Without carols, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas, BBC Music magazine notes, "But what are the truly great carols of all time? For this, we turned to the experts, those whose knowledge of the carol book is second to none. We asked over 50 choirmasters, and choral experts in the U.K and U. S. to each name their five favourite carols and Christmas motets." In a ranking of the top 50 carols, the top 10 are:
1. In the Bleak Midwinter (the Harold Darke setting, not the Gustav Holst music)
2. In Dulci Jubilo- I love this carol's melody.
3. A Spotless Rose- I taught music for 32 years and have sung and performed many carols-I have never heard of this one!
4. Bethlehem Down-Ditto for this one
5. Lully, Lulla- beautiful but so mournful
6. Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing day- a beautiful choral work- I love the Rutter arrangement
7. This is no Rose
8. O Come All ye Faithful
9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten
10. What Sweeter Music
At least of half of these carols are not in the carol books that I own. I am sure that the choral arrangement must be beautiful to be worthy of this list. Would be interesting to find out what the results would be even the general public was polled.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment