17 August 2007

Categorising CBWIII Continued.

Continuing with my categorizing of the hymns the Good Canadian Bishops approved for the CBWIII

Christmas Hymns

What I would Like to continue Hearing:
6.Angels We Have Heard on High [Iris]
7. Hark The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn]
8. When John Baptised by Jordan's River [Rendez a Dieu]
9. In Midnight's Stillness [Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy -Polish traditional]
10. Joy To the World [ Antioch - Handel]
11. O Come All Ye Faithful [Adeste Fideles - Wade]
12. Silent Night [Stille Nacht- Gruber]
13 Huron Carol [Un Jeune Pucelle - St. Jean de Brebeuf tr. Middleton]
14.The First Nowell [The First Nowell - English carol 17th cent.]
15.In The Darkenss Shines the Splendour [Irby - Gauntlet]

What I Never want to hear again:
6. City of God [Schutte]

What I would like to start hearing (I might end up never wanting to hear it again, but once would be nice)
5. Good Christian Friends Rejoice (I know it should be "Men" but "Friends" is acceptable) [In Dulci Jubilo]
6. In Deepest Night [Rendez a Dieu]
7. Adeste Fideles [Adeste Fideles - Wade]
8. Of the Father's Love Beogtten [Divinum Mysterium Mode V]
9. The People Who in Darkness Walked [Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen - Herman]
10. To People of Good Will [ Vreuchten - Trad. Dutch]
11. What Child is This? [Greensleeves - Henry VIII]
12. As With Gladness Men of Old [Dix - W. H. Monk]
13. O Star of Christ's Appearing [WIe Lieblich Ist Der Maien - Steurlien/Willan]
14. Songs of Thankfulness and Praise [Salzburg - Hintze/Bach]
15. What Star is This? [The Child Jesus - Maintzisch Gesangbuch]
16. When Jesus Comes to Be Baptised [Winchester New]
17.On Jordan's Bank [Winchester New]

What I am in no hurry to start hearing:
5. See, To Us a Child is Born [David Haas]
6. Wake from Your Sleep [Schutte]
7. Gloria Gloria (Taize`) until such a time as the choir can sing it properly
8. Arise and Shine[Bowers - David Hurd]
9. Arise, Shine Forth, Your Light Has Come [Emmaus - Joncas]
10. Child of Gladness [Quem Pastores] - The lyrics are uninspired, music lovely.


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