{"id":878,"date":"2018-12-01T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catesings.org\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2023-07-02T04:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T04:01:13","slug":"musical-advent-calendar-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/musical-advent-calendar-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Advent Calendar 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

And we are back!\u00a0 This year’s musical Advent Calendar is divided into five themes, mostly because I fell down a Rorate rabbit hole on day one, and the next thing I knew, it was Rorate all the way.\u00a0 Which is an improvement on jingle all the way, if you ask me.\u00a0 Hopefully this exploration of how different composers have approached similar themes will be as interesting to you as it is to me!
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Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 1 – Rorate Caeli, by Josef Zebrowski<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2 – Rorate Caeli, by Francisco Guerrero<\/a><\/p>\n

December 3 – Rorate Caeli, by Jacob Handl<\/a> (also Byrd, Palestrina)<\/p>\n

December 4 – Rorate Caeli, by Josef Rheinberger<\/a><\/p>\n

December 5 – Rorate Caeli, by Judith Weir<\/a> (also Nestor)<\/p>\n

Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 6 – Prepare ye the way of the Lord, by Michael Wise<\/a><\/p>\n

December 7 – Comfort ye \/ Ev’ry Valley, by George Frederick Handel<\/a><\/p>\n

December 8 – Vox clamantis in deserto, by Bartolomeo Tromboncino<\/a> (also de Wert)<\/p>\n

December 9 – Prepare ye the way of the Lord, by John-Michael Tebelak<\/a> (also O Come O Come Emmanuel)<\/p>\n

December 10 – The Record of John, by Orlando Gibbons<\/a><\/p>\n

A Virtuous Rose Up-Springing<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 11 – Det \u00e4r en ros utsprungen, by Praetorius and Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/p>\n

December 12 – Virga Jesse, by Anton Bruckner<\/a><\/p>\n

December 13 – Den yndigste rose er funden, by Josef Klug and Ole Faurschou<\/a><\/p>\n

December 14 – There is no rose of such virtue, Trad, sung by Chanticlee<\/a>r (also versions by Britten, Joubert, Mediaeval Baebes, Sting)<\/p>\n

December 15 – There is no rose of such virtue, by Elizabeth Maconchy<\/a><\/p>\n

Lullay, Lulla, Lullaby
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December 16 – I saw a Maiden, Trad. Basque<\/a><\/p>\n

December 17 – Lullay myn lyking, by Philip Lawson<\/a><\/p>\n

December 18 – Coventry Carol, Anonymous<\/a> (also Lullay, Lullow from the Ritson manuscript)<\/p>\n

December 19 – O Little One Sweet and Schlafe, Mein Liebster, both by J.S. Bach<\/a><\/p>\n

December 20 – The Lamb, by John Tavener<\/a><\/p>\n

Glad Tidings Of Great Joy<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 21 – Behold, I bring you glad tidings, by Orlando Gibbons<\/a><\/p>\n

December 22 – Jauchzet! Frohlocket!, by J.S. Bach<\/a><\/p>\n

December 23 – Behold, I bring you glad tidings, by Henry Purcell<\/a><\/p>\n

December 24 – Quem Vidistis Pastores, by Francis Poulenc<\/a><\/p>\n

December 25 – In Dulce Jubilo, arranged by Willcocks; Hark the Herald Angels Sing, by Mendelssohn; The Holly and the Ivy, arranged by Davies; Joy to the World, arranged by Rutter; and the Oratorio de No\u00ebl, by Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns <\/a><\/p>\n

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And we are back!\u00a0 This year’s musical Advent Calendar is divided into five themes, mostly because I fell down a Rorate rabbit hole on day one, and the next thing I knew, it was Rorate all the way.\u00a0 Which is an improvement on jingle all the way, if you ask me.\u00a0 Hopefully this exploration of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-878","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}