Handwashers’ Newsletter 20th December 2020
The Nativity by Federico Barrocci (1533-1612)
We wish our Members and Friends a
HAPPY AND HEALTHY CHRISTMAS
AND A MUCH HAPPIER NEW YEAR
YOUR FAVOURITE CAROLS
A big ‘thank you’ to Aideen, Alison, Andy, Catherine, Carleton, Dorothy, Gill, Jane, Lesley, Pat, Sue, Valerie and Vic who responded to our request for your favourite carols including some multiple choices.
You will find recordings of your carols at the links given. For those marked (S) the synchronised music score is shown. Where they are in ‘Carols for Choirs’ (Green, Orange or Blue books) we’ve given the page numbers. Do enjoy them and perhaps sing a-long:
Let’s start in traditional manner with:
O Come all Ye Faithful (Aideen loves the descant!) (GB88) from a certain Abbey:
https://youtu.be/Ud_SOUTovNM?t=88
In the Bleak Midwinter; the Holst setting (BB93) (S):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BNKmVmfdAo
or you may prefer the Harold Darke setting (S):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3FwwnLvELw
A Spotless Rose (S):
Gabriel’s Message (BB170) (S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Rv-J46gvM
Ding Dong Merrily on High (GB28):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-47zCXSynSY
O Holy Night (Katie Etherington sang it at our 2013 Christmas Concert):
O Holy Night – Carols from King’s 2017 – YouTube
See Amid the Winter Snow (GB103) (S):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0akXeYaHAc4
A Maiden Most Gentle (music score here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UuvAHjQYKk
The Shepherd’s Farewell (GB142):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_pyk3wmHGw
What Sweeter Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yckjpO1vvnE
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uz2KTOsuAQ
Three Kings, by Peter Cornelius (GB136) (S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQJy6SN3ts
Coventry Carol (GB83) (S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jIYyPOoEc8
Sussex Carol (GB96) (S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnl_I1ubQo
Adam lay YBounden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azSVHUBHQYY
Good King Wenceslas (GB34) (with words)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQVUMG6LZGM&list=RDSQVUMG6LZGM&start_radio=1
AND FINALLY . . .
Here’s a carol from Jane, even more seasonal than usual and you know the tune: Covid Carol
and look what happened at Jilly and David South’s Christmas Eve party last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycviJ-421Z8
BY ALL MEANS FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO COME TO OUR CONCERTS