#this little babe by benjamin britten

[madwickedawesome]

not to bring back any bad memories for treble singers but (if penny was there in the choir) can you imagine ocean trying to get her, constance, and penny to sing this little babe by benjamin britten for a holiday mass. the fights that would break out would be unmatched

[bookwyrrm]

I put on Britten’s Ceremony of Carols to help me grade which turned out to be a mistake because I forgot about how hard it slaps. Now I’m just drinking hot chocolate and head banging to This Little Babe

[smaller-comfort]

No Personent Hodie/On This Day? Gaudete? I guess those are a little less well known.

My actual favorite is Benjamin Britten's "This Little Babe", because the name makes it sound like a lullaby, but it's about baby Jesus leading the war against hell.

[smaller-comfort]

May I congratulate you on your FANTASTIC taste in Christmas music, this little babe has been one of my absolute favourites since I heard it as a teenager and so few people know it 💛

Ahaha, thank you! I got to sing it during a Christmas Vespers concert in college, and I've loved it and the rest of the Ceremony of Carols ever since. (I'm a horrible snob about Christmas music, generally- if it's not in Latin or middle English, I'm giving it the side eye.)

That poll got me thinking about Christmas music in general, though, so thank you for reblogging it! Now I'm listening to the Trinity College Choir recording of the Ceremony of Carols on Spotify.

[miniwilderness]

(via https://open.spotify.com/track/3j3KGnbbvcG7YTx6f9PqBS?si=04ARuLCqRVWX0Mm7kYSt5Q)

[ihaveonlymydreams]

12 Days of Classical Christmas

Day Six: This Little Babe, by Benjamin Britten

This little babe, so few days old,

Is come to rifle Satan's fold;

All hell doth at his presence quake

Though he himself for cold do shake;

For in this weak unarmed wise

The gates of hell he will surprise.

With tears he fights and wins the field

His naked breast stands for a shield

His battering shot are babish cries

His arrows looks of weeping eyes

His martial ensigns Cold and Need

And feeble flesh his warrior's steed.

His camp is pitched in a stall

His bulwark but a broken wall;

The crib his trench, haystalks his stakes,

Of shepherds he his muster makes;

And thus as sure his foe to wound

The angels' trumps alarum sound.

My soul with Christ

Join thou in fight;

Stick to the tents

That he hath pight

Within his crib

Is surest ward;

This little Babe

Will be thy guard.

If thou wilt foil thy

Foes with joy, then

Flit not from this

Heavenly boy!

[already-14]

(via Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols ~ 4 Excerpts - YouTube)

Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols op. 28 (1942) 

 4a. That yonge child  00:00 4b . Balulalow (The brothers Wedderburn, fl. 1548)  01:44 6. This little Babe (from Robert Southwell's  Newe Heaven, Newe Warre, 1595)  03:11 10. Deo Gracias (Adam lay i-bowndyn, Sloane 2593)  04:35 

 Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford 

 Francis Grier, director 

Frances Kelly, harp 

 Recorded in 1982 

 Picture: Dave Heath, Chicago, (1956), Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum 

 A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten, scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. Written for Christmas, it consists of eleven movements, with text from The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems, edited by Gerald Bullett; it is in Middle English

[madwickedawesome]

THIS IS SO ACCURATE AND SO FUNNY im also in treble but we work with satb choirs a lot and i can confirm that is Precisely how it goes

may i also add

mischa has NO IDEA how to read music and noel has to either play his part on the piano for him or put his soul into singing a bass part

penny is not a mean soprano and it makes everyone confused

noel insists on going on vocal rest and cutting sugar and dairy out of his diet (he never does these things)

ocean repeatedly claims to have perfect pitch (she does not)

ocean using the most VILE INSULTS against mischa for yell-singing

kind of niche but can you imagine the treble singers trying to sing this little babe by benjamin britten (with the 3 part round) and all of them messing up and HATING each other for the time where that song is performed

ocean is the kind of soprano to CONSTANTLY be on the piano and the choir director is like “ok time to start ocean go to ur place” and ocean gets pissed off but moves

(based off my besties hc) penny dressing up all nice for her first choir performance at the fair (like with the lacy undershirt) and being hornswaggled when she discovered that none of them even dressed fancy

I like to think they had some sort of vague rivalry in the choir tbh ….. something they’d do

[strawberrybutch]

3, 5, 17, n 23 :))

3. three songs you were recently obsessed withtwisted - joni mitchella little respect - erasurecloser to fine - indigo girls

5. three songs you wish you could forget (because listening to them hurts)there are only twowherever you will go - charlene soraia come fly with me - frank sinatra

17. three songs that remind you of your crush so far? only a little respect - erasure

23. three songs that never fail to get you pumped upmany the miles - sara bareilles tuulta päin - rajatonthis little babe - benjamin britten

[klara-radio]

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Sally Pryce; Stephen Layton: Trinity College Choir Cambridge: A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28 - 6. This Little Babe (Comp. Benjamin Britten) - Britten: A Ceremony Of Carols & Saint Nicolas - Hyperion CDA67946 - [0:01:26]

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