It's Christmas Eve and I just finished up my very Presbyterian Christmas Pageant and Carol Sing. I'm exhausted. Coming home we were looking on UA-cam for some good Christmas music and found two lengthy programs from Guilford Cathedral. We are enjoying them immensely whilst having a couple of whiskeys and water to wind down. I'm finding it immensely refreshing that it's not rehashing of all the old standards from King's and Westminster Abbey, St. Pauls, etc. I looked up Guildford Cathedral on Wikipedia, and was looking at it. No, it's not a medieval landmark, complete with all the trappings expected of such a thing. It's modern and somehow refreshing, which is what we've felt listening to the UA-cams. Bless you for bringing this gift to us tonight. We're tired and ready for refreshing. Thank you. Ken Potter, Scarborough Presbyterian Church, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Amazing, This is the first record of the cathedral choir that bought. It was so ground breaking especially to be to be to be performed in our new cathedral. Very special to me.
I listened to this a week after a 7.8 earthquake struck my country, New Zealand,. and triggered many other quakes - an unstoppable chain reaction. I thought the building I was in would collapse and I was going to die. This is most beautiful, fimiliar and reassuring after terror was all around. Thank you.
It's hard to know what to say in response to such a moving comment, but we're glad this music offers solace at a horrifying time. We might all spare a thought for those affected by this earthquake.
It certainly went on for at least a year and a half. Internet was restored with speed by heroic efforts so that we could find out the instructions of the day about evacuations and recent records and place of faults which had moved suddenly one after another. But full internet took a while to resume.
Some of the most beautiful contemporary yet classical Christmas music ever recorded. My mother had this LP, and we played it every yuletide season. There is little so evocative of the season for me that Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
The biggest shock of all time DAVID CROOK HASN'T LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY YET! AND WHEN YOU THINK WHAT A GEM THE CAROL SYMPHONY IS!! Then he insults John Varley Roberts I dunno...
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I love the 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols" which is not often heard anymore.
It's Christmas Eve and I just finished up my very Presbyterian Christmas Pageant and Carol Sing. I'm exhausted. Coming home we were looking on UA-cam for some good Christmas music and found two lengthy programs from Guilford Cathedral. We are enjoying them immensely whilst having a couple of whiskeys and water to wind down. I'm finding it immensely refreshing that it's not rehashing of all the old standards from King's and Westminster Abbey, St. Pauls, etc. I looked up Guildford Cathedral on Wikipedia, and was looking at it. No, it's not a medieval landmark, complete with all the trappings expected of such a thing. It's modern and somehow refreshing, which is what we've felt listening to the UA-cams. Bless you for bringing this gift to us tonight. We're tired and ready for refreshing. Thank you. Ken Potter, Scarborough Presbyterian Church, Briarcliff Manor, NY
You're just the sort of person this channel was created for, so thank you for appreciating.
So beautiful. @39:40 I am riding through the desert with the three wise men!
Another LP that I used to have all those years ago. lovely Christmas music.
Amazing, This is the first record of the cathedral choir that bought. It was so ground breaking especially to be to be to be performed in our new cathedral. Very special to me.
I listened to this a week after a 7.8 earthquake struck my country, New Zealand,. and triggered many other quakes - an unstoppable chain reaction. I thought the building I was in would collapse and I was going to die. This is most beautiful, fimiliar and reassuring after terror was all around. Thank you.
It's hard to know what to say in response to such a moving comment, but we're glad this music offers solace at a horrifying time. We might all spare a thought for those affected by this earthquake.
It certainly went on for at least a year and a half. Internet was restored with speed by heroic efforts so that we could find out the instructions of the day about evacuations and recent records and place of faults which had moved suddenly one after another.
But full internet took a while to resume.
Thank you for uploading this absolute gem of a recording🎄 The Box of Delights brought me here... the wolves are running!🎄
Yes, indeed!
We hate to disappoint you, but Guildford has had girl choristers for over 10 years now.
FABULOUS upload.
Many thanks for uploading.
Perfect
Thank you.
Thanks!
Some of the most beautiful contemporary yet classical Christmas music ever recorded. My mother had this LP, and we played it every yuletide season. There is little so evocative of the season for me that Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
For obvious reasons, we feel the same.
For most people the magic begins @ 35:00 .
great
great sound every time I listen, could you tell me who the soloists are if possible.
The baritone in the "Fantasia" is the late John Barrow, and the tenor in "Adam lay ybounden" is Robert Hammersley.
Ok, thanks very much for that.
The biggest shock of all time DAVID CROOK HASN'T LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY YET! AND WHEN YOU THINK WHAT A GEM THE CAROL SYMPHONY IS!! Then he insults John Varley Roberts I dunno...
Predicted reply from AOS: WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!