[Magdalen] Advent is coming!

Joseph Cirou romanos at mindspring.com
Tue Nov 18 15:54:29 UTC 2014


Hi Jay,

Yes, that version is how I normally play it but the solo version is very
nice

Joe (I sent it out and received good comments from folks you wouldn't think
would be familiar with Scandinavian hymnody) I don't think people who had
not sung the hymn for eons would recognize Sissel's version without
difficulty

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Try this version, Grace, you might recognize it a little better. The visual
> is blurry, though.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2vtX5d2TN0
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't know that hymn at all!
> >
> > > On 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
> > >>
> >
>


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