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Genre: Music
Date of upload: May 8, 2010 ^^
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For those of us fortunate enough to have been born in the Cotswolds, and who know Cranham, you'll know the music for this beautiful carol was composed in this village by Gustav Holst in 1906... What we Gloucestrians also know, is he captured the incredible spiritual feeling of the bleak, cold , misty environment to be found there in the middle of a Cotswold winter, which is deeply felt in this wonderful Christmas song...We might also wonder if Holst in gazing up to the Cranham milky-way peppered skies was inspired to write his Planets Suite, his most celebrated work, constantly played all over the world...
Although Holst was born in Cheltenham, this version of the carol is appropriately played in Gloucester Cathedral, a mere 8 miles away, and really does justice to his skill as a composer in the way he, the choir and the congregation, fill this Gothic edifice with magnificent harmonious sound .
It should also be said that the English lyricist/poet Christina Rossetti , who died in 1894, did not collaborate with Holst on the work, but how beautifully her words were merged into the piece by him to give the impression they wrote it together...Thank you to both for giving us the opportunity to share this fusion of genius...
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@twolefthanz
13 years ago
It's not often you can get a choir and a congregation in such great time together. The English are so good at choral music.
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