can go to this website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKYbSCXh8c
if you want to hear it in English.
Alison,
I'm the one that purchased the music for the branch/ward. Guess we did that right before you moved to La Crosse. I've got two different recordings of it (both in English :-)). Send me an email (john underscore colton @ byu.edu) if you'd like me to email them to you for learning purposes.
Mom says that she is impressed because this is apparently a hard song to play on the piano because of the odd key signatures. So here are some words of encouragement [insert perfect pump up phrase here]. We miss you terribly!
Well, the copy of this song I have is written for the organ, which makes it tricky to play on the piano (for me) regardless of the fact that there are six flats because of the spread of notes to be played simultaneously. (I've never done more than three flats on the organ, and I'm not sure how to teach my feet to play C flats.)
And I liked it in Welsh...
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