#christmas hymn

[redowlkitchen]

O Come O Come Emmanuel- December 2022

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

I'm not saying that listening to Pavarotti sing Adeste Fideles will cure my Christmas woes but it just might help.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Camilli String Quartet | Runtime: 3mins 51secs

[heimeldat]

When I was 8 I learned "Adeste Fideles" for the school christmas concert. At that age I was still shaky on the English lyrics, and after practicing the Latin however many times, it became the primary version in my head. To this day I often have trouble with that song. Sometimes I can't recall the English at all, and other times I'll be singing along and then have the sudden jarring realization that the last few syllables out of my mouth didn't match what everyone else is singing. Same issue with "Veni, Veni Emmanuel" to a lesser degree. I'm fine on the verses and then belt out "Gaude! Gaude!" by mistake and get perplexed looks from people.

[gospelhotspot]

[Music + Video] Christ Is Born - Testimony Jaga

Multi-award-winning Gospel minister and Energetic Fuji-pop artiste, Testimony Jaga spreads Christmas joy with the release of his new single “Christ Is Born,” available now on all major music streaming platforms. The groovy song celebrates the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, the reason for the season. Accompanied by a beautiful performance video, “Christ is Born” is a delightful reminder of the…

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

This is the way I learned it and it drives me bonkers that no one sings it this way in their official recorded Christmas music. Sing about why Christ had to come to us and what he came to do, you cowards!

What Child Is This is actually an amazing song if you actually sing all the lyrics rather than how most people sing it

[ad-crucem]

[halipula-aika]

Okay I've seen enough "Christmas should include more existential dread" type posts on my dash to physically need to talk about Heinillä härkien kaukalon and why it is the best hymn ever if you want to feel sad about baby Jesus.

So this epitome of depressing Finnish holiday songs isn't actually Finnish in origin; it's a translation of Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris, a French song from the 16th century. It was adapted into Finnish in 1926. I say adapted instead of translated here, because the Finnish version has an EXTREMELY DIFFERENT vibe.

The first verses are very similar in both French and Finnish. Like, here's the French translated literally:

Between the ox and the grey donkey / Sleeps, sleeps, sleeps the little son

A thousand divine angels, a thousand seraphim / Fly around this great God of love.

And here's the Finnish:

On the hay, in the bulls' trough / Sleeps an innocent Child. The path of a flock of angels / Soon leads to Him / To marvel at the greatest Love

The next two verses are the same shit in both languages. There's "in the arms of Mary/the mother", and then there's "between roses and lillies". The metaphor used for Jesus changes a bit so it rhymes with the verse, and the thousand angels/great love part is always repeated.

And then. The Finnish translation. Pulls the fucking rug from under you.

The French version has two more verses; you've got "Amidst the gentle shepherds / Sleeps, sleeps Jesus who smiles" and "On this beautiful, so solemn day / Sleeps, sleeps, sleeps Emmanuel". Okay, cool, it's five verses of baby jesus. Great.

The Finnish adaptation only has four verses. And I'd like you to imagine what you have read so far with me. Every time I've heard this hymn, it's sung as almost a lullaby. It's about a baby sleeping in his various aspects: an innocent child, the son of God, the Lord of people. Singing those verses as a fragile lullaby makes sense.

And then in the fourth verse, the choir goes all out, the organist gets to flex how loud they can play, and the church echoes as the last verse is sung:

On the cross beside a criminal / Sleeps the purest sacrifice

The path of a flock of angels / Soon leads to Him / To marvel at the greatest Love

Additional fun facts about the Finnish language: the words for "sacrifice" and "victim" are the same, so you could read this as "the purest sacrifice" or "the cleanest victim".

Merry Christmas!

[revivalrequiem]

# winter/snowflake inspired ✮

the old ones were kinda ugly. free to use, credit if reposting and using for edits requests.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Stabat Mater dolorosa Iuxta crucem lacrimosa Dum pendebat Filius Cuius animam gementem Contristatam et dolentem Pertransivit gladius Quando corpus morietur, Fac, ut animae donetur Paradisi gloria. Amen A setting of the Stabat Mater text from Nebbiu, Corsica. This style of hymn singing from southern Corsica is sparsely ornamented, in contrast to the more typical elaborate ornamentation in most Corsican sacred music. It was recorded live in the refectory at Mont Saint-Michel, France.

Terza: Lauren Breunig Segunda: Lynn Rowan Contra: Will Rowan Bassu: Jeremy Carter-Gordon

[redowlkitchen]

The Holly and the Ivy- December 2022

[edandstede]

don’t think i’ve ever rooted for a straight ship the way i am for audrey and siegfried in acgas 😭

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Angels We Have Heard On High Westminster Cathedral Choir | Runtime: 1min 53secs

[brown-little-robin]

made two moths today and named them Magnum and Opus. this is what life's all about

[hohohozier]

I’ve kept this thought to myself for years but I believe now is the time to manifest it: Hozier Christmas/Yule album

[gospelhotspot]

Born In A Manger - Unify World x King Uid Ft. Blessing Banwo

Gospel music minister, King UID, and his music empire Unify World, blesses us with a fresh Christmas sound titled ‘Born In A Manger‘, featuring Blessing Banwo. Born In A Manger is a song that ushers in the season of Christmas and the good tidings it comes with. The song acknowledges the humble introduction of our Messiah into the world in a lowly state. The song is coming off the newly released…