[Magdalen] Advent is coming!

[Joseph Cirou]

That is also one of my favorite hymns: to be sung at my funeral, because
that and Wie Schoen Leuchtet are considered the King and Queen of Chorales.
I will always program those hymns at any important personal occasion. For
my 25th anniversary. I did that setting with the choir and the final verse
just the chorale. I had a Sacred Dance Ensemble choreograph the entire hymn
with the chorale setting in  a very elaborate rendition ending in  dance
flourishes for the physical recessional. (The previous verses were all over
the place because they choreographed the Solemn Removal of the Paschal
Candle on the last Mass of Pentecost (I can't find the video, when I do I
should have it transferred to a youtube or vimeo program.

Joe

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe, you must hear her rendition of Wachet Auf, it's amazing! Look for it
> on YouTube.
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Her rendition sounded quite Keltic, much slower and reflective than I am
> > used to. They are asking me to do some contemporary aka praise music,
> but I
> > think they are thinking of material like this (I hope). I am emailing
> this
> > to their music director. (letting them know that world does not  end with
> > Buxtehude in Scandinavia)
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Au Contraire  It is my FAVORITE Advent Hymn I hum it my mind all the
> > time.
> > > My first question when I asked if I could play for an ELCA church in
> > > Advent was, "When do we sing, 'Prepare the Royal Highway.'"
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> It's my favorite liturgical season, and here's a little
> > >> foretaste....."Prepare the Royal Highway" (one of my favorites) as
> > you've
> > >> probably never heard it before, sung in Swedish by a wonderful singer.
> > >> This
> > >> is posted as an antidote to all the Christmas stuff you'll be hearing
> in
> > >> every store you walk into.
> > >>
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdvybXhf7JM
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>