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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The familiar Advent hymn, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

 


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Frank said...

My hearing is failing to the degree that I cannot make out any words in this type of musical rendition without subtitles. The cacophony of voices and accompaniment is too much, almost painful. It is just gibberish to me (and I know it's not Latin!). Getting old is no fun.

November 29, 2021 at 8:04 AM
Russ Manley said...

No, it's not fun getting old; like riding along in a rusty, rattling old truck that the parts keep falling off of - only you *are* the truck. Ha.

My hearing is okay (knock wood) but I can't make out the words in these choral recordings, either, if it's an unfamiliar tune. The attraction for me is the purity of the young voices, a sort of angelic quality. The lyrics are at the Wikipedia link if you care to read them.

November 29, 2021 at 5:28 PM

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