[Magdalen] Some more Advent prep

[Joseph Cirou]

Well, being French Canadian , that is "our": Advent hymn. The text is 18th
century. The tune is another noel Laissez paitre vos bêtes. In North
America the Advent text is the more familiar to be associated with that
tune--altho Charpentier's Midnight Mass includes an instrumental offertory
based on that tune.

Joe

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​Seems the above choir is from Sri Lanka and not India, but doesn't matter
> a bit as far as I'm concerned.​
>
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This isn't one of "our" Advent hymns, and it's not even one I
> particularly
> > like, but I found this rendition particularly touching for a couple of
> > reasons. Most of the Indian nurses I worked with at my last job were from
> > Kerala and were Catholic and very devout. Even those who weren't Catholic
> > were Christian and also very devout. This hymn seems peculiar to the
> > Catholic church and the second verse being sung in one of the Indian
> > languages made me tear up a little thinking of my friends.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6sozR5l5FA
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Rummaging around in the Advent files on YouTube yielded this one from
> >> Sweden, although the tune is said to be 16th century Danish. There is
> also
> >> a version sung as a hymn by a charismatic congregation in Sweden, so I
> >> guess it isn't always done this way! The translation of the title is
> >> "Rejoice, Bride of Christ!"
> >>
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuiR-aSuMj0
> >>
> >
> >
>