It’s all about today! The fifth, and most popular of the Five Christmas Fanfares. A most spirited little nugget it is.
Song Stories: Hodie Christus Natus Est
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Song Stories: Laetentur Caeli
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It’s earnest clergy and distant seraphs! It’s also in the same time signature throughout, which is noteworthy in itself! It’s also very, very serene.
Song Stories: Dies Sanctificatus
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It’s lots of alleluias! There’s hocketing and ostinato in this spirited fanfare for 8-part choir. Top performance by Auckland choir Choralation too!
Song Stories: Exulta, Filia Sion
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It’s a sacred song for a Sunday! The men order the women to rejoice at the coming of the Saviour. The women force the men to rejoice more by the sheer joyousness of their rhythmic melismas. Everyone’s a winner!
Song Stories: Cantate Domino
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It’s a Christmas anthem about singing! It’s for 8-part choir and has at its core Balinese interlocking rhythmic patterns.
Song Stories: Omnes de Saba
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It’s an anthem! …..a chirpy, rhythmic anthem, in fact!
Song Stories: Dancing Stream
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It’s a frosty landscape! The song tells of the tributary streams dancing through winter into the River Wear at Wearhead.
