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Another wonderful 20th century piece, one I was unfamiliar with before moving to England. The not-at-all-apocryphal story is that Peter Warlock (music) and Bruce Blunt (lyrics), broke and living in the country, decided to enter The Telegraph’s annual Christmas song competition. This was decided in the middle of a bender, following which the two staggered…
The Northwest Choral Society (NWCS) will present its 57th annual Christmas concert at 4 p.m. on Dec. 4, at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Arlington Heights.
The choir of King's College Cambridge performs the traditional Christmas concert Credit: Benjamin Sheen The nation has spoken, the list is in, and Songs of Praise yesterday revealed the UK’s Top 10 Favourite Christmas Carols. We sing them in churches, chapels, streets and schools every year, wrap presents and decorate our Christmas trees to their accompaniment, know all the words by heart – but how much do we know about the stories behind them? Here are just some of the histories and controversies, the secret political messages and famous names attached to your favourite carols. 10. O...
December 14, 2020 It’s time for Christmas music! Technically, of course, if you’re traditional about these things, it’s time for Advent music. Advent is the beautiful four-week season that precedes Christmas, a time of waiting in darkness for the light of Christ to dawn. During this tumultuous year of 2020, the season of Advent, and all that comes with it, has much to say to worshippers (read an essay I wrote on Advent and the hymns and carols particular to that season here). Today we must admit that Advent and Christmas are often somewhat jumbled in our minds. In this year of unique t...