[Magdalen] Christmas 2014.

[Joseph Cirou]

Years  ago I used to attend one of the Advent/Yule tide Scandinavian
services at the Minnekirk in Logan Square. It was a Norwegian Lutheran
Church and this was one of the services sung and celebrated in Norwegian. I
don't know whether Norwegians celebrate St. Lucy's Day with the enthusiasm
of the Swedes but it was a similar service.

Joe

On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
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> Merry  Christmas and Happy New Year !
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> It will be a quiet holiday for us here in  the Pennsylvania Poconos.
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> We've watched some special concerts on PBS -  We've heard the Messiah
> "Halleluia" chorus three times  already.
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> The most interesting to me was the famed Saint  Olaf (Lutheran College)
> Choir in concert in Nidarosdom (Saint Olaf's  Cathedral) the Metropolitan
> Church of Norway.  They joined with a  childrens' and an adult choir from
> the Cathedral for much of the concert.
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> Since this was the congregation
> to which my Trondheim ancestors belonged I was  riveted throughout
> the concert which featured the choirs and  audience singing that most
> popular of Norwegian Christmas carols, "Jeg ar so  Glad" (I am so glad)
> and the conclusion was the familiar F.  Melius Christiansen "Beautiful
> Savior", with the alto solo verse sung in  Norwegian by the children's
> choir.
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> The Cathedral, heavily remodeled during the 19th  century, is quite
> resplendent with some lovely stained glass.   There is a very large
> pipe organ that was not used in this mostly a  capella concert.
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> In all of these concerts with singers at the  college level, there was the
> somewhat puerile quality of the young tenors and  basses.  None of
> the choir young men had that "honking" sound so  commonly found in
> high school age male singers, but there was still  some of it present.
> With the female voices this is less of a problem  because the womens'
> voices mature earlier.  Still, there is  quite a different sound from a
> choir of adult male and female singers.  Of  course, adult singers run
> into their whole different vocal problems, so at  times "you just can't
> win".
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> But I am too picky for Christmas.
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> I have my Eucharistic minister coming by tomorrow  morning with the
> Blessed Sacrament, so all and all it's a nice  holiday, even though
> Christmas isn't the same  as it was, say, twenty years ago.
> OTOH, I had a traditional fish dinner (salmon)  this evening, to be
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> by Cornish hens and all the trimmings  tomorrow.  There are advantages
> in being a married man!
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> Holiday  greetings to all.
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> David  Strang.
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