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#61
Björk - Vökuró

[Verse 1]
My farm
My farm and yours
Sleeps happily at peace
Falls snow
Silent at dusk on earth
My grass
My grass and yours
Keeps the earth till spring

[Verse 2]
Nesting spring
Hid at the hill’s root
Awake as are we
Faith in life
Quiet cold spring
Eye of the depths
Into the firmament
Staring still in the night

[Verse 3]
Far away
Wakes the great world
Mad with grim enchantment
Disquieted
Fearful of night and day
Your eyes
Fearless and serene
Smile bright at me
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[Verse 4]
My hope
Your blest smile
Rouses verse from sleep
The earth’s rests
Silent in arms of snow
Lily white
Closes her blue eyes
My little girl

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#62
George Ogilvie



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#63
Warmth

The Night



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Released: 2002



A1. The Night 0:00
A2. Still 6:58
A3. Eclipse 13:10

B1. Peaks 19:20
B2. Burning Moon 25:16
B3. Guiding Light 30:08
B4. Dawn 34:40


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#64
Merry Christmas!


Happy New Year!




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Perry Como's Irish Christmas



Performers:

Adele King ("Twink")
The Glasnevin Musical Society
The Boys of the Palestrina Choir
The Artane Boys Band
RTE Concert Orchestra

Nick Pertio, music director, orchestra conductor and arranger

Dick Williams, choral director



A Little Bit of Ireland 0:00
Perito's march 0:32
If I Could Read Your Mind 3:44
Happy Holidays 8:21
We Need a Little Christmas 8:56
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 10:50
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 11:28
The Bells of St. Mary's 12:47
Bless This House 13:32
The Little Drummer Boy 15:46
Sing to me Mr. C. 19:21
And I love you so 21:21
Catch a falling star 24:31
Round & Round 25:21
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) 25:50
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 26:07
Mary's boy child 27:18
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby) 32:00
Suantrai 35:09
Christ Is Born 37:28
Sing along with me 40:18
Santa Claus is coming to town 41:23
White Christmas 42:50
Jingle bells 44:10
Cockles and mussels 46:27
If You're Irish Come Into The Parlour 50:03
When Irish Eyes are Smiling 51:30
Wind Beneath My Wings 54:26
O Little Town of Bethlehem 59:21
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 1:00:16
Silent Night 1:01:10
O Come, All Ye Faithful 1:02:06
O holy night 1:04:25
Toyland 1:07:30
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever 1:10:19
We wish you a Merry Christmas 1:11:39
Ave Maria 1:14:25
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever 1:18:33



Recorded live in concert at The Point Theater in Dublin, Ireland, January 1994







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Fantasia On Christmas Carols

Ralph Vaughan Williams



Baritone: Woodrow Bynum







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Christmas Concerto

Arcangelo Corelli



The pastoral strains of Corelli’s Christmas Concerto have been a festive mainstay since the work’s publication in 1714. Published as Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, the work was published posthumously and gained its Christmas name due to an inscription on the title page reading, ‘Fatto per la notte di Natale (made for the night of Christmas)’.

Performed by Musica Amphion

Conductor: Pieter-Jan Belder

Recored live on The Sunday Morning Concert, Sunday the 24th of December 2017 in Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.







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Mooseburger Graduale 1360

Christmas Cantiones



Released: 1978


capella antiqua Munchen

Konrad Ruhland, director


Stereo LP


Instruments: Alto Recorder, Renaissance Flute, Vielles (Fiddles), Cittern, Lute, Psaltery, Hurdy-gurdy, Natural Trumpet, Tenor Crumhorn, Bells, Sleigh-bells, Tambourine, Large Drum.



00:00 Mos florentis venustatis 
01:56 Gregis pastor Tytirus
03:22 Gaudeat ecclesia
05:24 Anni novi novitas
07:11 Nove geniture
09:59 Ecce nomen domini
12:00 Resultet plebs fidelis
14:37 Nunc angelorum gloria
17:43 Dies ista colitur
20:13 Ecce novus annus est
21:22 Verbum patris humanatur
23:07 Verbum patris humanatur
24:44 In natali summi regis
26:20 Dulces laudes tympano
27:47 Resonet in laudibus
33:50 Puer nobis nascitur
35:21 Florizet vox dulcisonans
37:34 Kyrie magne Deus potencie
42:04 Ite, benedicti
43:21 Surrexit Christus Hodie







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Christmas In Europe



Released: 1956


Mono LP


Various Artists


00:00 Silent Night, Holy Night (Austria)
03:11 O Tannenbaum (Germany)
04:51 La Noël Passage (France)
09:11 Piva Piva (Italy)
11:18 Good King Wenceslas (England)
13:55 Tout dort dans la nuit sombre (Switzerland)
16:43 El Belén Tocan a Fuego (Spain)
19:32 Adeste fideles (Netherlands)
22:26 De Herdertjes Lagen Bij Nachte O, Hoe Heerlijk (Netherlands)
24:08 Oh que de gens (France)
26:25 Ihr Kinderlein Kommet (Germany)
28:03 Away In A Manger (England)
30:47 Rin Rin (Spain)
32:49 Du Kaere Gamle Julemand (Denmark)
35:33 Tu scendi dalle stelle (Italy)
38:44 Süsser die Glocken nie klingen (Germany)
41:19 The Sound of the "Pummerin" (Germany)







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Ralph Flanagan

Holiday Inn



Released: 1959


Mono LP


00:00 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
02:23 White Christmas
05:12 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
07:35 I'll Be Home For Christmas
10:18 Winter Wonderland
12:29 Merry Merry Gentleman
15:29 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
17:48 June In January
20:58 Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer
23:08 Sleigh Ride
25:51 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
27:59 Skater's Swing







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Christmas at the Bachs

Hausmusik



Released: 1984


Stereo LP


Various Artists - As they appear: The Bach Ensemble/Chorus. Joseph Rifkin, director. Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord/conductor Leonardt Ensemble. Frans Brüggen, flute. Anner Bylsma, cello. Ludwig Güttler, Corno da caccia New Bach Collegium Musicum. Max Pommer, conductor. Claude Rippas, trumpet. Wolfgang Basch, trumpet. Wolfgang Rubsam, organ. Dresden Brass Consort. Stephen Hammer, oboe. Sigiswald Kuijken, violin/conductor. La Petite Bande. Tölzer Boys Choir. Collegium Aureum, Gerhardt Schmidt-Gaden, conductor.


00:00 Magnificat In D (BWV 243)
03:05 Concerto For Harpsichord In D Minor (BWV 1052) - Allegro
11:43 Art Of The Fugue (BWV 1080) - Canon 17
13:50 Suite No. 1 In D Minor BWV 218 (French)- Allemande
15:59 Suite No. 2 In A Minor BWV 807 (English) - Courante
18:09 Sonata For Flute In A (BWV 1032) - Vivace
23:47 Sonata In E Minor (Sonate Methodiche, Opera XIII) - Vivace
26:06 Concerto In D For Corno Da Caccia - Vivace
27:52 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (BWV 1047) - Allegro
33:16 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (BWV 147)
36:48 In Dulci Jubilo 2:13
38:57 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
39:53 Concerto For Oboe In D Minor - Adagio / Presto
46:17 Concerto For Violin In E (BWV 1042) - Allegro Assai
49:04 Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248)







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White Christmas

George Jenkins - The Christmas Strings



Released: 1959


Stereo LP


00:00 White Christmas
03:03 Silent Night
05:49 Come All Ye Faithful
08:12 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
10:35 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13:43 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
15:46 Deck The Halls
19:32 Joy To The World
22:05 The First Noel
24:29 Good King Wenceslas
26:47 O Holy Night
29:44 We Three Kings







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Christmas Hymns And Carols

The Harmony Choristers



Released: 1957


Mono LP


Lehman Engel, conductor


00:00 Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
00:58 Wassail Song
03:46 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04:56 Silent Night, Holy Night
07:18 Holy Day Holly Carol
08:55 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
10:23 Sing We Noel Once More
12:23 Good King Wenceslas
13:41 The First Nowell
15:06 Midwinter
17:49 We Three Kings Of Orient Are
19:21 Pat-A-Pan
20:33 O Little Town of Bethlehem
22:23 In Dulci Jubilo
24:39 Corpus Christi
27:45 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)







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On This Holy Night

Anita Kerr Singers



Released: 1958


Mono LP


Anita Kerr Singers: Anita Kerr, soprano; Dorothy Dillard, alto; Gil Wright, tenor; Louis Nunley, bass


00:00 On This Holy Night
03:15 Bring A Torch Jeanette, Isabella
05:41 The Coventry Carol
08:09 Deck The Halls
10:09 A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
12:57 Where Will The Baby Lay
15:44 Go, Tell It On The Mountains
17:41 The Cherry Tree Carol
21:01 Sleep, Sweet Jesus, Sleep
24:00 The Twelve Days of Christmas
28:02 Christmas Is The Day
30:15 Rise Up Shepherd and Foller







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Christmas Cantata

Antonio Caldera



Released: 1966


Stereo LP


Württembergisches Kammerorchester (Chamber Orchestra) Heilbronn. Rudolf Ewerhart, director. Gertraut Stoklassa, soprano. Marlee Sabo, soprano. Ingeborg Russ, alto. Georg Jelden, tenor.
----Amor Divino (Divine Love) Gertraut Stoklassa, soprano
----Pace (Peace) Marlee Sabo, soprano
----Giustitia (Justice) Ingeborg Russ, alto
----Core Umano (Human Heart) Georg Jelden, tenor


00:00 Sinfonia
04:06 Recitative: Core Umano
05:20 Aria: Core Umano
09:43 Recitative: Pace
10:46 Aria: Pace
13:46 Recitative: Pace & Amor Divino
14:01 Aria: Amor Divino
17:49 Recitative: Giustitia
18:53 Aria: Giustitia
22:31 Recitative: Core Umano & Giustitia
24:35 Aria: Giustitia
25:29 Recitative: Core Umano & Amor Divino
26:17 Aria: Core Umano
30:31 Recitative: Pace
33:50 Aria: Pace
35:58 Recitative: Giustitia & Pace
36:26 Duet: Pace & Giustitia
37:24 Recitative: Core Umano
38:23 Recitativo: Amor Divino & Core Umano
39:28  Aria: Amor Divino
41:57 Recitative: Pace
42:35 Aria: Pace
46:24 Recitative: Core Umano & Amor Divino
47:31 Aria: Amor Divino



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#65
Happy Valentine's Day!



Vic Damone

Live at Royal Festival Hall, London March 7, 1985






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Love In Russian Art



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#66
That's incredible news about the breakthrough in fibre optics! The potential for 100 times faster internet is truly exciting, and the comparison to DNA's double helix spiral adds a fascinating perspective.
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#67
Happy Easter!



Springtime Lilacs - Peder Mork Mønsted (1912)
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Now The Green Blade Riseth


Written by John Macleod Campbell Crum (1872-1958) and published in 1928.

The tune is an old French carol, 'Noel Nouvellet'.


Performed by the choir of Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England






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Vivaldi - Gloria In D Major, RV 589


Felicity Lott, soprano
Margaret Marshall, soprano
Birgit Finnila, Contralto

John Alldis Choir

English Chamber Orchestra

Vittorio Negri, conductor






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This Joyful Eastertide


The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Arranged by Sir Philip Ledger

Henry Websdale & Donal McCann, organ

Stephen Cleobury Director of Music


Broadcast by the BBC on 20 April 2019






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Awake, Arise, Lift Up Your Voice


Arranged by C. Phillips and T. Foster

Beverly Hills All Saints' Church Choir






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How Great Thou Art


Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England






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Surrexit pastor bonus


Jean Lhéritier (1480-1551)

Oxford Camerata

Jeremy Summerly, conductor


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