A week today the BBC will broadcast A Festival of Nine Lessons and - TopicsExpress



          

A week today the BBC will broadcast A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to millions of listeners around the world. Each year there is new, specially commissioned carol, which this year is by Swiss composer Carl Rütti. What is a carol actually? It sounds so simple. But isn’t it the extreme blend of expressing the most mysterious fact of our religion in the simplicity of a children’s song? It is a real balancing act to do justice to both. And writing for King’s College Choir and the great organ of King’s College chapel is more than a challenge, it is heaven. In our German language we use the same word for English and angelic: englisch. For me English choral singing is unique in the world, simply englisch. Read more:
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:30:00 +0000

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